Cla00ic  Interlinear  Granglationg 

THE  WORKS 

OF 

P.  VIRGILIUS  MARO, 

Including  the  ^Eneid,   Bucolics   and   Georgics,  with  the 

original  text  reduced  to  the  natural 

order  of  construction; 

and  an 

INTERLINEAR  TRANSLATION, 

As  nearly  literal  as  the  idiomatic  difference  of  the 
Latin  and  English  languages  will  allow. 

Adapted  to  the  system  of 

CLASSICAL  INSTRUCTION. 

Combining  the  methods  of 

ASCHAM,  MILTON,  AND  LOCKE. 

By 
LEVI  HART  AND  V.  R.  OSBORN. 

....  molle  atque  facetum 
Virgilio  annuerum  gaudentes  rure  Camoenae. — HORATIUS. 

PHILADELPHIA: 
DAVID  McKAY  COMPANY 

WASHINGTON   SQUARE. 


COPYRIGHT, 

CHARLES  DE  SILVER  &  SONS. 
1882. 


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ADVERTISEMENT, 


IN  offering  to  the  public  a  new  version  of  VIRGIL,  the  trans* 
lators  unhesitatingly  acknowledge  their  desire  to  promote 
the  system  of  classical  instruction  formerly  practised  in  the 
principal  schools  of  England. 

The  same  causes  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  wisest  men 
of  a  former  age,  justified  a  departure  from  ancient  modes 
of  teaching,  exist  at  the  present  day.  It  is  not  necessary 
to  enumerate  them ;  they  are  known  and  felt  by  all  con- 
cerned in  classical  instruction,  and  acknowledged  by  many 
There  is,  indeed,  one  very  powerful  reason  in  favour  of 
'reform,  which  did  not  exist  in  the  time  of  Erasmus  and 
Cardinal  Wolsey.  Since  their  time,  so  many  subjects  of 
study  have  been  introduced  into  our  schools  and  colleges 
that  the  scholastic  life  of  our  youth  is  too  brief  to  allow 
them  time  to  become  acquainted  with  all  the  branches  which 
are  required  to  constitute  the  education  of  a  scholar,  or  to 
prepare  him  for  the  learned  professions — and  to  leave  him. 
a  sufficient  space  of  time,  required  by  the  old  systems,  to 
obtain  any  competent  knowledge  of  the  Greek-  and  Latin 
languages.  Thus  situated,  he  must  either  forego  all  acquaint- 
ance with  these  new  and  most  important  departments  o< 
knowledge,  or  he  must  lay  aside  all  hope  of  obtaining  what 
is  called  a  classical  education,  so  far  as  a  competent  famili- 
arity with  the  Greek  and  Latin  languages  is  concerned. 
He  has  not  time  for  both.  Two  distinguishing  features  of 
the  system  which  now,  by  common  consent,  iii  attributed  to 
Locke,  zr&~-dictation,  and  literal  interlinear  translation.  In 
tracing  their  history,  it  is  not  necessary  to  go  back  to  the 
authorities  of  Cicero,  the  younger  Pliny,  and  other  distin- 
guished ancients  quoted  or  referred  to  by  the  advocates  of 
these  improvements ;  our  object  is  to  disclaim,  in  the  first 
place,  all  pretensions  of  our  own  to  originality ; — and,  in 


the  second,  to  render  the  honour  which  is  due,  to  those 
great  reformers  of  learning,  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for 
this  most  admirable- sysfem. 

Cardinal  Wolsey,  Prime  Minister  to  king  Henry  8th,  in 
a  letter  addressed  to  the  masters  of  Ipswich  School,  written 
in  the  Latin  language,  dated  Sept.  1st,  1528,  enjoins  them 
to  lead  their  pupils  to  a  knowledge  of  the  learned  languages 
by  the  easiest  methods,  chiefly  by  oral  dictation,  familiar 
illustrations,  &c.  &c. 

Erasmus,  "the  most  learned  man  of  the  age  in  which  he 
lived,"  in  his  tract  on  "  the  education  of  youth,"  inculcates 
the  same  general  principles.  He  was  a  contemporary  of 
Wolsey,  and  contributed  largely  to  the  composition  of  Lilly's 
Latin  Grammar — he  laboured  hard  to  strip  learning  of  its 
terrors — denounced  those  teachers  who  beat  learning  into 
their  pupils,  instead  of  ailing  them  to  acquire  it,  as  "illiter- 
ate butchers,  who  ruin  many  a  hopeful  lad."  "In  fact,  the 
great  object  of  Erasmus  was,  to  combine  pleasure  with  profit 
in  the  education  of  boys,  and,  according  to  some  anecdotes 
given  in  his  work,  'De  Pueris  Instituendis,'  he  goes  so  far 
as  to  recommend  that  they  should  play*  and  learn  at  the 
same  time.f' 

Roger  Ascham,  Latin  Secretary  to  king  Edward,  queen 
Mary,  and  queen  Elizabeth,  wrote  the  "Schoolmaster,"  a 
work  which  is  praised  by  Dr.  Johnson,  as  containing  more 
knowledge  than  any  other  book  on  the  subject  of  education. 
In  this  work,  Ascham  proposes  as  "  a  plain  and  perfect  way 
of  teaching  the  learned  languages,  the  plan  of  "  Double 
Translation" — a  method  which  he  learnt  from  his  tutor,  Sir 
John  Cheke,  "  the  most  eminent  teacher  of  that  age."  Sir 
John  pursued  this  method  of  instruction  in  the  education 
of  Edward  the  6th,  as  Ascham  did  in  that  of  Elizabeth.  If 
was  also  warmly  patronized  by  lord  Burleigh,  who  earnestly 
recommends  it,  in  a  letter  to  his  son  at  Cambridge.  About 
an  hundred  years  after  the  publication  of  the  "School 
master,"  by  Ascham,  Milton  wrote  his  celebrated  letter  to 
Hartlib,  in  which  he  complains  of  the  school  system  of  his 
time  as  being  "  tedious,  vexatious,  and  unprofitable."  We 
do  amiss,"  says  Milton,  "to  spend  seven  or  eight  years 
merely  in  scraping  together  as  much  miserable  Latin  and 
Greek  as  might  be  learned  easily  and  delightfully  in  one  year. 

*Ludtu  play  is  the  term  used  by  the  Romans  for  "  School,"  and  th« 
Greek  r*°M,  whence  our  own  word  is  translated,  signifies  ease  or  leisure* 
\  An  Essay  on  a  system  of  classical  instruction. 


And  that  which  casts  our  proficiency  therein  so  much  be- 
hind, is  but  time  lost — partly  in  too  oft  idle  vacancies,  given 
both  to  schools  and  universities — partly  in  a  preposterous 
exaction,  given  the  empty  wits  of  children  to  compose 
themes,  verses,  and  orations,  which  are  the  acts  of  ripest 
judgement,  and  the  final  work  of  a  head  filled,  by  long 
reading  and  observing,  with  elegant  maxims  and  copious 
invention.  These  are  not  matters  to  be  wrung  from  poor 
striplings,  like  blood  out  of  the  nose,  or  the  plucking  of  un- 
timely fruit."  After  noticing  the  absurdities  into  which 
children  are  led  by  the  former  modes  of  teaching,  he  pro- 
ceeds: — "Whereas  if,  after  some  preparatory  grounds  of 
speech  by  their  certain  forms  got  into  memory,  they  were 
led  to  the  praxis  thereof,  in  some  chosen  short  book  les- 
soned thoroughly"  (i.e.  dictated)  "to  them,  they  might  then 
proceed  to  learn  the  substance  of  good  things,  and  arts  in 
due  order,  which  would  bring  the  whole  language  quickly 
into  their  power.  This  I  take  to  be  the  most  natural  and 
most  profitable  way  of  learning  languages,  and  whereby  we 
may  best  hope  to  give  account  to  God  of  youth  spent  herein." 
Of  grammar,  Milton  says: — "First,  they  should  begin  with 
the  chief  and  necessary  rules  of  some  good  grammar,  either 
that  now  used,  or  any  better;  and  while  this  is  doing,  their 
speech  is  to  be  fashioned,  to  a  distinct  and  clear  pronuncia- 
tion, as  near  as  may  be  to  the  Italian,  especially  in  the 
vowels.  Next,  to  make  them  expert  in  the  usefullest  points 
of  gramm  ar ;  and  withal  to  season  them,  some  easy  and  de- 
lightful book  of  education  should  be  reed  to  them. 

Milton  thus  required  only  "the  chief  and  necessary  rules 
of  grammar"  to  be  taught,  and  "some  easy  and  delightful 
book"  to  be  read,  (i.  e.  dictated)  to  children,  till  they  had 
acquired  a  general  knowledge  of  the  words  of  the  language. 
They  are  not  to  be  turned  to  a  dictionary  to  make  out  the 
sense  of  a  passage,  by  ringing  the  changes  upon  two  hun- 
dred meanings  of  twenty  different  words ;  but  they  are  to 
be  told  the  express  term  for  each  word  by  the  teacher  him- 
self; who  is  also  to  explain  all  difficulties  of  grammatical 
construction,  so  that  the  teacher  take  all  the  trouble,  and  the 
child  have  nothing  but  pleasure  in  his  book."  Next  to 
Milton,  in  the  order  of  time,  and  perhaps  the  most  zealous 
promoter  of  the  reform  we  advocate,  is  John  Locke,  author 
of  the  "  Essay  on  the  Human  Understanding."  This  great 
philosopher  takes  the  same  general  view  of  the  subject 
which  Ascham  and  Milton  had  done  before  him.  "  When 


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1  consider,"  says  he,  "  what  ado  is  made  about  a  little  Latin 
and  Greek,  how  many  years  are  spent  in  it,  and  what  a 
noise  and  business  it  makes  to  no  purpose,  I  can  hardly  for- 
bear thinking,  that  the  parents  of  children  still  live  in  fear 
of.  the  schoolmaster's  rod,  which  they  look  on  as  the  only 
instrument  of  education;  as  a  language  or  two  to  be  its 
whole  business.  How  else  is  it  possible  that  a  child  should 
be  chained  to  the  oar,  seven,  eight,  or  ten  of  the  best  years 
of  his  life,  to  get  a  language  or  two,  which,  I  think,  might 
be  had  at  a  great  deal  cheaper  rate  of  pains  and  time,  and 
be  learned  almost  in  playing.*  Locke's  first  project  is :  "To 
trouble  the  child  with  no  grammar  at  all,  but  to  have  Latin, 
as  English  has  been,  without  the  perplexity  of  rules,  talked 
into  him ;  for  if  you  will  consider  it,  Latin  is  no  more  un- 
known to  a  child,  when  he  comes  into  the  world,  than  Eng- 
lish ;  and  yet  he  learns  English  without  a  master,  rule,  or 
grammar ;  and  so  might  he  Latin  too,  as  Tully  did,  if  he 
had  somebody  always  to  talk  to  him  in  this  language.  And 
when  we  so  often  see  a  French  woman  teach  an  English 
girl  to  speak  and  read  French  perfectly  in  a  year  or  two, 
without  any  rule  of  grammar,  or  any  thing  else  but  prattling 
to  her,  I  cannot  but  wonder,  how  gentlemen  have  overseen 
this  way  for  their  sons.  If,  therefore,-  a  man  could  be  got, 
who,  himself  speaking  good  Latin,  would  always  be  about 
your  son,  talk  constantly  to  him,  and  suffer  him  to  speak 
and  read  nothing  else,  this  would  be  the  true  and  genuine 
way,  and  that  which  I  would  propose,  not  only  as  the  easiest 
and  best,  wherein  a  child  might,  without  pains  or  chiding, 
get  a  language,  which  others  are  wont  to  be  whipt  for  at 
school  six  or  seven  years  together;  but  also  as  that,  wherein 
at  the  same  time,  he  might  have  his- mind  and  manners 
formed,  and  be  instructed  in  all  other  parts  of  knowledge 
of  things,  that  fall  under  the-  senses,  and  require  little  more 
than  memory.  But  if  such  a  man  cannot  be  got,  who  speaks 
good  Latin ;  and,  being  able  to  instruct  your  son  in  those 
parts  of  knowledge,  will  undertake  by  this  method  :  the  next 
best  thing,  is  to  have  him  taught  as  near  this  way  as  may  be, 
which  is  by  taking  some  easy  and  pleasant  book,  such  as 
•flSsop's  fables,  and  writing  the  English  translation  (made  as 
literal  as  can  be)  in  one  line,  and  the  Latin  words  which  answer 
inch  of  them,  just  over  it  in  another.  These  let  him  read 
every  day,  over  and  over  again,  till  he  perfectly  understands 

*  Essay  on  o  System  of  Classical  Instruction,  p.  50,  51. 


the  Latin ;  and  then  go  on  to  another  fable,  till  he  is  also 
perfect  in  that,  not  omitting  what  he  is  already  perfect  in, 
but  sometimes  reviewing  that  to  keep  it  in  his  memory. 

Let  it  not  be  supposed  from  any  thing  in  the  foregoing 
quotations  from  Milton  and  Locke,  that  these  great  masters 
of  language  ever  inculcated  a  disregard  to  the  study  of 
grammar,  or  that  they  thought  any  language  could  ever  be 
acquired  thoroughly  without  it.  They  both  insist  that  it 
shall  be  taught  to  children,  as  they  can  comprehend  it.  They 
would  not  "  charge  the  mind"  of  a  young  child  "  with  the 
multiplied  rules  and  intricacies  of  grammar,"  but  first  teach 
him  to  read  and  speak  these  languages  correctly — at  the 
same  time  teaching  the  rules  of  grammar  just  as  fast,  and 
no  faster,  than  he  can  understand  their  application.  Locke 
says : — "  The  formation  of  the  verb  first,  and  afterwards  the 
declensions  of  the  nouns  and  pronouns,  perfectly  learned  by 
heart,  facilitate  his  acquaintance  with  the  genius  and  manner 
of  the  Latin  tongue,  which  varies  the  signification  of  verbs 
and  nouns,  not  as  the  modern  languages  do,  by  particles 
prefixed,  but  by  changing  the  last  syllable."  "More  than 
this  of  grammar,  I  think  he  need  not  have,  till  he  can  read 
himself,  Sanctii  Minerva,"  &c.  As  he  advances  in  acquir- 
ing a  knowledge  of  words,  he  must  advance,  pari  pasu,  in 
obtaining  a  thorough  and  critical  knowledge  of  grammar. 
"  When  by  this  way  of  interlining  Latin  and  English  one 
with  another,  he  has  got  a  moderate  knowledge  of  the  Latin 
tongue,  he  may  then  be  advanced  a  little  farther,  to  the 
reading  of  some  other  easy  Latin  book,  such  as  Justin,  or 
Eutropius;  and  to  make  the  reading  and  understanding  of  it 
the  less  tedious  and  difficult  to  him,  let  him  help  himself 
with  the  English  translation.  Nor  let  the  objection,  that  he 
will  then  know  it  only  by  rote,  flight  any  one.  This,  when 
well  considered,  is  not  of  any  moment  against,  but  plainly 
for,  this  way  of  learning  a  language.  For  languages  are 
only  to  be  learned  by  rote ;  and  a  man  who  does  not  speak 
English  and  Latin  perfectly  by  rote,  so  that  having  thought 
of  the  thing  he  would  speak  of,  his  tongue,  of  course  with- 
out thought  of  rule  or  grammar,  falls  into  the  proper  expres- 
sion and  idiom  of  that  language,  does  not  speak  it  well,  nor 
is-master  of  it.  And  I  would  fain  have  any  one  name  to 
me  that  tongue,  that  any  one  can  learn,  or  speak  as  he  should 
do,  by  the  rules  of  grammar.  Languages  were  made,  not 
by  rules  of  art,  but  by  accident,  and  the  common  use  of  the 
people.  And  he  that  speaks  them  well,  has  no  other  rule 


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but  that;  nor  any  thing  to  trust  to  but  his  memory,  anil  the 
habit  of  speaking  after  the  fashion  learned  from  those,  that 
are  allowed  to  speak  properly,  which,  in  other  words,  is  only 
to  speak  by  rote."  We  could  multiply  our  quotations  to  a 
much  greater  extent,  but  our  limits  will  not  allow  it.  Those 
of  our  readers  who  are  desirous  to  extend  their  inquiries, 
are  referred  to  "A  compendious  way  of  teaching  Ancient 
and  Modern  Languages,  by  T.  Phillips,  Historiographer  to 
his  Majesty — London,  1750;"  "American  Journal  of  Edu- 
cation, vols..  1st  and  2d;"  and  "An  Essay  on  the  System 
of  Classical  Instruction,  &c. — London,  printed  for  John 
Taylor,  1829."  In  recommendation  of  the  plan  we  have 
adopted,  we  have  brought  together  an  array  of  the  names  of 
men,  who,  in  all  the  high  qualities  and  qualifications  requi- 
site to  constitute  them  competent  and  impartial  judges  of 
the  best  mode  of  teaching  languages,  are  not  surpassed  by 
any  who  have  ever  lived.  If  they  differ  in  some  of  the 
minor  details  of  their  respective  systems,  let  it  be  remem- 
bered that  they  wrote  in  times  considerably  remote,  and 
that  they  perfectly  agree  in  the  more  important  'points. 
"  Ascham  wrote  at  a  time  when  the  Latin  language  was 
not  only  the  sole  medium  of  communication  between  men 
of  literature  and  science,  but  almost  a  necessary  introduction 
to  the  common  business  of  life ;  and,  on  this  account,  it 
was  desirable  that  Latin  composition  should  be  more  exten- 
sively studied  in  early  youth.  At  the  time  Locke  wrote, 
the  use  of  the  Latin  language  was  far  less  general.  Each 
of  these  writers  dwells  upon  that  part  of  his  subject  which 
was  most  worthy  of  consideration  in  his  own  age.  Ascham 
gives  directions  more  particularly  for  the  writing  of  Latin : 
Locke,  for  the  reading  of  Latin  writers."  Locke  not  only 
advocated  the  plan  of  interlinear  translation,  but  actually 
translated  ^Esop's  fables  in  this  manner.  The  following 
title  page  is  copied  from  the  second  edition  of  this  work : — 
"  jEsop's  fables,  in  English  and  Latin  Interlineary,  for  the 
benefit  of  those  who,  not  having  a  master,  would  learn 
either  of  these  tongues.  The  second  edition,  with  Sculp- 
tures—by John  Locke,  Gent.  1723."  About  the  year  1816, 
Mr.  Hamilton  taught  the  French  language  on  a  plan  resem- 
bling tnat  of  Locke,  to  which  he  gave  his  own  name.  Before 
this  time,  Messrs.  Carre  and  Sanderson,  two  distinguished 
classical  teachers  of  Philadelphia,  published  interlined  trans- 
lations of  a  part  of  Historia  Sacra,  and  a  part  of  Telemachus. 
The  same  year,  the  Rev.  Mr  Osborn  published  "  A  Key 


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to  the  Latin  and  Greek  Languages ;  or,  the  Method  of  Die- 
tation,  systematically  arranged — containing  an  interlined 
translation  of  the  first  three  hooks  of  the  JEneid,  and  par* 
of  the  Gospel  of  St.  John. 

In  the  winter  of  1833,  Mr.  Joseph  N.  Lewis,  bookseller, 
of  Baltimore,  applied  to  Mr.  Osborn  to  revise  the  three 
iooks  of  the  ^Eneid  he  had  already  published,  and  to  com- 
plete a  translation  of  the  entire  poem.  Mr,  Osborn,  who  is 
at  the  head  of  a  large  seminary  irvthis  city,  could  not,  from 
want  of  time,  accomplish  the  task  himself,  and  engaged  Mr. 
John  L.  Gary  to  execute  it  for  him.  After  having  com- 
pleted the  fourth  book,  Mr.  Gary  was  obliged,  from  infirm 
health,  to  relinquish  the  undertaking — when  Mr.  Osborn 
applied  to  the  writer  of  this  prefatory  note,  to  complete  the 
work  his  friend  Gary  had  left  unfinished.  He  undertook, 
and  has  accomplished  it,  as  well  as  he  could,  in  the  time 
allowed  to  him.  To  this  he  has  added  the  Bucolics  and 
Georgics. 

It  was  our  intention  to  have  given  a  faithful  account  of 
the  labours  of  Hamilton,  and  to  have  exposed  the  injury  he 
had  done  to  the  cause  of  learning — first,  by  his  departure 
from  the  system  of  Locke — and  again  by  claiming  more  for 
his  own  system  than  any  can  ever  possibly  accomplish.  But 
at  the  moment  we  write  his  name,  we  hear,  for  the  first 
time,  that  he  is  dead! — and  we  yield  to  the  sentiment, 
de  mortuis  nil  nisi  bonum.  Not  contented  with  the  honour 
of  reviving  the  system  of  Locke  and  his  great  associates, 
his  unbounded  ambition  to  give  his  own  name  to  the  im- 
provements of  o'thers,  led  him  astray.  Yet  he  was  a  man 
of  most  ardent  zeal,  and  untiring  industry ; — and  although 
he  deviated  so  far  from  Locke,  he  accomplished  more  than 
any  man  of  the  present  age,  to  render  the  system  of  his 
illustrious  predecessor  known  and  appreciated — so  that, 
while  we  cannot  cease  to  lament  what  we  consider  his 
heresies,  we  shall  ever  consider  him  a  benefactor  to  the  human 
race.  In  our  translation,  taking  Locke  for  our  model,  we 
have  endeavoured  to  give  the  sense  of  Virgil  simple  and 
unadorned.  The  words  of  the  original  have  been  rendered 
into  English  corresponding  in  each  part  of  speech,  and  con- 
forming, as  nearly  as  possible,  to  their  various  inflections 
and  combinations.  From  this  course  we  have  never  devi- 
ated, except  when  the  idiomatic  difference  of  the  two  lan- 
guages has  demanded  it ; — for,  although  the  closest  version 
would  seem  the"  most  harmonious  to  the  mere  grammarian 


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the  outrage  offered  to  the  English  idiom,  by  imposing  there- 
upon the  shackles  of  a  foreign  dialect,  might  sometimes 
grate  harshly  upon  the  ear  of  taste  and  feeling.*  Respect- 
ing the  manner  of  instructing,  every  teacher  will  adopt  the 
plan  which  his  own  judgement  indicates  as  best.  Mr.  Os- 
born's  plan,  as  explained  in  his  "Key,"  is  to  translate  short 
sentences  of  the  lesson — one  of  the  class  repeating  after 
him — then,  another ; — and  as  many  as  will  be  necessary  to 
give  the  whole  class  sufficient  time  to  understand  the  sen- 
tence perfectly  well.  In  this  manner,  he  continues  till  they 
have  completed  the  prescribed  lesson — he  then  instructs 
them  thoroughly  in  the  declensions  and  conjugations,  begin- 
ning with  the  noun  substantive  of  the  first  declension,  and 
continuing  his  explanation  of  a  single  word  till  the  pupil 
can  decline  any  word  belonging  to  this  declension,  at  the 
flame  time  shewing  him  where  it  is  found,  with  the  required 
rule  of  concord  or  government.  In  this  manner,  his  pupils 
are  carried  thiough  the  declension  of  nouns,  till  they  have 
mastered  them  all.  He  then  instructs  them  in  the  adjec- 
tives, in  the  same  manner — then  the  pronouns,  verbs,  parti- 
ciples— after  which,  the  indeclinable  parts  of  speech,  taking 
especial  care  never  to  leave  any  one  part  of  speech  till  its 
forms  are  thoroughly  understood.  Having  accomplished 
this,  he  requires  his  pupils  to  commit  their  grammar  to  mem- 
ory, which  they  can  do  with  great  ease  and  satisfaction  to 
themselves — inasmuch  as  they  perfectly  understand  what 
they  are  about.  The  writer  of  this,  who,  during  the  last 
twenty  years,  has  taught  many  hundred  ladies  and  gentle- 
men on  this  plan,  has  adopted  exactly  the  mode  described 
above,  except  that,  for  several  years  past,  he  has  required 
his  pupils,  in  following  his  dictation,  to  speak  all  at  once. 
When  a  class  is  first  formed,  there  will  always  occur,  for  a 
short  time,  more  or  less  discord ; — but,  when  the  members 
are  worthy  and  desirous  to  learn,  they  will  become  accus- 
tomed, in  two  or  three  lessons,  to  speak  together — so  that 
he  has  often  taught  classes  of  thirty  or  forty  members,  who 
all  recited  together,  in  as  perfectly  harmonious  concord,  as 
he  ever  witnessed  among  a  choir  of  singers,  or  a  congrega- 
tion reading  prayers.  This  method  is  admirably  adapted  to 
teach  children  to  read  well,  provided  the  teacher  is  a  good 
reader ;  for,  as  he  reads,  his  pupils  will  read  after  him.  In 
this  manner  one  teacher  can  instruct  a  very  numerous  class : 

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as  many,  indeed,  as  can  conveniently  hear  his  voice— pro- 
vided they  are  well  disposed. 

In  following  out  the  plan  above  indicated,  it  will  be  found, 
that  the  dictation  of  the  teacher  can  never  be  rendered 
equally  beneficial  to  each  of  the  members  of  a  numerous 
class.  Among  the  best,  some  will  be  more  attentive  than 
others,  the  members  of  the  class  will  differ  from  each  other 
in  various  degrees  of  preparatory  education,  in  capacity 
memory,  and  quick  apprehension — so  that  any  specified 
number  of  repetitions  "  will  either  be  insufficient  for  one 
part  of  the  class,  or  more  than  sufficient  for  another."  There 
will  be  a  loss  of  learning,  or  a  loss  of  time,  when  the  dicta- 
tion of  the  teacher  alone  is  relied  on.  Whereas,  when  every 
member  of  the  class  can  resort  to  our  interpretation,  each 
can  bestow  just  so  much  time  as  is  necessary  for  a  perfect 
understanding  of  the  lesson.  Besides,  the  book  is  always 
in  good  humour  with  its  reader,  and  is  never  tired  of  an- 
swering inquiries,  or  correcting  errors :  so  that  it  is  accom- 
modated to  the  tempers,  as  well  as  to  the  capacities  of  all ; 
neither  disgusting  the  quick  scholar,  by  tedious  repetition, 
nor  discouraging  the  more  backward,  by  impatient  remon- 
strance. Not  that  it  tends  to  induce  negligence  on  the  part 
of  the  .learner :  on  the  contrary,  the  greater  the  facility  of 
learning  correctly,  the  greater  should  be  the  accuracy  re- 
quired by  the  teacher  at  the  time  of  examination.  Neither 
does  it  preclude  any  exertion  on  the  part  of  the  teacher 
himself,  which  he  may  be  desirous  to  bestow  from  his  own 
resources.*"  A  competent  teacher  will  always  find  suffi- 
cient occasion  for  his  observations,  according  to  the  different 
capacities  and  dispositions  of  boys,  which  will  come,  with 
far  more  effect,  when  the  lesson  is  in  some  degree  familiar 
to  all ;  and  he  will  gain  a  vast  deal  of  time  for  the  commu- 
nication of  useful  knowledge,  by  being  thus  relieved  from 
the  mechanical  drudgery  of  working  upon  each  boy's  mem- 
ory. We  could  readily  have  adduced  the  authority  of 
many  distinguished  names,  English,  French,  German,  and 
from  among  the  best  scholars  of  our  country,  in  support  of 
this  system  of  instruction — but  the  subject  does  not  require 
it.  We  have  brought  forward  the  testimony  of  Milton  and 
Locke — we  can  go  no  higher.  He  who,  on  a  subject  like 
this,  will  not  yield  his  doubts  to  their  opinions,  would  dis- 
credit." Moses  and  the  Prophets."  The  most  distinguished 

*  Essay  on  a  Svstem  of  Classical  Instruction. 


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of  the  foreign  journals,  the  Edinburgh  and  Quarterly  Re. 
views,  with  many  others,  only  second  to  them  in  authority, 
nave  powerfully  advocated  this  system.  "The  American 
Journal  of  Education,"  the  best  periodical  our  country  has 
ever  produced,  exclusively  devoted  to  this  subject,  as  long 
ago  as  December,  1826,  describes  this  "  method'7  as  "  pleas 
ant  and  expeditious,  as  well  as  thorough.  There  is  no  delay 
for  idle  formalities ;  the  learner  is  led  at  once  to  his  object, 
in  his  very  first  efforts,  he  is  conscious  of  the  efforts  he  is 
making,  and  he  goes  on  with  a  cheerful  impulse,  which  ac- 
celerates his  advances.  He  thus  redeems  a  large  portion  of 
his  time  for  other  branches  of  study,  and  for  useful  accom- 
plishments." In  this  age  and  country,  we  are  not  called 
upon  to  prove  the  value  of  education,  or  the  importance  of 
extending  it  to  females.  In  many  respects,  it  is  quite  as  im- 
portant that  they  should  be  well  grounded  in  a  competent 
knowledge  of  the  learned  languages,  as  the  other  sex.  They 
will  give  the  first  impulse  in  all  which  is  good  and  useful  to 
the  next  generation — they  may  reform  the  present.  Our 
country  has  already  produced  women,  who,  in  classical  ac' 
quirement,  have  equalled  any  who  have  lived  in  any  other. 
Although,  most  fortunately  for  us,  we  have  never  had  a 
"  queen  Elizabeth,1'  or  can  we  boast  of  "  the  venerable  Eliza- 
beth Carter,"  or  "the  beautiful  Elizabeth  Smith,"  so  justly 
celebrated  by  their  illustrious  countrywoman,  Hannah  More, 
yet  our  own  Hannah  Adams  and  Martha  Ramsay  were,  at 
least  in  classical  learning,  equal  to  the  English  Queen,  or 
her  great  relative,  lady  Jane  Grey  (so  infinitely  her  superior 
in  moral  qualities) — while  in  all  the  virtues  which  adorn  the 
sex,  they  held  equal  rank  with  the  other  British  ladies  whose 
names  we  have  recited.  After  many  years  experience  in 
teaching  languages  to  females,  the  writer  of  this  can  bear 
faithful  (as  he  does  most  grateful)  testimony  to  their  capacity, 
docility,  and  industry.  He  has  never  known  their  pro- 
ficiency equalled  by  the  other  sex :  and,  were  he  allowed 
to  adorn  this  page  with  the  names  of  his  female  pupils  who 
have  distinguished  themselves  as  Latin  scholars,  with  a 
simple  statement  of  the  amount  of  their  acquirements,  and 
the  time  they  devoted  to  this  study,  he  would  thereby  fur- 
nish an  argument  in  favour  of  the  system  he  advocates, 
quite  as  convincing  as  any  he  has  used.  The  miserable 
prejudice  which  has  withheld  this  better  part  of  our  race 
from  an  equal  participation  in  these  most  delightful  studies, 
is  fast  passing  away.  "The  days  aie  past,  when  the  know- 


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ledge  of  tent-stitch,  and  the  composition  of  a  pudding,  or 
cordial,  was  esteemed  the  chief  glory  of  half  the  creation. 
The  females  of  the  present  generation  may  boast,  in  the 
language  of  judicial  astrology,  a  most  auspicious  nativity. 
Science  allures  them  to  her  temple,  and  virtue  commands 
them  to  dedicate  to  her  altar,  that  influence  which  they  de- 
rive from  the  courtesy  of  refined  society.  The  genius  of 
their  country,  as  well  as  the  spirit  of  the  age,  supplies  another 
stimulant,  prompting  them  to  become  worthy  of  a  name  among 
the  dignified  and  enlightened  daughters  of  the  greatest  republic 
on  earth.*  L.  HART. 

Baltimore,  March  IQth,  1833. 
'  Journal  of  Education. 


THE  ^NEID  OF  VIRGIL, 


WITH  AN 


INTERLINEAR  TRANSLATION; 


AS    NEARLY    LITERAL    AS    THE    IDIOMATIC    DIFFER- 
ENCE OF  THE  LATIN  AND  ENGLISH  LAN- 
GUAGES WILL  ALLOW. 


BY  LEVI  HART  &  V.  R.  OSBORN. 


Conditor ,  Iliados  cantabitur,  atque  Maronis 
Altisoni  dubiam  facientia  carmina  palmam. 

— JOVENALIS,  SAT.  11. 


THE 

or 

P.  VIRGILIUS  MARO. 

BOOK  FIRST. 


CANO,  arma  que  virum  qui,  p/ofugus  fato,  primus  venit 

I  sing,     arms      and    the  hero   who,       driven      by  fate,    first     has  come 

ab  „  oris    Trqjse    Italiam  que    Lavina    littora:  multum 

from  the  coasts    of  Troy       to  Italy   and  the  Lavinian       shores:  much 

tile    jactatus    et  terris    et    alto  vi       superum 

he  has  been  tossed  both  on  land  and  on  the  sea  by  the  power  of  the  gods  above, 

ob        memorem    iram      saevae    Junonis:  et 

on  account  of       the  lasting         wrath       of  cruel        Juno:  and 

passus      quoque    multa    bello,     dum  conderet 

ke  has  suffered  also      many  things  in  war,       until  he  might  build 

urbem      que      inferret      deos    Latio:      unde     Latinum 

a  city  and    might  bring  in  his  gods  to  Latium;    from  whence  is  the  Latin 

genus  que    Albani    patres     atque    moenia    altae     Romae. 

race         and     the  Alban     fathers          and       the  walls    of  lofty         Rome. 

Musa    memora  mihi  causas:  quo  numine    laeso  ve     quid 

O  Muse         relate      to  me   the  causes;  what  deity  being  offended  or          why 

Regina      Deum    dolens      impulerit         virum    insignem 

the  queen    of  the  gods  grieving  may  have  compelled     a  man  eminent 

pietate  volvere    tot      casus,      adire       tot  labores. 

for  piety  to  endure  so  many  calamities,  to  undergo  so  many  hardships. 

Tantsene  ires         ccelestibus  animis? 

Jire  BO  great.       resentments       in  heavenly    minds? 

Antiqua    urbs    fuit  Tyrii    coloni          tenuere 

An  ancient       city  has  been  which  Tyrian  husbandmen       have  inhabited 

Carthago  contra  Italiam  que          ostia         Tiberina 

Carthage  by  name,  over  against     Italy     and     the  entrances  of        the  Tiber 

longe;        dives      opum  que  asperrima      studiis        belli: 

but  far  off;    abounding  in  wealth  and     most  hard    in  the  exercises    of  war 

quam    unam      Juno    fertur    coluisse  magis        omnibus 

which  one      city  Juno    is  said  to  have  revered  more  than          all 

terris  Samo        posthabita.    Hie          illius  arma  hie 

lands      Samos  being  less  esteemed.      Here  have  been  her    arms  here 

fuit          currus:     Dea    jam      turn  que  tendit  que  fovet 

has  been  her    chariot:  the  goddess  now  and  then     both    designs  and  cherishes 

hoc          esse    regnum        gentibus    si        qua 

CJU  kopt  that  this      is       to  be  a  metropolis    for    the  nations     if        in  any 


10  19 

fata      sinant.       Sed  enim        audierat       progeniera 

tMy  the  fate*  may  permit.      But     truly       the  bad  beard          that        a  race 

duci        a    Trajano  sanguine  qua    olim    verteret 

wat    descended    from      Trujao  blood         which  hereafter  might  overturn 

Tyrias    arces:       hinc  populum  late    regem  que  superbum 

the  Tyrian  tower*:  that  hence  a  people  extensively  a  ruler     and  proud 

bello     venturum        excidio    Libyae:     sic  Parcas 

in  war  is  about  to  come  for  the  destruction  of  Libya:  thus  that       the  destinies 

volvere.    4         Saturnia        metuens  id  que         mcmor 

lad  ordained.    (The  daughterof  Saturn      fearing      that    and  mindful 

veteris      belli  quod  prima  gesserat          ad  Trojam  pro 

yf  the  ancient    war   which      first     she  had  carried  on  before   Troy  for 

caris  Argis;  necdum   etiam  causa     irarum    que    eaevi 

her  beloved  Argos;      nor  as  yet       also  the  causes  of  her  wrath  and  her  great 

dolores  exciderant    animo;       judicium    Paridis       manet 

resentments  bad  escaped  from  her  mind;  the  judgment      of  Paris  remain* 

repostum        altamenteque  injuria   spretze     formae  et 

laid  up     in  her  lofty  mind       and  the  injury  of  her  despised     form;    and    the 

invisum  genus  et  honores        rapti       Ganymedis:  accensa 

hated       race     and    the  honors    of  the  ravished    Ganymede:  incensed 

super  his  arcebat  longe   Latio        Troas        jactatos 

about     these  things    she  repelled    far      from  Latium  the  Trojans  lossscd 

toto  aequore,  reliquias  Danaum   atque  immitis  Achillei;  que 

on  all  the  ceo,  the  remains  of  the  Greeks     and      of  cruel        Achilles         and 

errabant      per  multos  annos  acti      fatis      circum  omnia 

they  wandered   during    many       years     driven  by  the  fates  about  all 

maria:  condere  Romanam  gentem  erat         tantae      molis 

seas:       to  found        the  Roman       nation    was  a  teork  of  so  great  magnitude- 

Vuc  laeti   dabant  vela    e    conspectu    Siculae 

Scarcely  the  Trojans  joyful    gave  their  sails    from    sight  of  the         Sicilian 

telluris  in  altum  et  ruebant  spumas    salis  aere; 

land     upon  the  sea  and    ploughed    the  foam  of  the  sea  with  their  brass  beakt; 

cum  Juno  servans  acternura   vulnus  sub  pectore  haec 

wben    Juno    keening  an  everlasting     wound     in    her  breast  retained  these 

secum:  I  mene  victam       desistere    incepto 

things  with  herself:  does  it  become    me,      conquered,       to  desist  from  my  under- 

nec  posse     avertere    regem  Teucrorum  Italia, 

taking,  nor  to  be  able  to  drive  away  the  king  of  the  Trojans          from  Italy, 

quippe     vetor          fatis!       Pallasne  potuit  exurere  classera 

because    I  am  forbidden  by  the  fates!    Has  Pallas  been  able  to  burn    the  fleet 

ArgivQm   atque  submergere  ipsos  ponto   ob  noxam    unius, 

of  the  Greeks,    and          to  drown       them  in  the  sea  for    the  fault       ofone. 

et      furias    Ajacis      Oilci?          Ipsa    jaculata  e  nubibus 

even  the  frenzy  of  Ajaz  the  son  of  Oileus?    She    having  darted  from  the  clouds, 

rapidum  ignem   Jovis,    que   disjecit      rates,    que  evertit 

the  rapid      lightning  of  Jupiter,  both  has  scattered  their  ships,  and      has    up- 

rcquora    ventis:  turbine    corripuit  ilium  expiran- 

tumed  the  seas  with  the  winds:  in  a  whirlwind  she  has  seized    him      breathing 


11  45 

tern  Mammas  transfixo  pectore,  que  infixit  acuto 

forth    tiames  ironi  his  transfixed  breast,       and    lias  thrust  him  upon      a  sharp 

scopulo.     Ast  ego,  quae  incedo,  regina   divum,     que      et 

ruck.  But     I.       who       walk,    the  queen  of  the  gods,    and         both 

soror    et  conjux  Jovis,   gero    beila  tot    annos  cum     una 

the  siscer  and      nife     of  Jove,  carry  on  wars  so  many  years    with          one 

gente.    Et  quisquam  praterea  adoret  numen   Junonis    aut 

nation.      And  can  any  one      hereafter      adore     the  deity     of   Juno  or 

supplex  imponat   aris   honorem? 

suppliant       put  on    her  altars  a  sacrifice.' 

Dea    volutans  talia         secum      flammato   corde  venit 

The  goddess  revolving  such  tiling's  with  herself  in  her  inflamed  mind        comes 

in  iEoliam    patriam        nimborum,  loca   tteta       furentibus 

into    /Eolia    the  native  country  of  storms,       places  pregnant  with  boisterous 

Austris.  I  Hie  rex  ^Eolus  vasto  antro  prcmit   imperio       ac 

winds          *    Here   king    ./Eolus  in  a  vast  cave    controls    by  authority       and 

fraenat    vinclis    et   carcere  luctantes  ventos  que       sonoras 

restrains  with  chains  and  a  prison  the  struggling     winds     and         the  roaring 

tempestates.  Illi  indignantes  fremunt  circum  claustra    cum 

tempests.  They       indignant  roar          around 'the  barriers       with 

magno  murmure      mentis.      ^Eolus  sedet  celsa         arce 

*.  ereat       murmur     of  the  mountain.  yEolus  sits    on  a  lofty      eminence 

tenens    sceptra;  que  mollit    animos   et    temperat         iras. 

holding        a  sceptre;    and     calms  their  passions  and     moderates  their    wrath. 

Quippe  ni     facial  rapidi     ferant  secum 

For  unless  he  may  do  thus  they  swift  may  bear  away      "     with  themse'.ves 

maria  ac  terras  que  profundum  ccelum  que  verrant      per 

the  sea?  and  the  lands  and         the  high  heaven    and    sweep  ttiem  through 

auras.     Sed  omnipotens  pater  metuens  hoc     abdidit 

(he  air        But  the   omnipotent     father      fearing       this  has  confined          them 

atris  speluncis;  que  insuper  imposuit       molem         et  altos 

in  dark      c<ives;        and    moreover  hath  put  over  them  a  huge  nviss       and    lofty 

monies;    que         dedit   regem  qui  jussus    sciret  et 

mountains;    and  hath  appointed  a  king    who    ordered  might  know  how      both 

premere  certo  fcedere  et  dare  laxas  habenas:  Ad  quem 

to  restrain  them  by  a  sure     rule       and  to  give  loose        reins:       To       whom 

Juno  supplex  turn  usa  est   his      vocibus:  JEole     (namque 

Juno      suppliant    then    has    used    these        words:        O  /Eolus  (for  the 

pater  Divum  atque  rex  hominum  dedit    tibi    et     mulcere 

father  of  the  gods   and  the  king   of  men        has  eiven  to  thee  both  to  calm 

fluctus,     et  tollere          vento:)      Gens     tnimica        mihi 

th<-  waves,    and  to  raise  then  hy  the  wind;)       A  nation      hostile  to  me 

navijjat  Tyrrhenum  asquor,  portans  Illium   que  victos 

sails  upon     the  Tuscan        sea.        carrying      lllium       and          its  conquered 

penates        in  Italiam.    Incute   ventis   vim,  que        obrue 

household  gods  into  Italy.          Strike  into  the  winds  force,    and        overwhelm 

puppes  submersas  aut  age    diver^as,  et  disjice      corpora 

'ktir  ships  bilged         or    drive  them  apait,      and  scatter  their  bodiei    in 


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ponto.       Sunt  mihi  bis  septem  nymphae   pncstanti  corpore; 

the  sea.     There  are  to  me  twice    seven        nymphs     •    of  excellent  body 

quarum  Deiopiam  quae    pulcherrima  forma   jungam 

of  whom       Deiopeia       who  is  the  most  beautiful  in  form  I  will  join         tothtt 

stabili   connubio,  que    dicabo       propriam:  ut        exigat 

In  firm  wedlock,      and    will  appoint  to  be  your  own.  that      she  may  spend 

omnes    annos  tecum  pro  talibus  meritis,  et  facial  te 

all  her  years    with  ihee      for  such          favours,  and  may  make  thce 

parentem    pulchra     prole.     ./Eolus     contra  haec: 

the  father       of  a  beautiful    offspring.      Aeolus    on  the  other  hand  answers  these 

0  Regina,    tuus  labor     explorare  qui.l    optes:  est 

things.  O  queen.        thy  labour      t*    to  examine     what  you  may  desire:   it    if 

fas    mihi  capessere        jussa.      Tu   concilias   mihi    hoc 

right     for  me    to  execute    your  commands.    Thou      gainest        for  me       this 

regni     quodcunque,          tu  sceptra          que 

kingdom        whatever         there  vs.lhou  gaintst  for  me,  my   sceptre  and 

Jovem:  tu    das        accumbere  epulis   Divum,  que  facis 

Jove*         thou  givest  to  me  to  recline  at  banquets  of  the  gods,  and    makest  m« 

potentem  nimborura  que  tempestatum.   Ubi  hsec 

powerful  over  storms    and          tempests.  When  these     things  kavt 

dicta  impulit    cavum  montem   in      latus        conversa 

teen  said  he  has  struck  the  hollow  mountain  against  the  side      with  his  turned 

cuspide  ac  venti    veluti     facto    agmine  ruunf        qua 

spear  and  the  winds       as        in  a  formed     band    burst  forth  where 

porta  data,  et  perflant   terras      turbine          Incu- 

an  entrance  has  been  given,  and  blow  over  the  lands  in  a  whirlwind.   They  have 

ouere         mari  que  una  que  Eurus  que  Notus 

hovered  over  the  sea  also  at  the  same  time  both  the  east   and       the  south  winu 

que     Africus       creber  procellis,  ruunt    totum       a 

and  the  south-west  wind  thick  with  tempests,  agitate  the  whole  sea  from          iti 

imis   sedibus;    et  volvunt  vastos  fluctus  ad   littora.        Que 

lowest  foundations;  and       roll  vast       waves      to    the  shores.  Both 

clamor    virum    que   stridor    rudentum  insequitur.  Subitb 

a  cry          of  the  men  and   a  cracking    of  the  cables      succeeds.       Suddenly 

nubes  eripiunt  que    coelum   que  diem  ex  oculis    Teucro- 

the  clouds  snatch       both    the  heaven   and  the  day  from  the  eyes     of  the  Tro- 

rum:    atra  nox  incubat  ponto.      Poli     intonuere,   et  aethei 

Jans:       dark   njght  sits  upon   the  sea.    The  Poles  have  thundered,  and  the  sky 

micat  crebris     ignibus:  que  omnia     intentant  praesentem 

glitters  with  frequent  lightnings:    and      all    tilings  threaten  present 

mortem  viris.     Extemplo    membra  ^Eneae  solvuntur      fri- 

death      to  the  men.    Immediately     the  limbs  of    ./Eneas    are  relaxed         with 

fore.   Ingemit  et  tendens  duplices  palmas  ad  sidera,  refert 
ar.        He  groans    and  stretching          both  bands  to  the  stars,     relates 

talia  voce:    O  que  ter  que  quater  beati,       queis 

such  things  with  his  voice:  O    both  thrice  and  four  times  happy  they,  to  whom  it 

contigit       oppetere  ante     ora        patrum,     sub          altis 

liath  happened        to  die       before  the  faces  of  their  fathers,  under  the  lofty 


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mcenibusTrojac.  0  Tydide     fortissime      gentis      Danaum, 

walls  of  Troy!  O  Tydeus'  son  the  most  brave  of  the  nation  of  the  Greeks, 

mene  nonpotuisse   occumbere  Illiacis    campis      que 

why  is  it  thai  I  have  not  been  able     to  fall  on  tin;  Trojan  plains  and 

efl'undere  hanc  animam  tua  dextra?     ubi  saevus         Hector 

to  pour  forth    this        soul         by  thy  riulit  hand?  where  stern  Hector 

jacet          telo         jEacidae,  ubi  ingens  Sarpedon:  ubi 

lies  slain  by  the  weapon  of  Achilles,  where  the  great  Sarpedon  lies:  where 

Simois  volvit  sub    undis  correpta  scuta  virOm  que       galea* 

Simois         rolls    under  its  waves,    seized        shields  of  men      and  helnieU 

et  fortia  corpora.  Procella  stridens  Aquilone        adversa 

and    brave        bodies.       A  tempest    roaring     from  the  north         opposite  to  kirn 

jactanti     talia          ferit  velum,  que  tollit  fluctus  ad    sidera 

throwing  out  such  things  strikes  the  sail,  and    raises  the  billows  to     the  stare 

Remi   franguntur;    turn   prora  avertit  et  dat  latus 

The  oars    are  broken;        then    the  prow  inclines   and  gives  tbe  side          to  the 

undis;  praeruptus  mons     aquae     insequitur  cumulo.  H". 

waves;        a  broken    mountain  of  water         succeeds       in  a  heap.  These 

pendent  in  summo  fluctu;    unda  dehiscens  aperit      lerram 

bang  on  the  highest    wave:      the  water    opening       discloses       the  earth 

his      inter   fluctus,  aestus  furit     arenis.         Notus  torquet 

to  those  between  the  waves,  the  tide  mixes  with  the  sand.  The  south  wind   hurls 

tres        abreptas     in  latentia  saxa;  quie  saxa  in  mediis  flucti- 

three  others  draped  away  upon    hidden  rocks;  which  rocks  in  the  midst       of  the 

bus,         Itali  vocant  Aras,  immane  dorsum     summo 

waves,  the  Italians  call  the  Altars,         a  huge   ridge          on  the  highest  part  of 

mari.        Eurus    urget  tres  ab    alto   in  brevia  et     syrtes, 

the  sea.    The  east  wind  drives  three  from  the  deep  on   the  fluts  and  quick-sands, 

miserabile  visu;    que  illidit          vadis     atque  cingit 

lamentable    to  be  seen;  and    dashes  them  on  the  shelves  and  surrounds  them 

aggere     arenae.  Ingens  pontus  ante  oculos  ipsius  ferit        a 

with  a  heap  of  eand.    A  great        sea        before  the  eyes  of  him  strikes     from 

vertice    in   puppim  unam  quae  vehebat  Lycios  que     fiduro 

the  top     against    a  ship         one      which  conveyed  the  Lycians  and  the  faithful 

Orontem;  magister  excutitur  que  pronus  volvitur   in  caput: 

Orontes;  the  pilot     is  shaken  off  and  downward  is  tumbled  upon  his  head: 

ast  fluctus  agens  illam  ter  circum      ibidem,      torquet,      et 

but    a  wave    driving    that    thrice  around  in  the  same  place,  whirls  it.         aad 

rapidus  vortex  vorat    aequore.     Apparent  rari  nantes  in 

aiapid  eddy  swallows  it  in  the  sea.     They  appear    few  swimming  in    tbe 

vasto  gurgite;  arrna  virum  que  tabulae  et  Troi'a  gaza 

vast  aeep;       the  arms  of  men    and      planks    and  Trojan  treasure    appear 

per  undas.     Jam  hiems        vicit     validam  navem    Ilionei 

in    the  waters.    Now    n  storm  has  overcome    the  strong     ship        of  Ilioneus 

jam  fortis  Achatae,  et  qua"    Abas      vectus 

now  thtskip  of  brave     Achates,     and  the  skip  in  which  Abas     has  been  carried 

et  qua"  grandaevus  Alethes:  omnes  accipiunt 

and  tkt  one  in  which      the  old         Alethes  As*  bun  carried,    all  receive 


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immicum  imbrem   compagibus   laterum        laxis,  que   fa- 

iln-  hostile  flood       the     closure*        of  the  aides  being  loose,   and 

tiscunt    rimis. 

gape          with  flunk  -. 

Interea,     Neptunus    sensit    pontum   misceri    magno 

In  the  mean  time,    Neptune     bag  perceived  the  sea  to  be  disturbed  with  a  great 

murmure,  que  hyemem     emissam,  et  slagna       rcfusa 

noise  and      a  storm     tobe  sent  forth,  and   the  dcepa     poured  out  from 

imis         vadis:  graviter  commotus,  et  prospiciens  alto, 

tbeir  low/est  bottom:      greatly         irritated,      and  taking  care  for  the  sea,      he 

extulit       placidum  caput    summa      unda.    Videt  classem 

has  raised  kia       calm  head  from  the  highest  water.       He  sees  the  fleet  of 

^Eneae  disjectam  toto  sequore,  Troas       oppresses     iluctibus 

4ineas        scattered    on  all    the  sea,    the  Trojans  overwhelmed  by  the  waves 

que  ruinS.   coeli.      Nee  doli    et  inc  Junonis  latuere 

and  the  ruin  of  heaven.    Nor  the  wiled  and  wrath  of  Juno   have  been  concealed 

fratrem:       vocat  ad     se         Eurum    que        Zephyrum; 

from  her  brother  be  calls  to   himself  the  East  wind    and  the  West  wind, 

de  hinc  fatur     talia;  tantane     fiducia  vestris  generis 

then          he  speaks     such  things;  has  so  great  presumption  of  your  race 

tenuit   vos?  Jam  audetis,  venti,  miscere  ccelum  que  terram 

possessessed  you?    Now    dare  yon,  O  winds,  to  disorder    heaven   and  the  earth 

sine  meo  numine,  et  tollere  tantas  moles?  quos    ego: 

without    my     authority,  and   to  raise  so  great  heaps  of  waves?  whom  1 

Sed  pnestat  componere  motos     fluc.tus.      Post 

will  punish:    But  it  is  better      to  compose     the.  agitated  billows.      Afterwards 

luetis        mihi  commissa      poenS.    non  simili.  Maturate 

ye  shall  expiate  to  me  your  offences   by  a  punishment  not  similar.  Hasten 

fugam,   que  dicite  haec         vestro  regi:         imperium  pelagi 

your  flight,  and  declare  these  things  to  your    king:  that  the   empire  of  the  sea 

que  saevum  tridentem    non     datum  ilii  sorte  sed  mihi:  ille 

and    the  mighty    trident       has  not  been  given  to  him  bylot    but  to  me:         h« 

tenet  immania  saxa,  vestras  domos,  Eurer     jEolus  jactet 

possesses    huge        rocks,       your     mansions,   O  Kurus:    ./Eolus    may  boast 

se  in  illS.  aula,  et  regnet       clauso  carcere  ventorum.  Sic 

himself  in  that  palace,  and  reign  in  the  inclosed  prison  of  the  winds.      Thus. 

ait,    et  citius  dicto  placat  tumida  aequora,  que  fugat 

he  says,  and  quicker  than  the  word  be  calms  the  swollen     seas,      and  disperses 

collectas  hubes,  que  reducit  solem.  Simul     Cymothoe 

the  collected  clouds,     and  brings  back  the  sun.     At  the  same  time  Cymothoe 

et  Triton  adnixus  detrudunt  naves         acuto  scopulo:  ipse 

and  Triton       pushing         shove         the  ships  from  the  pointed    rock:  h« 

levat  tridenti,  et  aperit  vastas  syrtes,    et  temperat 

assists  them  with  Ais  trident,     and  opens  tbe  vast  quicksands,  and  calms 

sequor,  atque  levibus     rotis  perlabitur   summas 

tbe  sea        and    with  the  light  wheels  of  Ai*  chariot       glides      over  thfe  highest 

undas.  Ac  veluti  cum  saepe  seditio  coorta  est    in       magno 

waves.      And     as       when  often  a  sedition    has    arisen  among         a  (real 


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populo,  que  ignobilevulgussaevit        animis:  jamque    faces 

.multitude,  and  the  ignoble     vulgar   rages  in  their  minds:-    and  now  firebrands 

et    saxa  volant;  furor  ministrat  arma:  si  turn  forte  conspex- 

and  stones  .  fly;          rage         affords        arms:     if  then  by  chance  they  have 

ere  quem  virum  gravem  pieiate     ac  meritis,     silent      que 

seen    any         man     venerable  for  Ms  piety  and    merits,  they  are  still        and 

adstant  arrectis  auribus:  ille  regit      animos         dictis,    et 

stand  with  attentive        ears:         he     rules  their  passions     by  his  words,     and 

mulcet    pectora.  Sic  cunctus  fragor  pelagi      cecidit,  post- 

calms  their  breasts.      Thus   •  all        the  noise  of  the  sea   has  ended,        after- 

quam,  genitor  prospiciens  sequora,  que  invectus  aperto  cselo 

wards     the  father       surveying        the  seas,    and       borne     in  the  open     sky, 

flectit  equos,  que  volans    secundo  curru  dat    lora.    Defessi 

turns  his  horses,   and    flying  in  his  favourable  chariot,  gives  the  reins.  The  weary 

^Eneadas  contendunt  petere  cursu,   littora       quae 

Trojans  strive  to  gain        in  their  course  the  shores        which  art 

proxima,  et  vertuntur  ad   oras       Libyje.  Est  locus  in 

the  nearest,  and  are  turned      to  the 'coasts  of  Libya.      There  is   a  place   in 

longo  secessu:  insula  efficit  portum,      objectu         late  rum, 

&  long       recess:     an  island  forms    a  harbour,  by  the  interposition  of  its  sides, 

quibus  omnis  unda  ab     alto   frangitur,  que  scindit  sese    iu 

by  which    every     wave  from  the  sea  is  broken,       and     divides    itself  into 

reductas  sinus.         Hinc  atque  hinc,  vast®  rupes  que  gemini 

retired  bays.    On  this  part      aud      that,  .   vast  •  cliffs    and  two 

scopuli          minantur  in  ccelum,  sub  quorum  ver- 

rocks  are  raised  up  in  a  threatening  manner  to    heaven,    under    whose      sum- 

tice  sequora  tuta  •  late    silent:  turn  scena       corusci's  sylvis, 

mil*    the  seas    secure  all  about  are  still:    then  a  bower  with  waving         woods 

que  atrum  nemus  Jiorrenti  umbrd  imminet  desuper.       Sub 

and     a  dark      grove     with  dismal  shade      hangs  over  from  above.       Under 

adversa"    fronte  antrum  pendentibus  scopulis:     intus 

the  opposite   front  is  a  cave   among  the          hanging  rocks:  within 

dulces  aqua},  que  sedilia  vivo  saxo,  •  domus  nympharum: 

are  fresh     waters,    and     seats   of  living  stone,  the  habitation  of  the  nymphs; 

hie  non  ulla  vincula  tenent  fessas  naves;  non  anchora  alligat 

here  not      any     cables         hold    the  weary  ships;     not  any  anchor        moors 

unco  morsu.  ^Eneas  subit  hue     septem    navibus 

tJiem  by  its  crooked   flock.       jEneas        enters    hither   with   seven  ships 

collectis  ex  •  omni  numero:  ac      Troe's,    egressi      magno 

collected     out  of  the  whole  number:     and  the  Trojans,  debarking  with  a  great 

amore  telluris,  potiuntur  optatd  arena1,  et  ponunt    in  littore 

love       of  the  land,    .  enjoy   •    the  desired  earth,  and       lay          on  the  shore 

artus    tabentes    sale.      Ac  primum  Achates      excudit 

their  limbs      drenched  with  brine.   And          first,         Achates  has  struck 

scintillam      silici,    que,  suscepit  ignem  foliis,  atque   de- 
out  a  spark  of  fire  from  a  flint,  and      received     the  fire  in  leaves,  and   has  ap- 

dit  arida  nutrimenta,  circum,  que     rapuit     flammam     in 

plied   dry  fuel  around  it,  and  has  taken  the      flame          ainonf 


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fomite.     Turn  fessi  rerum    expediunt   cererem  corruptam 

the  wood.      Then    weary  of  affairs      they  fetch  out  their  grain  damaged    by 

undis,     que    Cereslia     arma;      que  parant  et  torrere 

the  waters,  and   the  Cercalian  instruments;  and   prepare  both  to  dry         on  the 

flammis,  et  frangere    saxo  fruges,  receptas 

flames.         and    to  bruise  with  a  stone  their   corn,       received  from  the  wreck. 

IntereS  ^Eneasconsceriditscopulum,  et  petit    omnem 

In  the  mean  time  /Eneas  climbs  a  rock,        and   takes      the  whole 

prospectum  late         pelago,    si      qua    videat  Anthea  jac- 

(iruhpect  all  around  upon  the  sea,  if  in  any  way  he  may  see  Antheus  103$. 

tatum  vento,    que     Phrygias  biremes,  aut  Capyn,  aut  anna 

ed       by  the  wind,  and  the  Phrygian         gallica,        or     Capys,       or  the  aunt 

Caici    in  celsis  puppibus.     Prospicit  nullam  navem  in  con- 

of  Caicus  un       the  lofty  decks.  He  sees  no  ship        in 

spectu;  tres  cervos  errantes     littore:       tota  armenta 

sight;       but  he  sees  three     stags      wandering  on  the  shore:  the  whole        herd 

sequuntur  hos  a  tergo;  et  longum  agmen  pascitur      per 

follow  these     behind;   and     the  long    flock,  feeds         through  the 

valles.       Constitit    hie,  que  corripuit      manu     arcum  que 

vallies.        He   has  stood  here,   and       seized      in    his   hand   his   bow     and 

celeres  sagittas,  quae    tela      fidus      Achates  gerebat;     que 

swift          arrows,     which  weapons  the  faithful  Achates          carried;  and 

primum    sternit      ductores    ipsos    ferentes  capita  alta 

first  he  strikes  down  the  leaders  themselves  bearing  their  heads  lofty  with 

arboreis  cornibus;  et  turn    agens    vulgus  telis    inter 

branching       horns;        and  then      driving    the  herd  with  his  weapons  among 

frondea  nemora,  miscet  omnem  tutbam.  Nee  absistit  prius 

the  leafiy      groves,      disorders  the  whole  multitude.    Nor  does  he  desist  before 

quam      victor  fundat  humi  septem  ingenlia 

that   as   a  conqueror   he   may  prostrate  on  the  ground   seven        huge  bo- 

corpora,  et  sequel  numerum  cum  navjbus.       HLnc    petit 

dies,  'and   equal    their  number   with  A»'s  ships.  Hence  be  seeks  th« 

portum,  et  partitur          in    omnes    socios.    Deinde  heros 

port,  and  divides    them  among       all    his  companions     Then  the  hero 

dividit     vina    quae  bonus  Acestea  oner&rat  cadis  Trinacrio 

distributes  the  wine  which  good       Acestes     had  loaded  in  casks  on  the  Sicilian 

littore,  que  dederat    abeuntibus,  et  mulcet  mcerentia  pectora 

shore        and   had  given  to  them  departing,  and   soothes     their  sad  minds 

dictis:  O  socii    (enim  sumus  neque  ignari       malo- 

With  these  words:  O  companion*,  (for          we  are       nut       ignorant  of  in  is  fur- 

rum  ante)       O          passi  graviora!  Deus  dabi' 

tunes  before  note)   O  you  having  suffered  more  grievous  things!     God   will  pmnt 

his    quoque         finem.     Vos  acc£stis     rabiem      Scyllream 

to  these  also       termination.         You  have  come  to  the  madness    of  Scylla 

qne  penitus  sonantes  scopulos:  et  vos  experti  Cyclopea  saxa; 

and  the  deeply     sounding        rocks:        and  you  have  tried  the  Cyclopean  rucks: 

revocate    animos,  que  mittite  moestum  timorem:  forsan 

resume     your  courage,     mid    dismiss     sorrowful         fear:  perhaps  her* 


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olim    juvabit        meminisse      et  haec.          Tendimus    in 

after  it  will  delight  us  to  have  remembered  also  these  things.    We  go  into 

Latium  per  varies  casus,  per      tot    discrimina  rerum,  ubi 

Latium    through  various   perils,  through  so  many      dangers     of  affairs,  where 

fata  ostendunt      quietas  sedes:      illic        fas      regna 

the  fates        show      to  us  peaceful  habitations:   there  it  is  justice  that  the  realms 

Trojae    resurgere.     Durate  et  servate  vosmet   secundis  re- 

of  Troy  should  rise  again.  Persevere  and  preserve  yourselves  for  prosperous  af- 

bus.    Refert  talia  voce;  que  aeger  ingentibus   curis, 

fairs.     He  relates  such  things  with  his  voice;  and  anxious  with  great  cares 

simulat  spem    vultu;  premit  altum  dolorem     corde. 

dissembles  hope  in  his  countenance;   conceals    deep          grief         in  his  heart. 

Illi  accingunt    se        praedae,  que  futuris  dapibus;  diripiunt 

They     prepare     themselves  for  the  prey,  and      future       viands;  they  tear  the 

tergora    costis    et  nudant  viscera:     pars  secant  in    frusta, 

skins       from  the  ribs  and  make  bare  the  entrails:   u  part      cut      into      pieces, 

que  figunt  trementia  verubus:  alii  locant  ahena       littore, 

and        fix  them  quivering  on      spits:        others  place  the  caldrons  on  the  shore, 

que  ministrant  flammas.  Turn  revocant      vires     victu;  que 

n'nd        supply  the       flames.       Then  they  recruit  their  strength  with  food;  and 

fusi    per    herbam,  implentur  veteris  Bacchi,  que  pinguis 

spread  through  the  grass,      are  filled        with  old     wine,       and       fat     vcni- 

ferinae.  Postquant,  fames  exempta        epulis,  que 

son  After  that,  their  hunger  has  been   taken   away  by  the  feast,  and 

mensae  remotae,     requirunt    amissos  socios  longo  sermone, 

the  tables  removed,  they  inquire  after  their  lost  companions  in  a  long  discourse, 

dubii     inter  que  spem  que  metum;  seu        credant 

doubtful  between  both    hope     and       fear;    whether  they  may  believe  them 

vivere,   sive  pati  extrema:  nee,  jam  vocatos  exaudire. 

to  be  living,  or  that  they  had  suffered  death:       nor,    now  invoked    would  hear. 

Pius  jEneas  praecipue  gemit    secum,         casum        nunc 

Pious  jEneas        especially    laments  with  himself,  the  misfortune  at  one  time 

acris  Orontei,        nunc    Amyci,  et  crudelia  fata  Lyci,  que 

of  active  Orontes,  at  another  time  Amiens,  and  the  cruel    fates  of  Lycus,  and 

fortem  Gyan,  que  fortem  Cloanthum.  Et  jam     erat 

the  brave    Gyas,    and  the  brave  Cloarithus.          And  now  there  was  a  con- 

finis,  cum  Jupiter,  despiciens     summo    aethere   velivolum 

elusion,  when  Jove,  surveying    from  the  highest    heaven      the  navigable 

mare  que  terras  jacentes,  que   littora,  et    latos  populos,  sic 

cea         and  the  lands  lying  along,   and  the  shores,  and  the  wide  nations,  thus. 

constitit    vertice      cceli,  et  defixit    lumina  regnis  Libyae. 

has  stood  on  the  summit  of  heaven,  and  has  fixed  Ais  eyes  on  the  realms  of  Libya. 

Atque  Venus  tristior  et  suffusa        nitentes  oculos  lacrymis, 

But  Venus     more  sad  and  bedewed  as  to  her  shining       eyes      with  tears, 

alloquitur  ilium  jactantem  tales  curas  pectore:  O         qui 

addresses         him         revolving       such    cares  in  his  mind:    O  thou   who   go 

regis      res     que  hominum  que  Deum  aeternis  imperiis,  et 

rerncBl  tne  affairs  both      of  men        and    of  gods  with  eternal    powers.    an>~ 


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terra         fulmine,    quid  tantum  in  te,      meus 

UErightect  with  (Ay  thunder,    what   to  great  wicktthutt  igalnst    thee  ktu  ray 

,  quid*'      Troes        potuere  committere          quibui 

wtiat  have  the  Trojan*  been  able       to  cooiuiit  to  whom 

passis        tot     funera,  cunctus  orbis  terrarum      clauditur 

having  suffered  so  many  deaths,     the  whole     orb    of  the  earth  is  ilml 

ob      Italiam?    Certe  pollicitua    Romanes        olim, 

account  of   Italy?     Surely  you   havt   promised   that   the  Romans   hereafter, 

annis  volventibus,  fore  ductores  hinc,  a    revocato  sanguine 

the  years   revolving,     should  be  leaden     hence,  from  the  restored       Mood  of 

Teucri,  qui  mare,  qui  tenerent        terras     omni 

Teucer,      who  mifkt  govern  the  get,  who  might  govern  the  countries  with  all 

ditone:  Genitor,  quae  sententia  vertit      te?  Equidem   hoc 

authority:  O  Father,    what     purpose    has  turned  theeT      Indeed     with  this 

solabar  occasum  que  tristes  ruinas  Trojce,  rependena       fatis 

I  softened    the  fall      and       sad        ruins    of  Troy,    balancing  by  tkete  fates 

contraria  fata.  Nunc  eadem  fortuna  insequitur  viros      actos 

advene         fates.    Now      the  same  fortune        pursues       the  men     drive* 

tot      casibus.  Magne  rex,  quern  finem  laborum  das? 

by  so  many  misfortunes.  O  great  king,     what     end  of  hardship*  do  you  give? 

Antenor  elapsus     mediis        Achivis,      potuit     tutua 

An  tenor        escaped  from  the  midst  of  the  Greeks,  has  been  able  safe  to 

penetrare  Illyricos  sinus,  atque  intima  regna  Liburnorum, 

penetrate       the  Illyrian     bays,       and    the  inmost  realms  of  the  Liburnians, 

et    superare      fontem    Timavi;     unde    per  novem  ora 

and  to  pass  beyond  the  fountain  of  Timavus;  whence  through  nine  mouths  it 

it    proruptum   mare  cum  vasto  murmure     mentis,  et  pre- 

go*§  a  swiftly  flowing  river   with  a  vast    murmur  of  the  mountain,  and  over- 
Cut       arva        sonanti  pelago.  Ille,    tamen         locavit  hie 

whelms  the  field*  with  a  roaring  sea.         He,  notwithstanding  has  placed  her* 

urbem  Patavi  que     sedes     Teucrorum,  et  dedit    nomen 

the  city  of  Padua  and  the  habitations  of  the  Trojans,  and  has  given  a  name  to 

genti     que  fixit      Troia  arma;    nunc  compostus    quiescit 

the  nation,    and  set  up  the  Trojan    arms;      now       composed          he   rests 

placidd  pace.    Nos,  tua  progenies,  quibus    annuls      arcem 

in  calm       peace.         We,  thy       progeny,       to  whom  thon  promises!  the  court 

cceli,         navibus  amissis  (infandum)  prodimur,         ob 

of  heaven,  eur  ships       being  lost    (Oh  horrible)    are  abandoned,  on  account  of 

iram  unius,  atque  disjungimur  longe1      Italis    oris      Hie 

the  wrath  of  one.     and       are  separated       far  from  the  Italian  coasts,    /j  this 

honos    pietatis?  sic      reponis     nos  in     sceptra?       Sator 

tbe  reward  of  piety?    thus  dost  thou  replace  us  into  governments?    The  Father 

hominum,  atque  Deorum  subridens  olli,     vultu      quo 

of  men,  and          Oods        smiling  upon  her,  with  the  aspect  with  which 

serenat    coelum,  que  tempestates,   libavit  oscula 

he  clears  up     the  sky,   and      the  tempests,  has  touched  liphily  the  lips  of  his 

natse;     dehinc  fatur  talia:         Cytherea,  parce        metu; 

daughter  and  then      speaks  such  tk\ngtt       O  Vsnus,         abstain    from    ftai 


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fata    tuorum        manent  tibi    immota;    cernes      urbem 

the  file*   of  thy     people    remain  to  tbee   immovable;  tbou  f halt  see  the  city 

et  promissa  moenia  Lavint,  que  feres  magnanimum 

and  the  promised   walla  of  Laviiiinin,  and    raise  magiH.uimous 

^Eneam  sublimem  ad  sidera  coeli:  neque  sententia  vertit  me. 

fiicn*  high  to  the  stars  of  heaven:  nor  does  any  purpose  turn  me 

Hie    geret  ingens  helium  Italia,  (enjm    fabor  tibi,  quandc 

He  shall  carry  on  great        war          in  Italy,  (for   I  will  declare  to  thee,      since 

haec  cura  remordet  te,    movebo    arcana  fatorum,    volvens 

this  concern    vexes        thee,  I  will  explain  the  secrets  of  the  fates,  tracing  back- 

longius,)  que  contundet  feroces  populos;  que  ponet  mores 

ward  farther)   and     shall   crush       fierce       nations;         and     appoint     laws 

et  moenia    viris,     dum  tertia  sestas       videiit      regnantem 

«nd  cities       for  his  men,  until  the  third  summer,  shall  have  seen  Aim  reigning 

Latio,  que  terna  hiberna        transierint,  Rutulis 

ib  Latiurn.ard   three      winter  ttavna  shall  have  passed  away,  the  Rutulians 

subactis.  At  puer,  Ascanius,  cui  nunc  cognomen        lulo 

being  subdued.    Bui  the  boy,  Ascanius.  to  whom  now  the  surname  lulus 

additur  (Ilus  erat,  dum     Ilia    res    stetit        regno)        ex- 
it added    (ilus  he  was,  whilst  the  Trojan  power  has  continued  for  a  king-lorn)  shall 

plebit    imperio  triginta  magnos  orbes,  mensibus  volvendis, 

complete  with  his  reign  thirty          great       circles,  the  months  rolling, 

que  transferet  regnum  ab  sede     Lavinf ,    et  muniet,  Albara 

and        transfer  the  kingdom  from  the  seat  of  Lavinium,  and  shall  fortify  Alba 

longam  multa1  vi.        Hie  jam,     regnabitur  tercentum 

longa    with  much  strength.     Here  again,  it  shall  be   governed  three   hundred 

totos  annos  sub     Hectorea"  gente,  donee  Ilia,  regina  sacer- 

wbole   years     under  the  Hectorean       race,       until     Ilia,    a  queer,  a  priest- 

dos,  gravis     Marte,     dabit        geminam  prolem    partu. 

ess,      teeming       by  Mars,  shall  bring  forth  a  double       progeny  at  a  birth. 

Inde,       Romulus,  hetus        fulvo  tegmine  lupse,  nutricis, 

Afterwards,  Romulus,        joyful  in  the  tawny         hide  of  a  wolf,  his  nurse, 

excipiet    gentem,  et  condet  Mavortia  mcenia,  que  dicit 

•hall  receive  the  nation,  and  shall  build  a  Mavortian  city,  and  shall  call  t/u 

Romanes  de  suo  nomine.     Ego  pono    his       nee 

people     Romans    from  bis  own  name.  I      appoint  for  these  neither  the 

metas  nee  tempora  rerum;  dedi  imperium  sine 

bounds     nor  the  duration   of  powers;       I  have  given  to  them  dominion  without 

fine:  quin    aspera  Juno,  quae  nunc  metu   fatigat  mare,  que 

end:      nay  even   severe     Juno,     who     now    from  fear  disturbs  the  sea,  and 

terras,  que  ccelum,  referet       consilia  in  melius,  que  fovebit 

the  lands,  and     heaven,  shall  change  her  counsels  for  the  better,    and  will  favor 

mecum  Romanes  dominos  rerum,  que  togatam  gentem.   Sic 

With  me,    the  Romans,    the  lords    of  affairs,    and  the  gowned     nation.      Thu» 

placitum.  ./Etas  veniet,     lustris  labentibus,  cum  dornus 

it  my  pleasure.        An  age  shall  come,    the  years  gliding  away,    when     the  race 

Assaraci      premet      servitio,  Phthiam  que      claras  Myce- 

of  Assaracus  shall  keep  under  with  servitude.  Phthia  and  the  renowned    Myc* 


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nas,  ac  dominabitur  victis         Argis.  Caesar  nascctur  Tro- 

nac,    and  sn.-ill  rule  over  the  conquered      Argos.      Caesar  shall  be  born  a  Tro- 

janus  pulchra"  origine,  qui   terminet       imperium  Oceano, 

jan        of  illustrious  descent,     who  shall    bound   his     empire    by   the  ocean, 

famam  astris,    Julius       nomen  dimissum    a  magnoliilo. 

Ai»  fame  by  the  stars,  Julius  called,  a  name         derived       from  the  great  lulus. 

Tu    olim     secura,   accipies  hunc  coelo,  onustum   spoliis 

Thou  hereafter     safe,       shall  receive   him  to  heaven,  loaded  with  the  spoils  of 

Orientis:  hie  quoque  vocabitur  votis.      Turn  aspera  saecula 

tbe  East:         he       also  shall  be  invoked  with  vows.  Then       fierce          people 

mitescent,  bellis  positis.         Cana  fides,  Vesta,  et  Quirinus 

shall  grow  mild,  wars  being  laid  aside:    Hoary   faith,     Vesta,    and      Quirinus, 

cum  fratre  Remo,  dabunt  jura:  dirae  portae  belli  claudentun 

with  kis  brother  Remus,    shall  give  laws:  the  cruel  gates   of  war  shall  be  shut 

ferro  et     arctis  compagibus,  impius  Furor  sedens      intus 

with  iron  and  with  tight        closures,       impious      Fury        sitting        within 

super  saeva  arma,  et  vinctus  post    tergum      centum  ahenis 

upon     direful   arms,    and    bound    behind  his  back  with  a  hundred     brazen 

nodis,  frement  horridus         cruento  ore.     Ait     hose, 

chains,     shall  roar  dreadful  with  his   bloody  mouth.       He  says  these     things. 

et  demittit     ab  alto       genitum  Maid,  ut    terras,  que  ut 

and  sends  down  from  heaven  Aim  born  of   Maia,     that  the  lands,  and  that  the 

novae  arces  Carthaginis  pateant       hospito  Teucris; 

new       towers      of  Carthage  may  be  opened  fof  entertainment  to  the  Trojans; 

ne  Dido,  nescia     fati      arcerit  finibus.          Ille  volat 

lest  Dido,    ignorant  of  fate  might  debar  them  from  her  territories.    He  fliea 

per    magnum  aera  remigio       alarum     ac  citus  astitit 

through  the  spacious    sky  with  the  flying  of  his  wings  and  quick  has  stood  on 

oris     Libyse;  et    jam    facit        jussa    que  Poeni 

the  coasts  of  Libya;   and  now  he  performs  his  commands  and  the  Carthaginians 

ponunt       ferocia  corda,  Deo  volente:    imprimis  Regina  ac- 

fay  aside  tfieir  ferocious  hearts,  the  God  willing:          especially  the  Queen  enter- 

cipit  quieium  animum  que  benignam  mentem    in        Teu- 

tains  a  peaceable    disposition   and       a  kind  mind      towards  the  Tro- 

cros.  At  pius  JEnea.s  volvens  plurima  per    noctem, 

jans.      But  pious  ./Eneas      revolving     very  many  things  through  the  night, 

ut  primum  alma  lux  data      est,    constituit    exire,    que  ex- 

as       first  clear  light  has  been  given,  has  determined  to  go  forth,  and  toex- 

plorare  novos  locos,  qusrere  quas  oras    accesserit        vento, 

plore        the  new  places,     to  seek  to  what  coasts  he  may  have  come  by  the  wind, 

qui  teneant,  ne  homines  ne    ferae,    (nam  videt      in- 

vvho  may  inhabit  them,  whether  men  or  wild  beasts,  (for       he  sees  uncul- 

culta,)  que  referre    sociis  exacta.         Occulit 

tivated  grounds,  and  to  relate  to  his  companions     accurate  (At ngs.    He  conceals 

classem  in  convexo        nemorum,  sub  cavata"  rupe  clausam 

his  fleet       in  the  convex  spue*   of  the  woods,  under  a  hollow   rock         inclosed 

circura  arboribus  atque  horrentibus  umbris:  Ipse      graditur 

•round        with  trees        avd        with  dismal         shades:         He          w  -'ds  for'h 


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comitatus      Achate  uno,  crispans    manu  bina  hastilia  lato 

accompanied  by     Achates  alone,  brandishing  in  his  hand  two    javelins  of  broad 

ferro:  cui          mater  obvia         tulit      sese       media. 

iron        to  whom  his  mother  in  the  way  has  presented  herself  in  the  midst  of  tlw 

sylvd,  gerens         os          que  habitum  virginis,  et    arma 

woods,    bearing  the  countenance  and    the  garb  of  a  virgin,     and  the  arms  of 

Spartanae  virginis;   vei  qualis     ThreVssa   Harpalyee,  fatigat 

a  Spartan       virgin;  or  like  as  the     Thraciau       Karpalyce,  wearies 

equos    que  fuga"  praevertitur  volucrem  Eurum:        Namqite 

h<:r  hurses  and  in  speed        outstrips  the  swift       East  wind:  For 

venatrix,  suspenderat     humeris         habilem  arcum  de 

as  a  huntress,  she  had  hung  from  her  shoulders  a  commodious    t-"w  according   to 

more,        que     dederat     ventis  diffundere  comam,  nuda 

custom,  and  had  permitted  the  winds   to  disturb  her  hair,  naked  to  the 

genu,  collecta    fluentes         sinus,  nodo.      Ac  prior 

knee,       girded     aa~to  the  flowing  folds  of  her  garment,  wniia  knot.   And     first 

inquit.Heus,  juvenes  monstrate,          si      vidistis         quam 

she  says.  So  tio,      youths  declare  to  me         if  you    nave    seen    any   one 

mearum  sororum  forte    hie,  errantem,  succinctam  pharetra" 

of  ray  sisters    by  chance   here,    wandering,        girded  with  a  quiver 

et      tegmine      maculosae  lyncis,  aut  clamore,     prementem 

and  with  the  skin  of  a  spotted     lynx,       or    with  an  outcry,  urging 

cursum   spumantis  apri.  Sic  Venus;         at  filius      Veneris 

the  chase     of  a  foaming  boar.     Thus  Venus  spoke;    but  the  son      of   Venui 

contra,  orsus  sic:  nulla  tuarum  sororum 

on  the  other  hand,  has  begun  to  speak  thus:    no  one     of  thy  sisters  has  been 

audita  neque  visa  mihi.     0  virgo,  quam  nemorem  te? 

heard        nor         teen    by    me.      O   virgin,       whom     may   I    name         thee? 

namque         baud  tibi   mortalis    vultus,  nee          vox  sonat 

for  there  is  not  to  thee  a  human  countenance,  nor  does  thy  voice  sound 

hominem.        O   dea   certe! 

like  that  of  a  human  being.    O  a  goddess  surely! 

An       soror    Phcebi,  an  una     sanguinis  Nympharum? 

Jlrt  Uiou    the  sister   of  Phoebus,  or  one   of  the  blood         of    the    nymphs? 

Quaecunque         sis         felix,         que  leves  nostrum     labo- 

Whoever  you  are,  may  you  be  favourable  tops,  and   ease         our         solicitude; 

rem;  et  doceas      sub  quo  ccelo,   in  quibus  oris         orbis 

and   inform   us  under  what  climate,  on     what      regiorts  of  the  globe 

tandem        jactemur:  erramus  ignari  que  hominurh  que  lo- 

•I  length  we  may  be  thrown:  we  wander  ignorant  both    of  the  men   and  of  the 

corum,  acti    hue     vento   et     vastis  fluctibus.  Multa  hostia 

Places.        driven  hiih-r  by  the  wind  and  by  the  vast    billows.    So  many  a  victim 

«adet      tibi    ante      aras  nostrd  dextrd.  Tune  Venus: 

«hall  fall  for  thHebiifure  thy  altars  by  our  right  hand.    Then     Venus     answered: 

baud  equidem     dignor  me  tali  honore.          Mos  est 

not  indeed    do  I  think  myself  worthy  of  such    honour.         The  custom    is 

Tyriis  virginibus  gestare   pharetram,  que  vincire     suras 

lor  UM  Tyrian  virgin*         to   carry        a   quiver,          and     to   bind    the    leg* 


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alte*  purpureo  cothurno.  Vides  Punica    regna          Tyrios, 

high  with  a  purple    buskin.        You  sec  Carthaginian  dominions,  the  Tyriuns, 

et  urbera  Agenoris;  sed     fines        Libyci,  genus  intracta- 

and  the  city  of  Agenor;          but  the  territories  are  Lybian,  a  people  fierce 

bile  bello.    Dido  regit  imperium,   profecta      Tyrisl    urbe, 

in  war.     Dido      rules      the  empire,     having  come  from  a  Tyrian  city. 

fugiens    germanum:    injuria  est  longa,  longac        ambages; 

escaping  her       brother:          the  injury  is     long,    long  art  the  circumstances: 

Bed  sequar  summa  fastigia  rerum.    Sichseus  erat         conjux 

but  I  will  trace  chief       points    •  of  affair*.     SichKua        was       the  husband 

huic,  ditissimus     Phoenicum  agri,  et  dilectus      magno 

to  her,   the  richest  of  the  Phoenicians  in  land,  and  beloved  with  the  great  a  flee 

amore    miserae;  cui        pater  dederat    intactam,  que 

lion  of  the  miserable  Dido;  to  whom  her  father  had  given  her  undefiled,         and 

jugdrat  primis  ominibus:  sed  Pygmalion      germanus 

bad  married  her  with  the  first     omens:         but   Pygmalion    •  her  brother 

habebat  regna      Tyri,  immanior  scelere  ante  omnes  alios: 

possessed  the  dominions  of  Tyre,  more  cruel  in  wickedness  before     all       others: 

Inter    quos  medius  furor  venit.     Ille  impius,  atque     csecus 

Between  whom  a  common  hatred  has  come.    He      wicked,       and  blind 

amore         auri,    clam   superat  ferro  Sichaeum,  incau- 

with  the  love  of  gold,  privately  overcomes  with  the  sword  Sicbzus,          unwary 

turn  ante    aras,    securus       dmorum       germanae;    que  diu 

before  the  altars,  regardless  of  the  affections  of  his  sister;  and  long 

celavit      factum;  et  malus  simulans  multa,  lusit 

has  concealed  the  deed;   and  wicked,  dissembling   many  things,  has  deluded 

segram  amantem  van£      spe.     Sed       imago    ipsa     inhu- 

the  sick         lover       with  a  vain  hope.      But  the  apparition  itself  of  her  un- 

mati  conjugis  venit         in       somnis,  attollens     pallida  ora 

buried  husband    has  come  to  her  in  her     sleep,    •  raising  up  hi*   pale   visage 

miris         modis:  nudavit      crudeles  aras,  que    pectora  tra- 
in a  wonderful  form:    he  has  laid  open  the  cruel  altars,  and    his  breast  thrust 

jecta      ferro,     que     retexit    omne  coecum    scelus 

through  with  a  sword,  and  has  revealed    .  all        the  secret  wickedness  of  the 

domus.  Turn  suadet      celerare     fugam  que  excedere 

family.       Then  he  counsels  her  to  hasten  her  flight      and   to   depart  from  he* 

patria";        que  recludit    veteres  thesauros  tellure,  auxilium 

native  country;  and   reveals  to  her  ancient    treasures  in  the  earth,    as  an  aid 

viffi,     ignotum  pondus  argenti  et  auri.     Dido  commota 

of  her  journey,  an  unknown   mass    of  silver    and  gold.       Dido  roused 

his  parabat     fugam  que  socios,  .  Conveniunt  quibus 

\iv  these  things,  prepared  her  flight    and  companions.    Jill  assemble       to  whom 

erat        crudele  odium  aut  acer  metus  tyranni:  corripiunt 

there  was  a  mortal       hatred      or  a  sharp    fear    of  the  tyrant:  they  seize  the 

naves  quae    forte        paratae,  que  onerant       auro.         Opes 

(hips     which  by  chance  were   ready,    and        loud  them  with  gold.    The  riches 

avari     Pygmalionis     portantur  pelago:    femina 

of  the  covetous  Pygmalion        are  carried  away  on  the  sea:   a  woman  vtt  the 


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dux     facti.       Devenere        locos,  ubi  nunc  cernes  ingentia 

leader  of  the  deed.    They  have  come  to  places,  where  now  you  will  see  the  huge 

mocnia,  que  surgentcm  arcem  novse  Carthaginis:  que 

walls,          and        the  rising       tower     of  new   Carthage;  and       .  havt 

mercati  solum       Byrsam  de  nomine   facti,     quantum 

purchased  ground  called  Byrsa        from  the  name  of  the  deed,     as  much  as  they 

possent     circumdare  taurino  tergo.  Sed  qui  tandem      vosr 

might  be  able  to  enclose    with  a  bull's  hide.        But    who  at  length  are  you? 

aut   a   quibus  oris  venistis?    ve  quo  tenctis  iter?  Ille 

or    from      what  coasts  have  you  come?  or  whither  do  you  direct  your  way?     He 

suspirans  que  trahens  vocem  ab    imo  pectore, 

sighing  and     drawing  his  voice  from  the  bottom  of  his  breast,  answered 

talibus  quaerenti:  O  Dea,  si  repetens     ab  prima  ori- 

with  such  words  to  her  asking:    O  goddess,  if    rehearsing     from  the  first  begin- 

gine  pergam,  et  vacet         audire  annales  nostro- 

ning/ shall  pursue,  and  there  may  be  leisure  toOi.ee  to  hear  the  annals    of  our 

rum  laborum;     Vesper     componet  diem,  Olympo  clauso 

misfortunes;  the  evening  star  will  close  the  day,     heaven  being  shut  up 

ante.  Tempestas  sua        forte      appulit 

before  my  story  will  be  finished.    A  tempest        by  its  own  adventure  has  driven 

Libycis       oris  nos  vectos   per  diversa  seqaora         antiqua 

to  the   Libyan  coasts  us  conveyed  across  divers        seas          from      ancient 

Troja,  (si  forte     nomen  Trojse     iit    pervestrasaures.)  Sum 

Troy,       (if  by  chance  the  name  of  Troy  has  come  to        your       ears.)        I  am 

pius  ./Eneas,  qui  veho  mccum     cfesse     Penates          raptos 

pious    ^Eneas,        who  carry  with  me  in  my  fleet  the  household  gods,  snatched 

ex  hoste,  notus  fama  super  aethera.  Quscro  Italian  patri- 

from  the  enemy,  known  by  fame  above    the  skies.     I  seek  Italy  my  native 

am,    et    genus      ab  summo  Jove.  Conscendi    Phrygium 

country  and  my  descent  is  from  highest    Jove.        I  have  ascended  the  Phrygian 

sequor  bis     denis    navibus,  Dea  matre  monstrante     viam, 

sea        with  twice  ten  ships,  my  goddess  mother  showing  to  me  the  way. 

secutus        fata    data:        septem   convulse   undis    que 

having  followed  the  decrees  given  to  me:  seven        shattered  by  the  billows  and 

Euro          vix  supersunt.    Ipse  ignotus,  egens,    peragro 

by  the  east  wind  scarcely  remain.          /  myself  unknown,    poor,     wander  over 

deserta  Libya?;  pulsus  Europa  atque  Asia.       Venus  nee 

the  deserts  of  Africa;  banished  from  Europe  and  Asia.  Venus   not  even 

passa      querentem      plura,  sic  interfata  est          medio 

suffering  Aim  complaining  to  say  more,    thus     interrupted    Aim  tn  the  midst  of 

dolore:  quisquis     es,         carpis  vitales  auras,    credo    baud 

his  grief:    whoever  thou  art,  than,  cnjoycst    the  vital  breath,  I  believe          not 

invisus  coelestibus,     qui    adveneris  Tyriam  urbem.  Perge 

odious  to  the  heavenly  gods,  who  mayst  have  come  to  a  Tyrian  city.        Proceed 

modo,  atque  prefer  te  hinc  ad  limina  reginac:  namquenun- 

now,  and     convey  thee  hence  to  the  house  of  the  queen:    for          I  de- 

tio     tibi  socios  reduces  que  classem 

elwe  to  tbee  that  thy  companions  are  returned  again,  and   the  fleet         has  let* 


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relatam,  et  actam  in  tutum,       Aquilonibus  versis;          ni 

Drought  back,  and  driven  into  a  safe  place,  the  north  winds  being  changed;  unless 

parentes  vani  docuere       augurium  frustra.      Aspice      bis 

my  parents    vain  have  taught  me  divination  to  no  purpose.        Set:  these  twice 

senos  cycnos  laetantes  agmine,  quos  ales      Jovis  lapsa 

BIX  iiwans       rejoicing    in  a  flock,  which  the  bird   of  Jove  gliding  from. 

sctherift  plag.1,  turbabat  aperto  coelo;  nunc  videntur  aut 

the  etherial  region,     chased     in  the  open  air;        now        they  si-cm   rithi-r   to 

capere    terras  longo  ordine,  aut  despectare         jam  capias: 

choose        the  earth  in  a  lung      train,     or    to  look  down   upon  it   now  cuimon: 

ut  illi  reduces  luduut  stridentibus  alis  et         cinxere 

as  they  returned  safe      sport     with  clapping  wings,  and  have  flown  around  the 

polum  ccetu,  que  dedere  cantus;     baud  aliter   que 

heaven  in  a  flock,  and  have  given  forth  their   songs;  not   otherwise  bolt 

tuse  puppes,  que  pubes  tuorum  aut    tenet  portum,  aut 

thy       ships,        and  the  youth   of  thy  friends  either  possess  tin-    harbour,  or 

subit      ostia      pleno  velo.     Perge  modo,  et  dirige 

are  entering  the  mouth  with  full  sail.  Proceed  now,      and   direct  (Ay 

gressum  qua  via       ducit  te.        Dixit,      et      avertens 

atep          whither  the  way  conducts  thee.    She  has  said,  and  turning  away  has. 

refulsit  rosea"  cervice,  que  ambrosiae  comae  spiravere 

shone  bright  with  her  rosy        neck,         and  her  ambrosial      hair     ha?  breathed 

divinum  odorem     vertice:    vestis     defluxit   ad     imos 

divine          fragrance  from  her  bead;    her  robe   hath    flowed   to  the  bottom  of 

pedes,  et         incessu         patuit  vera  Dea.     Ille  ubi 

her  feet,  and  by  her  gait  she  has  been  manifested  a  real  goddess.     He.  when  he 

agnovit        matrem,    secutus  est.fugientem  tali  voce:   quid 

ha*  recognized  his  mother,  has  pursued  her  fleeing  with    such  speech:        why 

tu  quoque,  crudelis  toties,  ludis  natum  falsis  imaginibus? 

dost  thou    too  cruel  so  often,  mock  thy  son  with  deceitful         images? 

cur  non     datur        jungere    dextram       dextrae,  ac  audire 

why  is  it  not  permitted  lo  me  to  join  my  right  hand  to  thy  right  hand,  anil    to  hoar 

et  reddere  veras  voces?    incusat      talibus  que  tendit 

and  to  return     real       words?    he  complains  with    such    words    and  directs  At* 

gressum  ad  moenia.     At  Venus  sepsit      gradientes  obscuro 

step  to  the  town.         But  Venus  has  covered  (Arm        going  with  obscure 

aero,  et   Dea       circumfudit  multoamictu   nebulae, 

air,    and  the  goddess  has  encompassed  (Arm  with  a  thick  covering         of  mist, 

ne       quis        posset    cernere  eos,   neu    quis  con- 

that  not  any  one  miuht  be  able;  to  *ee  them,       nor     any  might  It  able    to 

tingnre,  vel  moliri  moram,  aut  poscere  causas         veniendi. 

touch   hem    »r         cause  a  delay,      or       demand    the  reasons  of  their  coiniii". 

Ipsa  abil  sublimis  Paphum,  que  Ircta  revisit  suas   sedes;  ubi 

She    ileparta  majestic    to    Paphoa,    and    joyful  revisits  her  own  seats;  where 

templum   illi,  que  centum    arae  calent     Sabrco   thure,  que 

a  tempi"  is  to  her,  and  an  hundred  altars  are  hot  with  Sabran  incense,      and 

halant  recentibus  sertis.        Interea  corripuere 

exhale       with  fresh    garlands.    In  the  mean  while  they  have  hastened  Utt\ 


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viam,  qua  semita  monstrat:  jamque  ascendebant  collemvqui 

way,  whither  the  path     directs:          and  now  they  ascended  the  hill,  which 

piurimus  imminet  urbi,  que  desuper  aspectatadversasarces. 

very  large    hangs  over  the  city,  and  from  above      faces    the  opposite  towers, 

^Eneas  miratur  molem,  quondam  magalia: 

/Bunas       admires      the  nile  of  buildings,  where     formerly         cottages  stood; 

miratur    portas  que  strepitum  et  strata  viarum.         'Tyrii 

ne  adjiirus  the  gates  and    the  bustle    and     the  causeways.  The  Tyrians, 

ardentes  instant:         pars  ducere  muros,  que  moliri  arcem, 

earnest  urge  the  work:  a  part  to  extend  the  walls,  and      erect       a  tower 

et  subvolvere  saxa    manibus;       pars  optare  locum  tecto, 

and       roll  up     stones  with  their  hands;  a  part  to  prepare  a  place  for  a  building, 

et  concludere  sulco.       Legunt  jura  que  magistra- 

and  enclose  it  with  a  trench.  They  choose  sites  for  their  courts  and  offices 

tus,que  sanctum  senatum.  Hie  alii  effodiuntportus:  hie  alii 

and  the  sacred  senate  house.    Here  some     dig      harbors:  there  others  ar« 

locant  alta  fundamenta  theatris;     que  excidunt     rupibus 

aying  the  deep  foundations   for   theatres;     and     cat   out       from  the  rocks 

.mmanes  columnaSj  alta      decora     futuris  scenis.      Qualis 

huge  columns,    the   lofty  decorations  for   future   scenes.  Such 

labor  exercet  apes    nova     sestate    per    florea      rura,   sub 

toil        employs  bees  in  the   new  summer  .through  the  flowery  fields,  under 

sole   cum    educunt       adultos    foetus        gentis,  aut  cum 

the  sun  when  they  lead  forth  thu  full  grown  young  of  their  race,  or  when 

stipant     liquentia  mella,  et  distendunt  cellas     dulci 

they  lay  up          their  liquid  honey,  and        fill  the  combs  with  sweet 

nectare,  aut  accipiunt  onera    venientum,          aut      facto 

nectar,          or       receive     the  burdens  of   those  coming;,        or  in  a  formed 

agmine  arcent    4    praesepibus  fucos  ignavum  pecus:     opus 

band       drive  away  from  tfieir  hives      the  drones    an  idle       flock:    the  work 

fervet,    fragrantia  mella  redolent  thymo.  0  fortunati,  ait 

goes  on  busily,  the  fragrant   honey  casts  a  smell  of  thyme.    O  happy  ye,  says 

uEneas,  quorum  mcenia  jam  surgunt!  et  suspicit     fastigia 

/Eneas,         whoje        walls    now        arise!    and  A«  surveys  the  heights  of  the 

urbis.    Infert      se       per    medios,  septus     nebulft, 

city.       He  conveys  himself  through  the  midst  of  them,  covered  with  a.  cloud, 

mirabile  dictu!     que  miscet       viris      neque  cernitur  ulli. 

wonderful  to  be  told!  and    mingles  with    the    men    nor        is  seen  by  any. 

Lucus  fuit   in   medii    urbe,  leetissimus        umbrfi,;     quo 

A  grove  has  been  in  the  midst  of  the  city,  most  pleasant  for  its  shade;  in  which 

loco         Poeni          jactati      undis        et    turbine  primum 

place    the    Carthagerrians    driven    by    the    waves  and  by  the  wind         first 

effodere  caput          acris    equi,  signum  quod  regia      Juno 

dug  up       the  head  of  a  courageous  horse,  an  omen  which    royal  Juno 

monstrSrat;  nam  sic  gentem      fore      egregiam 

had  shown;  for       thus  she  signified,  that  the  nation  would  be        eminent 

oello,  et  facilem  victu  per  secula.  •     Hie  Sidonia      Dido 
la  war.  and    easy  to  conquer  through  age*.  Here  Bidonian  Dido 


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condebat  Junoni  ingens  templum,  opulentum  donis  et 

built  to  Juno    'a  huge        temple,  enriched      with  gifts  and  with 

numine  Divae:          cui          serea     limina  surgebant 

the  presence  of  the  goddess:       to    which      the    brazen  thresholds  •   rose 

gradibus,  que  trabes         nexae         sere,      cardo  stridebat 

in  steps,  .       and  the  beams  were  bound  with  brass,    the    hinge   creaked  with 

ahenis  foribus.  In  hoc  luco  nova  res   oblata  primum  leniit 

orazen  doors.       In  this    grove  a  new  thing  presented     first    has  allayed 

timorem:  hie  ^Eneas  primum   ausus  sperare  salutem    et 

their  fear:  here  ./Eneas    •     first  .   has  dared     to  hope  for  safety        and 

inclius  confidere  afflictis  rebus:  namque  dum  lustrat  singula 

bolter       to  trust  to  his  afflicted    affairs:  for         while    he  surveys    each 

sub  ingenti  templo  opperiens  reginam;    dum     miratur 

thing    in    the  great      temple      waiting  for    the  queen;       while    he    admires 

quae  sit         fortuna  urbi,   que  manus  artificum  que  laborem 

what  may  be  the  fortune  to  the  city,  and  the  hands  of  the  artists  and   the  labour 

operum  inter  se;    videt  Iliacas  pugnas  ex  ordine,  que  bella 

of  the  works  mutually;    he  sees  the  Trojan  battles     in      order,      and  the  wars 

jam  vulgata  farad    per    totum  orbem;  Atridas  que 

now    published  by  fame  through  the  whole  world;  he  sees  the  sons  of  Atreus  and 

Priamum,  et  Achillem  sjevum  ambobus.  Constitit  et  lacry- 

Priamus,         and  Achilles        unmerciful    to  both.       He  has  stood  and    \vcep- 

mans  inquit:  Achate,  quis  focus  jam,  quse  regio   in      terris 

ing  says:       O  Achates;  what    place    now,    what   country  on  the   earth 

non  plena  nostri  laboris?  en  Priamus,  etiam  hie  sua  •  prae- 

15   not    full    of   our    disaster!        Behold  Friamus,   even     here    his   own   re- 

mia  sunt  laudi:  lacrymae  rerum    sunt,     et  mortalia  tangunt 

wards  are  for  praise:    tears     of  misfortunes  are  here,  and    mortal  affairs  move 

mentem.  Solve    metus:  hsec  fama  feret    tibi   aliquam  sa- 

the  mind.       Dismiss  your  fears:    this    fame  will  bring  to  theo    •   some       re- 

lutem.  Sic      ait  atque  pascit  animum   inani    pictura,  ge- 

lief.  Thus  he  says;    and     he  feeds  his  mind  with  an  empty  picture,  lament- 

mens  multa,       que  humectat    vultum    largo      flumine. 

ing         many  things,  and  wets    his    face  with    a   large    flood   of    tears. 

Namque  videbat,  uti    Graii  bellantes  circum  Pergama  fuge- 

For  he  saw,      that  the  Greeks  fighting       around  Troy        would 

rent  h&c,  Trojana  juventus  premeret;  hie 

flee  on  this  part:  whilst  the  Trojan      youth       would  chase  them,  on  that  part 

Phryges;  cristatus  Achilles  instaret  curru. 

the  Trojan   would  flee;  while   crested     Achilles  would  pursue  them  in  his  charioU 

Nee  procul  hinc  lacrymans  agnoscit  tentoria  Rhesi 

Not     far    off   hence       weeping    he  recognizes  the  tents  of  Rhesus  from  their 

niveis         velis;  quae  prodita    primo   somno     cruentus 

snow  white     vails;    which  betrayed  in  the  first      night    the    bloody  son  of 

Tydides  vastabat    multd  ccede,    que     avertit  ardentes 

Tydeus         plundered  with  great  slaughter,  and  has  driven  away  his  mettlesome 

equos  in  castra,  priusquam   gust&ssent        pabula 

steeds  into  the  Grecian  camp,   before    they       had   tasted       the   pasture  of 


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Trojae,  que  bibissent  Xanthum.          Aliaparte          Troilus 

Troy,       ''and     hail  drank  of  Xanthus.        In  another  part  of  the  temple  Troilus 

fugiens,  armis  amissis,  infelix  puer  atque  impar  congressus 

fleeing,  his   arms  being  lost,    unhappy   youth    and       unequal    encountering 

Achilli!  fertur          equis,   que  resupinus  hseret        inani 

Achilles!    is  dragged  by  his  horses,      and       supine        hangs  from  the  empty 

curru,  tenens  lora       tamen:        que  cervix  que  comae  huic 

ehariot,  holding  the  reins  notwithstanding:  both  the  neck  and  the  hair  to  him 

trahuntur  per  terram,    et  pulvis  inscribitur    versa      hasta 

are  drawn     along  the  ground,  and  the  dust  is  scrawled  by  the  inverted  spear 

Interea  Iliades,      passis  crinibus,  ibant  ad 

In  the  meantime  the  Trojan  women,     with  dishevelled   hair,         went     t 

templum  Palladis  non  cequae,          que  ferebant  peplum  sup- 

the  temple     of  Pallas      not  impartial  to  them,  and       carried     the  robe  hum- 

pliciter  tristes,  et  tuns»         pectora        palmis.         Diva 

oly  sad,       and  beaten  as  to  their  breasts  with  their  hands.    The  goddess 

aversa  tenebat  oculos  fixos     solo.       Achilles  ter  raptaverat 

unfavourable  kept  Acr  eyes     fixed  on  the  ground.     Achilles  thrice  had  dragged 

,   Hectora  circum  Iliacos  muros,  que  vendebat        exanimum 

Hector         around  the  Trojan    walls,      and      was  selling  the  breathless 

corpus  auro.  Turn  vero     dat  ingentem  gemitum  ab        imo 

body      for  gold.    Then  indeed  he  gives    a  great  groan    from  the  bottom 

pectore,    ut    conspexit  spolia,  ut  currus,    que  ut 

of  Ais  breast,  as  A«    baa  seen    the  spoils,  as  he  has  seen  the  chariot,     and    as 

corpus  ipoum    amici,  que  Priamum  tendentem        inermes 

the  body  itself  of  Ins  friend,  and         Priam        stretching  out  his  feeble 

rnanus.  Agnovit      sequoquepermixtum  Achivisprincipibus, 

hands.  He  has  recognized  himself  also       mingled  with' the  Grecian  commanders 

que  Eoas     acies,  et     arma  nigri  Memnonis. 

and  the  eastern  armies,  and  the  arms  of  swarthy  Memnon. 

Penthesilea  furens  ducit         agmina  Amazonidum  lunatis 

Penthesilea          furious    leads  on       her  bands     of  Amazons  with  horned 

peltis,  que  ardet  in    mediis     millibus,      subnectens    aurea 

shields,    and     xages    in   the   midst   of   thousands,         buckling   her    golden 

cingula      exertae  mammae,  bellatrix,  que  virgo  audet    con- 

f irdie  under  her  bare          breast,         warlike.,        and   a  virgin  dares     to  fight 

currere  viris.    Dum  haec  miranda       videntur         Dardanio 

with  men.       While  these  wonderful  things  are  seen  by   Trojan 

^Enese,    dum   stupet,         que  haeret  defixus  in  uno         ob- 

/Encas,        whilst  he  is  astonished,  and  continues    fixed   with  one  intent  pos> 

tutu;  regina  Dido  pulcherrima    formsl,    incessit  ad 

ture  of  the  eyes;  queen     Dido      most  beautiful  in  appearance,  has  come  to  the 

templum,  magna  catervS,  juvenum  stipante.     Qualis   Dian 

temple,  a  great    multitude      of  youth     attending.        Like  as        Dian 

in   ripis     Eurotae,  aut  per  juga   Cynthi  exercet       chores," 

on  the  banks  of  Eurotas  or      on   the  top  of  Cynthus  leads          the  dances, 

quam  mille         Oreades  secutae,     glomerantur  hinc 

whom  a  thousand  mountain  nymphs  having  followed,  are  gathered  on  this  part 


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atque  hinc:  ilia  fert  pharetram  humero  que  gradiens,  super- 

mil  that:    she  carries  A«r  quiver  on  Aer  shoulder,  and      walking,     appear* 

eminet  omnes  Deas:  gaudia  pertentant      taciturn     pectus 

above  all  the  goddesses    joys         pass  through       the  silent          brca-i  of 

Latonae.  Talis  erat  Dido,  laeta  ferebat    se  talem  per  medios, 

Latona.        Such    was     Dido,    joyful  she  carried  herself  such      in    the  niiiUt, 

instans     operi,     que     futuris  regnis.         Turn       resedit 

fntent    upon  the  work,  and  her  future  dominions.  Then  she  has  tint  down 

foribus  divae          media  test u dine    tempi i,  septa 

at  the  gates  of  the  goddess  in  the  midst  of  the  arch  of- the  temple,        surrounded 

armis    que  subnixa  alfe  solio.       Dabat         jura  que  leges 

with  arms  and   raised  up  high  on  a  throne.    She  dispensed  justice  and       law* 

viris,  que  acquabat  laborem  operum        justis        partibus 

to  the  men,  and  equalized  the  labour  of  the  works  in  proportionate  parts, 

aut  trahebat  sorte:  cum  ^Eneas  subito  videt  Anthea        que 

or     drew  it       by  lot:         when  ./Eneas   suddenly   sees     Antheus  and 

Sergestum,  que  fortem  Cloanthum  que  alios  Teucrorum  ac- 

Bergestus,  and  the  brave  Cloantbus  and  others  of  the  Trojans     ad- 

cedere  magno  concursu;  quos  ater  turbo  dispulerat  sequore, 

vance    with  a  great  concourse;     whom  a  black  storm  had  scattered  on  the  sea, 

que  avexerat    eras    penitus    alias.     Ipse  simul        obstu- 

and    had  carried  to  shores    entirely    different.    He  at  the  same  time  has  been 

puit,  simul     Achates      perculsus  que  laetitia  que 

astonished,  and  at  the  same  time  Achates  fins  been  smitten     both  with  joy    and 

metu;  avidi  ardebant       conjungere  ^dextras;  sed  incognita 

fear;         eager  they  passionately  desired  to  join  their  right  hands;  but  the  strange 

res    turbat     animos.  Dissimulant  et  amicti  cava      nube, 

afiair     disturbs  their  minds.     They  dissemble  and  covered  with  a  hollow  cloud, 

speculantur  quae         fortuna         viris;      quo  litore  linquant 

watch  what  may  be  the  fortune  to  the  men;  on  what  coast       they  may 

classem,  quid     veniant;  nam  lecti  cunctis     navibus 

leave  tA«tr  fleet,  why  they  may  come;   for    chosen    from  all          the  ships 

ibant     orantes  veniam,  et      petebant    templum     clamore. 

they  came  soliciting    favour,    and  were  making  to  the  temple  with  a  clamour. 

Postquam      introgressi  et  copia         data         fandi     coram, 

After  that  they  have  entered      and  liberty  has  lee*  given       of  speaking  openly, 

Ilioneus  maximus,  sic   coepit    placido  pectore;       0  regina! 

fliooeus       the  greatest,  thus  has  begun  with  a  calm  mind;  O  queen! 

oui       Jupiter  dedit    condere  novam  urbem,    que  frcenare 

to  whom  Jupiter  has  given  to   build     a    new          city,         and         to  curb 

superbas  gentes  justitid:          miseri  Troes    vecti         omnia 

proud  nations  with  justice:   we  minerable"  Trojans  carried  through,      all 

mana  ventis     oramus  te,  prohibe  infandos  ignes  a  navibus' 

•?as       bythewindsintreattb.ee,       avert      the  horrible  flames  from  our  »hips 

parce  pio  generi,  et      propius     aspice  nostras  res.        Nos 

epure  a  pious   race,       and  more  favourably  regard       our      afluirs.  W» 

non  venimus  aut  populare  Libycos      Penates        ferro, 

havo  not     come     either    to  destroy  the  Libyan  household  gods  witli  thu  sword. 


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aut  vertere  praedas  raptas  ad  litora.     Ea   vis       non 

or       10  turn    the  spoils    seized    to  the  shores.    This  violence  is  not        in  our 

nnimo,  nee     tanta  superbia      victis.  Est         locus, 

mind,         nor  is  so  great  insolence  to  the  conquered.     There  is  a  place,  the 

Graii  dicunt  Hesperiam  cognomine:  aixtiqua  terra,     potens 

Greeks       call  it        Hesperia  by  name:        an  ancient  land,       powerful 

armis  atque       ubere         glebae:  Oenotrii  viri       coluere; 

in  war    and  in  the  fruitfulness  of  its  soil:    Oenotrian    men    have  inhabited  it; 

mine  faina  minores         dixisse      gentem  Italiam,  de 

now      fame   is   that   their   posterity   have   called   the    nation    Italy,     from 

nomine     ducis.         Hue     fuit      cursus;  cum  subito   nim- 

Ihe  name  of  their  leader.     Hither  has  been  our  course;    when  suddenly  bolster- 

bosus  Orion  assurgens  fluctu         tulit         in  '     cceca  vada 

ous       Orion         rising      from  the  ocean  hath  borne  us  upon  the  hidden  shelves 

que  Austris  penitus  procacibus  dispulit     que  per 

and  the  south  winds  being  altogether    obstinate    have  dispersed  us  both  over  the 

invia    saxa,  salo  superante:        pauci,  adnavimus  hue 

inipassaWe  jrocks,  the  sea  overcoming  us:  we,  a  few,     have  swum       hither        to 

vestris  oris.   Quod  genus  hominum  hoc?  ve  quse  patria,  tarn 

•your       coasts.    What     race  of        men         is  this?     or   what  country,      go 

barbara,  permittit  hunc  morem?  prohibemur     hospitio 

•avage,  allows         this       custom?    we  are  debarred  from  the  refuge  of 

arena?:  cient  bella  que  vetant         consistere    prim&  terrd. 

the  shore:  they  raise  wars  and    forbid  that  tee  should  remain  on  the  first     land. 

Si  temnitis  humanum  genus  et  mortalia  arma,  at  sperate 

If  you  despise      the  human       race    and      mortal       arms,    but   expect    that 

Deos     memores  fandi  atque  nefandi.  ^Eneas  erat  rex  nobis, 

the  gods  are  mindful    of  right    and        wrong.        ./Eneas  was    king  to  us, 

quo  alter  justior  pietate    nee  fuit,  nee  major  bello  et 

than  whom  another  more  just  for  his  piety  has  not  been,  nor  greater  in  war  and 

armis,  quern  virum,  si  fata    servant,       si      vescitur   aethe- 

arms,       which      man,       if  the  fates  may  preserve,  if  he  lives  upon    the  ethe- 

rea  aura1,  neque  adhuc  occubat    crudelibus  umbris:    metus 

real      air,         nor       as  yet       is  dead  among  the  cruel       shades:         fear  u 

non,       nee  poeniteat    te  priorem  certasse  officio. 

not  to  us,    nor  may  it  repent  thee     first       to  have  vied  with  him  in  kindness. 

Sunt  urbes         Siculis  regionibus,  que  anna  que        clarus 

i    There  are  cities  to  us  in  the  Sicilan  regions,          and     arms     and  the  renowned 

Acestes     a  Trojano  sanguine.    Liceat  subdu- 

Acestes  is  from     Trojan        blood.  May  it  bo  lawful  for  us  to  draw  on 

cere  classem  quassatam   ventis,   et  aptare  trabes         sylvis 

shore  our  fleet  shattered  by  the  winds,  and  to  fit       planks  from  the  woods 

et  stringere  remos.    Si  datur      tendere  Italiam,  sociis       et 

and     to  cut  oars.        If  it  is  given  to  us  to  go  to  Italy,  our  companions  and 

rege     recepto,    ut  laeti        petamus  Italiam  que  Latium;  sin 

king  being  recovered,  that  joyful  we  may  make  for  Italy       and    Latium;      but 

salus         absumpta  et  pontus  Libyae  habet   te,    optiine 

if  our  safety  may  be  destroyed  and    the  sea  of  Libya  possesse    thec.       O    beat 


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pater  Teucrflm,  nee  jam  spes       liili  restat;  at  sattem  peta- 

father  uf  the  Trojans,  nor    now  Hit  hope  of  lulus  remains;  but  at  least  that  we 

mus     ficta        Sicaniee  que  paratas   secies,  unde  ad- 

may  goto  the  p traits  of  Sicily     and  the  prepared  abodes,  from  whence  we  have 

vecti        hue,  que  regem  Acesten.     IHoneus  talibus: 

been  carried  hither,  and  to  king        Acestes.  llioncus   entreated  with  such 

simul         cuncti  Dardanidae          fremebant 

Kordf,  at  the  same  time    all         the  Trojans  express  their  approbation         with 

ore.    Turn  Dido  demissa  vultum          profatur 

their  mouth.    Then     Dido     downcast  as  to  her  countenance  speak* 

breviter:  Teucri!  solvite  metum     corde,     secludite    curas 

briefly:  O  Trojans!  banish        fear  from  your  heart,  drive  away  your  carol 

Dura       re's         et  novitas        regni     cogunt  me  molir 

My  difficult  circumstances  and  the  infancy  of  my  kingdom  compel  me  to  do 

talia,         et  tueri         late         fines.     Quis  nesciat     genus 

luch  tilings,  and  to  protect  far  and  wide  my  borders.  Who     knows  not  the  race 

./Eneadfim?     quis  urbem  Trojae,  que  virtutes         que 

of  the  Trojans?      who  knows  not  the  city  of  Troy,  and   their    merits        and 

viros,  et  incendia  tanti  belli?  Pceni       non     gestamus 

the  men  and  the  flames  of  so  great  war?    We  Carthagenians  do  not  carry 

pectora  adeo  obtusa!  nee  Sol   jungit  equos  tam  aversus  ab 

hearts  so      unfeeling!  nor  hns  the  sun  joined  his  steeds  so      remote    from 

Tyri&      urbe.       Seu    vos  optatis     magnam  Hesperiam  que 

the   Tynan   city.      Whether   you     choose        the    great     Hcspena  and 

regem  Acesten:  dimittam  tutos  auxilio,      que  juvabo 

king          Acc.-tfs:     I  will  dismiss  you  safe  with  assistance,  and     aid  you.  with  my 

opibus.     Et     vultis     considere  paritermecum   his    regnis? 

wealth.        Ami  are  you  willing  to  settle       equally  with  me  in  these  dominions? 

quam  urbem  condo,  est  vestra;  subducite     naves:  Tros 

Thecity,  which    city         I  build,      is        yours;  bring  ashore  your  ships:    Trojan 

que  Tyrius    agetur    mihi   nullo  discnmine.  Atque  utinam 

and    Tynan  shall  be  treated  by  me  with  no      difference.        And  O  that 

./Eneas     rex  ipse  compulsus  eodem  Noto  afforet!    Equidem 

jf.ncae  your  king  himself  driven         by  the  same  wind  might  be  present!      Truly 

dimittam  certos    per  litora,        et  jubebo         lustrare     ex- 

I  will  rend      trusty  men  along  the  shores,  and  1  will  order  them  to  search  tliu  ic- 

trema       Libyse,  si  ejectus   errat  quibus  syivis  aut  urbibus. 

motost  partsof  Libya,  if    cast  out  he  wanders  in  any      woods      or        cities. 

Et  fortis  Achates  et  pater  ./Eneas   arrecti  animum 

Both  brave      Achates    and  father    ./Eneas       encouraged  as    to  their   mind 

his          dictis,  jamdudum   ardebant  erumpere        nubern: 

with    tnpse    words,      a   long   time         desired         to    break  the    cloud: 

Achates  prior  compellat  ^Eneam:          nate     Dcfi,          quae 

Ar,hat?s        first        addresses  /Kneas:     O  thou.  born  of  a  goddest,         what 

sententia  nunc  surgit       animo?     Vides  omiua  tuta, 

purpose  now      arises  in  your  mind7        You  see        all    iking*  safe, 

classem  que  socios  receptos.     Unus   abest,  quern          ipsi 

your  fleet     and  companions  recovered.      One   is    absent,    whom    tee  oureelvcf 


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vidimus  submersum  in  medio    fluctu:  caetera    respondent 

have  seen          sunk  in  the  midst  of  the  ocean:  other  things  agree 

dictis  matris. 

to  the  words  of  your  mothi;r. 

Vix    fatus  erat  ea,  cum  repente    circumfusa  nubes 

Scarcely  had  he  said  those  things  when  suddenly  the  circumambient  cloud 

scindit  se,  et  purgat  in  apertum  aethera.    jEneas       restitit 

divides    itself,  and   clears    into      open  air.  /Eneas  has  stood 

que    refulsit      in  clara  luce,  similis   Deo  os 

and  has  shone  bright  in    clear     light,        like      to  a  god  as  to  his  countenance 

que  humeros:  namque  genitrix  ipsa    afflarat  nato 

and        shoulders:          for        his  mother    herself  had  breathed  on  her  son 

decoram  caesariem  que  purpureum  lumen  juventae,  et 

graceful  hair  and     the  glowing       .light       of  youth,  and 

oculis    laetos   honores.      Decus,  quale     manus  addunt 

on   his   eyes       lively         beauty.   Such  beauty,         as       the    hands         giva 

ebori,  aut  ubi  argentum,  ve  Parius  lapis  circumdatur    flavo 

to  ivory,  or  where        silver,          or    Parian    marble      is  inclosed  with  yellow 

auro.     Turn  sic  alloquitur  reginam,  que  repente  improvisus 

gold  Then  thus   headdresses    the  queen,    and    suddenly  unexpected 

cunctis  ait:     adsum  coram  Troius  yEneas,  quern     quaeritis, 

by  all       says:  I  am  present  openly,  Trojan       ./Eneas,     whom  you  seek, 

ereptus  ab   Libycis  undis.     O      sola     miserata       infandos 

matched  from  the  Libyan  waves.        O  thou  alone  having  pitied  the  unutterable 

labores  Trojse!  quae    urbe,  domo     socias  nos  reliquias 

calamities  of  Troy!  who,  in  thy  city,  and  In  thy  house  associates!  us  the  remains 

Danaum,    jam  exhaustos  omnibus  casibus  que  terrae       que 

of  the  Greeks,  now      wasted  by  all       the  perils  both  of  land  and 

maris  egenos  omnium.         Dido!  est  non  nostrae  opis,     per- 

sea          wanting        all         things.    O  Dido!  it  is  not     of  our     power,      to  re- 

solvere  dignas  grates:  nee  Dardanise  gentis, 

turn  to  thce  suitable  thanks:  neither  is  it  of  the  power  of  the  Trojan  nation,  what. 

quicquid  ubique    est,  quse  sparsaper      magnum 

soever  of  this  race  every  where  is,   which  has  been  scattered  over  the  great 

orbem.  Dt    (si  qua  numma  respectant  pios   si  quid       jus- 

world.    The  pods  (if  any        deities         regard      the  pious  if  any  thing  of  jus- 

titiae  usquam  est)  et  mens  conscia  sibi     recti     ferant     tibi 

tice    any  where    is)    and  a  mind  conscious  to  itself  of  virtue  may  bring  to  thee 

digna  proemia.     Quse  tarn  laeta  specula  tulerunt    te?          qui 

mutable  rewards.         What    so  prosperous  ages  have  produced  thce?  what 

tanti  parentes    genuere   talem?  dum  fluvii  current  in  frela, 

so  worthy  parents  have  begotten  thee  such?   while  rivers     shall  run  into  the  seas, 

dum  umbra)   lustrabunt       convexa         montibus,         dum 

while     clo'ids    shall  move   round  the  convex    taps  of  the    mountains,     while 

polus    pascet     sidera:  semper  tuum  honos  que  norrien  que 

heaven  shall  sustain  the  stars:    always         thy    honour  and       name        ana 

laudes  manebunt,  quzecunque  terrae  vocant  me.     Fatus    sic 

praises      shall  continue.       whatever    lands  call  me.        Having  said  thur 


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petit  amicum  Hionea        dextrd,  que  Serestum          Isevfi: 

be  takes  his  friend  Ilioneua  with  his  right  band,  and  Sercstus  with  his  left- 

Post         alios  que  fortem  Cyan  que  fortem  Cloanthum.  Si- 

Afterwards  others    both  the  brave  Gyas,  and  the  brave  Ctoanthus.        Sido- 

donia  Dido    obstupuit      primd    aspectu,       deinde     tanto 

man      Dido  has  been  astonished  first  at  the    appearance,  then    at  M>  great 

casu      viri,        et  sic  locuta  est  ore:  nate 

calamity  of  the  man,  and  thus  has    spoken   with  her  mouth:    O  thou  born  of 

Dea,      quis  casus  insequitur  te   per      tanta  pericula?  quae 

a  goddess,  what    fate         pursues        thee  through  so  great  adventures?    what 

vis  applicat  te       immanibus  oris?     Tune  ille  yEncas   quern 

power  brings     thce  to  these  barbarous  coast??  jjrt  thou  that   ./Ericas  whom 

alma  Venus  genuit         Dardanio  Anchisae  ad  undam  Phry- 

fair         Venus  has  brought  forth  to  Trojan      •  Anchises    by  the  water  of  1'hry- 

gii  Simoentis?  atque  equidem  memini  Teucrum          venire 

gian        Simois?         and  indeed     I  remember  that  Teucer  came  to 

Sidona,  expulsum       patriis    finibus,  petentem  nova    regna 

Sidon.  expelled  from  his  native  territories,     seeking       new    dominions 

auxilio  Beli.     Turn  genitor  Belus  vastabatopimamCyprum, 

by  the  aid  of  Belus.    Then  my  father  Belus      destroyed         rich  Cyprus, 

et  victor    tenebat    ditione.        Casus     Trojanae  urbis 

and  a  conqueror  ruled  ft  by  his  authority.    The  ruins  of  the  Trojan  city  liavefiee* 

cognitus  mihi  jamexillo  tempore,  que  tuum  nomen,      que 

known          tome     now  from  that     lime,         and      thy         name,         and  the 

Pelasgi   reges.     Hostis   ipse  ferebat  Teucros          insigni 

Grecian       kings.    The  enemy  himself  extolled  the  Trojans  with  distinguished 

laude,  que  volebat     se   ortum       a   antiqua  stirpe  Teucro- 

praisc,      and  was  pleased  that  he  had  sprung  from  the  ancient  race  of  the  Tro 

rum.      Quare     agite    0  juvenes!  succedite  nostris    tectis! 

jans.       Wherefore   come   on   O      youthsl  enter  our  houses 

similic  fortuna  voluit       me  quoque  jactatam  per  multos  la- 

a  like         fortune  has  chosen    that  I        also  tossed       through  many      dig 

bores,  demum  consistere  Me  terrd.     Non  ignara      mali, 

tresses,    at  length   should  settle  in  this   land.        /not  ignorant  of  misfortune, 

disco   succurere  miseris.      Sic  memorat,      simul         ducit 

know  how  to  succor  the  distressed.     Thus  she  says,       at  the  same  time  sAe  lead* 

^Enean  in  regia  tecta:       simul          indicit  honorem 

./Eneas      into  the  royal  house:  at  the  same  time  she  appoints    a  sacrifice   in  the 

templis  Divum.        IntereS.    nee  minus    mittit  munera 

temples  of  the  gods.      In  the  mean  time  not      less  she    sends       presents  to  kit 

sociis        ad    litora,     viginti  tauros,  centum  horrentia  terga 

companions    to    the    shores,    twenty     bulls,     one  hundred    rough         bodies 

magnorum  suum,  centum  pingues  agnos  cum  matribus,  que 

•af  grunt  swine,  an  hundred        fat  lambs    with    the  dams,         and 

laetitiam        Dei.  At  interior  domus      splendida 

the  joy  of  the  god  Bacchus.       But  the  inner  part  of  the  house         magnificent 

instruitur     regali.     luxu,    que     parant     convivia 

is   furnished    with  regal   splendor,    and  they    prepare    banquets  in    th» 


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mediis    tectis,  vestes        laboratae   arte  que    superbo 

midst  of  the  house.    Here  are  garments     wrought  with  art     and  rich 

ostro:  ingens  argentum  mensis,    que  fortia  facta     patrum 

purple:      massy  plate    is  on  the  tables,   and  the  brave  deeds  of  her  fathers 

ccelata  in  auro,  series  rerum      longissima        ducta        per 

embossed    in  gold,  a  series  of  exploits  of  the  longest  extent  continued      through 

lot    viros  ab    origine         antiquse  gentis-  .^Eneas,    (enim 

so  many  men   from   the  founder  of  the  ancient  race.        yEneas,  (for 

patrius  amor  neque  passus   mentem  consistere)     praemitt  t 

internal      love  has     not      suffered   his      mind        to  be  at  rest)          Sends  befc  e 

Achaten  rapidum-ad  navea,  ferat    haec         Ascanio, 

Achates  swift          to    the  ships,  that  he  may  report  these  things  to  Ascanius, 

que  ducat  ipsum  ad  rnoania.  Orhnis  cura          chari  parentis 

and    conduct     him       to    the  city.       All       the  care  of  the  fond  parent 

stat  in  Ascanio.     Praeterea  jubet      ferre   muneraerepta 

Is  placed  in    Ascanius.        Besides        he  orders  him  to  bring  the  presents  rescued 

Iliacis    minis.,  pallam  rigentem  signis  que  auro,  et 

from  the  Trojan  ruins,      a  robe  stiff     with  figures  and    gold,  and 

velamen  circumtextum  croceo      acantho:      ornatus  Argi- 

a  veil  woven  around     with  yellow   brank-ursine:  the  ornamentsof  Gre- 

vge  Helenae  quos  ilia  extulerat  Mycenis:    cum       peteret 

cian    Helen        which  she     has  brought  from  Mycenae:  when  she  might  be  going 

Pergama  que  inconcessos  Hymenseos,  mirabile  donum 

to  Troy          and  to  her  unlawful      nuptial  rites,  the  wonderful      gift      of  her 

matris  Ledse.     Praeterea  sceptrum  quod  Ilione 

mother      Leda.          Besides    he  orders  them  to  bring  the  sceptre  which       Ilione 

maxima    natarum    Priami  olim  gesserat,  et  monile    collo 

lie  eldest  of  the  daughters  of  Priam  formerly  had  born,  and  a  necklace  for  the  neck 

baccatum  et  coronam  duplicem  gem  mis  que  auro. 

set  in  pi'iirls  and    a  crown          double         with  gems    and    gold. 

Celerans  ha?c      Achates  tendebat  her  ad  naves.    At  Cy 

Hastening  these  things  Achates     directed  Ais  way  to  the  ships.         But  V« 

therea  versat  novas  artes,    nova  consilia-pectore:  ut  Cupidu 

nus          resolves    new     plots  and  new       designs  in  her  breast:       that  Cupid 

mutatus  faciem  et      ora        veniat      pro          dulci 

changed    asto his  appearance  and  countenance  may  come     instead        of  sweet 

Ascanio,  que   donis      incendat  furentem      reginam,  atque 

Ascanius.       and  with  the  gifts  inflame  the    amorous  queen,  and 

implicetignem  ossibus.     Quippe  timet    ambiguam  domum 

enwrap       the  fire  in  her  bones.         For       she  dreads  the  changeable          race 

que        bilingues     Tyrios:  atrox  Juno  urit,      et  cura 

nnd        the  double-tongued  Tyrians:    cruel      Juno    vexes  her,  and  her     anxiety 

recursat  sub  noctem.         Ergo    affatur  aligerum      Amorem 

returns         in         the    night.  Therefore  she  addresses  winged  love 

his  dictis:  Nate  mea?  vires,  mea  magna  poteniia;      nate 

with  these  words:    O  son    my  strength,      my      great         power;  O  son 

<jui  solus  temnis  Typhoea    tela         summi  patris:  confugio 

•trho  alone  ilespisest  the  Typhoon  thunderbolts  of  the  supreme  father:  I  tty 


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ad  te  et  supplex  posco  tua  numina.  nota 

to  ihee  and  suppliant  implore    thy        deity.      These  things  have  been  known 

tibi  ut  tuus  frater  ^Eneas  jactetur    pelago  circum     omnia 

to  thee  that  thy    brother    ./Eneas  may  be  tossed  on  the  sea    about  all 

litora,    odiis       iniquae   Junonis:  et  saepe    doluisti      nostro 

•bores,  by  the  malice  of  partial        Juno:         and  often  thou  hast  grieved  in  my 

dolore.  Phoenissa  Dido  tenet  hunc,  que  moratur      blandis 

grief.          Phcenissian    Dido  entertains    him,      and      detains  Aim  with  pleasant 

vocibus:  et  vereor  quo  Junonia  hospitia  vertant  se : 

words.         and    I  fear  whither  the  Junonian  hospitality  may  turn  itself:  she  will 

naud  cessabit  tanto     cardine  rerum.     Quocirca-       meditor 

not  be  idle  on  so  great  a  juncture   of  affairs.      Wherefore  I  contrive 

ante  capere  reginam  dolis,      et  cingere       flamma       ne- 

before  to  ensnare  the  queen  with  wiles,  and  to  beset  her  with  a  flame  that  she 

mutet  se      quo    numine,    sed      teneatur     mecum 

may  not  change  herself  by  any  divine  impulse  but  that  she  may  be  held  with  me 

magno  amore  ^Eneae.     Nunc  accipe  nostram  mentem,  qua 

by  the  great     love  of  /Eneas.         Now          hear  my  advice,      how 

possis      facere  id,  regius  puer  mea  maxima  cura,     parat 

you  may  be  able  to  do  that,  the  royal    boy,     my    greatest  care,  prepares 

ire  ad  Sidoniam  urbem  accitu  chari  gonitoris,  ferens 

to  go  to   the  Sidonian      city    at  the  call  of  A«s  beloved  father,  bearing 

dona    restantia    pelago  et   flammis  Trojae.  Ego  recondam 

presents  remaining  from  the  sea  and  the  flames  of  Troy.  I  will  hide 

hunc  sopitum  somno  super  alta  Cythera  aut  super  Idalium 

him  lulled         in  sleep    upon     lofty      Cythera      or       upon  Idalium 

sacratd  sede;  ne    qua        possit      scire       dolos  ve    me- 

in  a  sacred  place;   lest  in  any  way  he  may  be  able  to  know  the  wiles  or  coming 

dius     occurrere.  Tu    falle         dolo    illius    faciem 

between  to  interrupt  its  success.    Thou  counterfeit  by  delusion    his  face 

unam  noctem  non  amplius:  et     puer  indue    pueri      notos 

one  night        no       longer:        and     a    boy    assume    the   boy's     known 

vultus:    ut  cum  Dido  Isetissima  accipiet     te  gremio, 

looks:         that  when    Dido    most  joyful   shall  receive  thee  in  her  bosom. 

inter  regales  mensas  que  laticem  Lyaeum,      cum       dabit 

amidst  the  royal      tables       and  the  liquor  of  Bacchus,       when  she  shall  give 

amplexus   atque    figet  dulcia      oscula: 

to   thee   her   embraces         and    shall    impress   upon   thee   sweet  kisses. 

inspires       occultum  ignem  que  fallas  veneno. 

thou    inayest    inspire    the    secret     flame       and    deceive  Acrwith  the  poison 

Amor     paret    dictis        charre  genitricis  et  exuit 

»f  love.    The  god  of  love  obeys  the  commands  of  his  dear    mother      anrtputson" 

alas,  et  gaudens  incedit  gressu     luli.     At  Venus    irriga 

his  wings,  and  rejoicing     walks  in  the  gait  of  lulus.       But  Venus          diffuses 

placidam  quietem  per  membra    Ascanio,    et     Dea 

gentle  sleep     through  the  limbs     of  Ascanius,  and  the  goddess      hat 

tollit         fotum        gremio  in    altos  lucos  Idahae,  ubi  mollis 

emoved  him  cherished  in  her  bosom  into  the  lofty  groves  of  Idalia,  where      soft 


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amaracus  aspirans  complectitur  ilium  floribus    et          dulci 

inajorum        breathing         encircles  him    with  flowers  and      a  pleasant 

umbra.    Jamque  Cupido  ibat  parens     dicto,       et  poitabat 

shade.          .And  now       Cupid       went  obeying  the  command,  and        carried 

regia     dona      Tyriis,     lastus   Achate   duce.     Cum        ve- 

the  royal  presents  to  the  Tyrians,  joyful  in  Achates  his  leader,    When       he  has 

nit      regina  jam  composuit  se  superbis  aulsr.is,  que  locavit 

arrived,  the  queen  now       has  set      herself  on  rich       tapestry,  and  has  placed 

mediam       aurea  spondd.     Jam  pater  ./Eneas,       que 

kerseff  in  the  middle  on  a  golden  couch.  Now   father       ./Eneas,  and 

jam  Trojana  juventus  conveniunt  que  discumbitur       super 

now    the  Trojan      youth  assemble         and   they  sit  down  upon 

ostro  strato.     Famuli  dant  lymphas  manibus,  que     expe- 

the  purple  couch.    The  servants  give       water  for  their  hands,     and  serve 

diunt  cererem  canistris,  que  ferunt  mantilia  villis       tonsis. 

bread         in  baskets,    and      bring       towels      the  naps  being  shorn. 

Intus     quinquaginta  famulae,      quibus  cura      struere 

Within    are        fifty          maid    servants,   to  'whom   was  the  care    to   preparo 

penum       longo  ordine,  et  adolere          Penates      flammis: 

the  provisions  in  long   order,      and  to  perfume  the  household  gods    with  flames: 

centum  aliae,  que  totidem  ministri  pares  setate,  qui 

Vttrcwere  an  hundred  others,    and    as  many  men  servants  equal  in  age,    who 

onerent  mensas    dapibus  et    ponant   pocula.       Et  necnon 

may  load   the  tables   with   food  and   may   place  the  cups.         And  also 

Tyrii     frequentes  convenere  per  Iseta  limina  jussi 

the  Tyrians  numerous   have  assembled   in  the  joyful  house  commanded 

discumbere     pictis         toris.     Mirantur         dona     ^Eneae, 

to  lie  down  on  the  embroidered  couches.    They  admire  the  presents  of  /Eneas, 

mirantur  lulum  que  flagrantes  vultus    Dei,     que     simulata 

they  admire  lulus        and    the  glowing    looks  of  the  god,  and  his  dissembled 

verba,  que  pallam  et  velamen  pictum     croceo        acantho, 

words,      and  the  mantle  and  the  veil       adorned    with  the  yellow       acanthus 

Prsecipue  infelix  Phcenissa  devota  futurae         pesti 

Especially    the  unhappy       Dido        devoted  to  the  future  distraction   of  lov« 

nequit    expleri         mentem,  que  ardescit  tuendo,  etparitor 

is  unable  to  be  satisfied  as  to  her  mind;    and  is  inflamed  by  beholding,  and  equally 

movetur    puero  que  donis.       Ille,  ubi  pependit   complexu 

*  is  afl'ected  with  the  boy  and  the  presents.    He,  when  he  has  hung  on  the  embrace 

que  collo  ^Enea?,  implevit  magnum  amorem   falsi  genitoris, 

and  neck   of  ^Bneas,    has  satisfied  the  great  affection  of  his  false  father 

petit      reginam:  Haec  haeret  oculis,  haec 

advances  to  the  queen:     She  is  fixed  upon  him  with  her  eyes,    she  is  fixed  on  Am 

toto  pectore  et  interdum  Dido  fovet        gremio,       inscia 

with  her  whole  soul  and     sometimes  Dido  fondles  him  in  her  bosom,  not  knowing 

quantus  Deus  insideat  miserae.     At  ille  memor 

how  great  a  God  lies  in  wait  for  her  miserable.        But  he     mindful       of  hit 

Acidaliae  matris,  paulatim  incipit  abolere  Sichseum  et  tentat 

Acidalian       mother,   by  degrees      begins  to  abolish     Sichxus       and       tries 


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vivo  amore  praevertere     animos  jampridem  resides    que 

by  a  living  love    to  prepossess  htr   affections      long  since   disengaged         and 

corda  desueta.       Postquam  prima  quies      epulis          que 

her  heart  unused  to  love.    After        the  first  cessation  is  from  the  feast,       and 

mtnsae  remotae,  statuunt  magnos  crateras  et  coronant 

the  tubles  have  been  removed,     they  place     the  great    goblets    and  crown 

vina.     Strepitus     fit     tectis,     que  volutant  vocem       per 

the  wine.    A  nnise     is  made  in  the  house,  and     they  roll     their  voice  througk 

anipla  atria:  incensi  lychni  dependent  aureis  laquearibus, 

tho  spacious  halls:    the  lighted   tamps       hang  down  from  the  golden      ceiling* 

et  funalia  vincunt  noctem   flammis.     Hie  regina   poposcit 

end  torches       expel        the  darkness  with  flames.     Here  the  queen  has  called  foi 

pateram  gravem  gem  mis  que  auro,  que  implevit  mero, 

a  goblet  heavy    with  gems   and     gold,    and     has  filled  it        with  wino. 

quam  Belus  et  omnes  a    Belo  soliti.  Turn 

which     Belus    and      all       from  Belus  have  been  accustomed  to  fit.          Then 

silentia        facta  tectis:      Jupiter  (nam  loquuntur        te 

silence  has  been  made  in  the  house:    O  Jove       (for  they  say         that  thnu 

dare    jura  hospitibus)         velis      hunc  diem  esse   laetura 

hast  given  laws     to  hosts)  mayest  thou  be  willing  that  this  day  maybe  fortunaU 

que    Tyriis     que  profectis      Trqji,  que         nostror 

both  to  the  Tyrians  and  to  those  having  departed  from  Troy,  and  that  ou/ 

minores  meminisse  hujus.  Bacchus  dator  laetitise    ad- 

posterity    should  remember  this  day.       May  Bacchus   the  giver  of  joy     be  pre 

sit,  et  bona  Juno:  et  vos  0  Tyrii,  faventes,  celebrate  coetum 

Bent,  and  good    Juno:       and  you  O  Tynans,     favoring,  celebrate  this  meeting 

Dixit,       et        libavit  honorem  laticum  in  mensam 

Che  has  said,  and  has  poured  out  in  sacrifice  an  oblation  of  liquor  upon  the  tab!* 

que    libato    prima  attigit  tenus        summo 

and  being  offered    first  she  has  gently  touched  it  only  vit/i  the  extreme  part  a 

ore.     Turn    dedit         Bitiae  increpitans:     ille       impiga 

icr  mouth.  Then  she  has  given  it  to  Bitias  reproaching  Aim;    he  quid 

hausit    spumantem  pateram,  et  proluit   se    pleno      aura 

lias  drained  the  foaming          bowl,        and  bathed  himself  from  the  full   gold 

post      alii  proceres.     Crinitus   lopas  personal       aurata* 

afterwards  the  other  nobles.          Long  haired  lopas     sounds          on  kit  gilded 

citharS.  quae  maximus  Atlas  docuit:       hie  canit      errantem 

harp          what  the  greatest   Atlas  has  taught:      he    sings    the    wandering 

Lunam  que  labores  Solis,  unde         genus      hominum 

moon         and      labors  of  the  sun,  from  whence  arise  the  race  of  men 

et  pecudes,  unde      imber  et    ignes,  Arcturum  que 

and  flocks,       from  whence   rain     and   lightnings,  he  sings   Arcturus      and 

pluvias  Hyadas,  que  geminos  Triones,  quid  hyberni      soles 

the  rainy     Hyades,       and      the  two       Triones,       why      winter  suns 

properent  tantum  tingere    se       Oceano,  vel  quse         mora 

should  hasten  so  much  to  touch  themselves  in  the  ocean,  or    what       hindrance 

obstet  tardis  noctibus.    Tyrii  ingeminant  plausum,    que 

may  oppose  the  slow     nights.       The  Tyrians  redouble       the  applaus*,     ami 


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Troes  sequuntur.    Et  necnon  infelix  Dido  trahebat  noctem 

the  Trojans  follow  them.    And      also       unhappy   Dido     drew  out      the  night 

vario  sermone,  que  bibebat  longum  amorem  rogitans   niulta 

In  various  tulk,  and      drank          long  love         inquiring          many 

super  Hectore;    nunc      quibus    armis   filius    Aurorae 

Unrips  about       Hector;     one   while   in   what       arms      the   son    of  Aurora 

venisset,     nunc,         quales  equi  Diomedis,  nunc, 

might  have  come,  another  while  of  what  sort  were  the  horses  of  Diomede,    now, 

quantns      Achilles.     Immo  hospes,    age,    inquit,    et     a 

bow  great  was  Achilles.  Nay,       O  guest,  come  on,  she  says,  and  from 

pnraa  origine  die  nobis  insidias    Danaum    que        casus 

the  first    origin    relate  to  us  the  wiles   of  the  Greeks   and  the  misfortunes 

tuorum         que     tuos      errores:  nam  jam  septiina     sestaa 

of  thy  friends     and  thine  own  wanderings:   for      now  the  seventh     summer 

portat  te    errantem  omnibus  tcrris  et  fluctibus. 

carries  thee       roving          on  all  lands    and       seas. 


THE  ^ENEID. 
BOOK    SECOND. 


OMNES  conticuere  que  intent!  tenebant        ora.        Inde 

ALL          have  been  silent  and  attentive       held      their  countenances.  Then 

pater  ./Eneas,  sic    orsus     ab     alto  toro:  0  regina,     jubes, 

father    jEneas,.     thus  has  begun  from  his  lofty  couch:  O    queen,  you  command 

renovare  infandum  dolorem:  ut  Danai  eruerint 

me,  to  renew       unutterable       grief:         how  the  Greeks  may  have  overturned 

Trojanas  opes  et      regnum  lamentabile;     quseque 

the  Trojan  powers  and  their  kingdom    to  be  deplored;    both  which  things 

miserrima    ipse    vidi,       et  quorum    fui          magna  para 

most  pitiable  I  myself  have  seen,  and   of  which   I  have  been  a  great     part. 

Quis    Myrmidonum,     ve  Dolopum,     aut         miles      duri 

Who   of   the   Myrmydons,       or  of  the  Dolopes,      or   what  soldier  of  stern 

Ulyssei  temperet  &  lachrymis  fando  talia?          et  jam  hu- 

Ulysses        can  refrain  from     tears       in  relating  such  things?   and  now     liu- 

mida  nox  praecipitat      ccelo    que  cadentia  sidera      suadent 

mid       night  hastens  down  from  the  sky  and  the  setting     stars  advis4 

somnos.  Sed  si  tantus  amor       cognoscere  nostros    casus 

sleep.  But    if  so  great   love  is  to  you   to  know  our       misfortune* 

et  breviter  audire  supremum  laborem  Trojse;         quanquam 

and   briefly       to  hear         Hie   last          struggle    of   Troy;  although 


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animus  horret  meminisse  que  refugit  luclu,  incipiam. 

w y  mind     drench      to  remember     and    declines   through  grief,        I  will  begin 

Ductores     Danaum   fracti        bello      que  repulsi        fatis, 

The  leaders  of  tho  Greeks  disheartened    by  the  war  und  repulsed   by  the   fates 

tot     annis  jam   labentibus,  aedificant  equum     inslar 

•o  many  years  now    passing   away,    construct       a  horse    of  I  ho  fiic  of  > 

.mentis,      divinii  arte  Palladis;  que,  intexunt  costas     secta 

mountain,  by  the  divine  art  of  Pallas;          and,     they  line  the  ribs  with  sawn 

1  biete.     Simulant  votum    pro     reditu:  ca     fama 

r.  They  pretend    it  to  be  an  oflcririg   for    their  return:   that        story 

vagatur.         .    Sortiti  delecta  corpora  virflm,     furtim 

is  spread  abroad.    Having  chosen  by  lot  select          bodies        of  men,       secretly 

includunt      hue     cajco  lateri:  que  penitus  cohiplent      in- 

Ihey  shut  them  up  here  in  the  dark   side:       and      within       tlioy  fill        the  spa- 

gentes  cavernas  que  uterum  armato  milite.   Tenedos  est  in 

cious  caverns       and  the  belly  with  armed  soldiery.        Tenedos     is  .  in 

conspectu,  insula    notissima  famd,       dives       opum,  dum 

sight,  an    island    most   noted    by   Tame,    abounding   in    wealth,   while 

regna    Priami  manebant;  nunc  tantum  sinus  et    statio  ma- 

the  realms  of  Priam   continued;         now       only         a  bay  and  a  station     un- 

lefida  carinis:  provecti  hue    condunt        se      in       deserto 

aafe         for  ships:    conveyed   hither     they  hide    themselves  on      the  deserted 

litore.     Nos     rati  abiisse       et    petiisse     Mycenas 

shore.         We  have  imagined  them  to  have  gone  and  to  have  sought        Myccno 

yento.       Ergo  omnis  Teucria  solvit    se       longo    luctu: 

with  the  wind,    Therefore  all        Troy        releases  itself  from  long    suffering: 

Port®    panduntur:        juvat      ire  etvidere   Doriea  castra, 

The  gates  are  thrown  open;  it  delights  us  t'o  go  and    view    the  Grecian  camps, 

que  desertos  locos  que  litus    relictum.     Hie   manus 

and    the  deserted    places    and  the  shore  abandoned.       Here  the  bands  of  the 

Dolopum,  hie  saevus  Achilles  tendebat;  hie  locus 

Dolopes  here  stern       Achilles       encamped;     here  was  the  station  foi 

classibus;    hie   acies   solebant    certare.       Pars         stupet 

their   fleets;     here   armies    were    wont    to   engage.      A   part   ii   astonished 

exitiale  donum  innuptae  Minervae,    et  mirantur  molem 

at  the  fatal  present  of  unmarried    Minerva,      und      admire     the  bulk  of  the 

equi:  que  primus  Thymcetes  hortatur        duci     intra  muros 

horse:     and      first  Thymostcs       advises  that  it  be  drawn  within  tne  walls 

et    locari    arce;          sive  dolo  seu      jam 

and  be  placed  in  the  citadel;  -whether  he  did  this  through  treachery  or  now 

fata  Trojae     sic  ferebant.     At  Capys  et        quorum  menti 

the  fates  of  Troy  thus  required.  But  Capys   and  ethers  to  whose          mine 

melior  sententia,  jubent  aut  praecipitare   pelago     insidias 

ras  a  better    judgment,       advise  either  to  precipitate    in  the  sea  the  snares 

que  suspecta  dona  Danaflm,  ve  urere     flammis         subjec- 

and  the  suspected     gifts  of  the  Greeks,  or  to  burn  them  by  flames  applied  under 

tis,    aut  terebrare  et  tentare  cavas  latebras     uteri.      Incer- 

n<*4th,  or     to  pierce       and  examine  the  hollow  recesses  of  the  womb.    The  in- 


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turn     vulgus  scinditur    in    contraria  studia.     Ibi    Laocoon 

constant  populace  is  divided  between    different     opinions.     Then       Laocoon 

primus  ante  omnes,  magnS.  caterva  comitante,  ardens 

the  first   before       all,         a  great       crowd       surrounding,  eager 

decurrit  ab  summa     arce:        et    procul  0  misen 

runs  down  from  the  top   of  the  citadel:  and   from  afar  cries  out:   O  wretched 

cives,  quae  tanta  insania?  creditis          hostes 

citizens,  what  so  great  madness  is  there  to  you?     do   you  believe  the  enemy 

avectos?        aut  putalis      ulla  dona  Danaum  carere 

to  have  been  carried  away?  or  do  you  think  that  any  gifts  of  the  Greeks  Jo  be  free 

dolis?  sic     Ulysses  notus?  aut    Achivi     occul- 

from  deceit?  or  thus  has  Ulysses  been  known  to  you?  either  the  Greeks     arc  con- 

tantur  inclusi  hoc  ligno:  aut  haec  machina  fabricata    est  in 

ccaled.    shut  up    in  this  wood:      or      this     machine  has  been  framed  against 

nostros  muros    inspectura    domos,  que    ventura       urbi 

our  walls  about  to  overlook  our  houses,    and  to  come  down  upon  oar  city 

desuper;  aut  aliquis  error  latet:  Teucri  ne  credite      equo. 

from  above;    or       some       guile  lies  hid:  O  Trojans  trust    not         to  the  horse 

Quicquid  id  est,    timeo      Danaos   et  ferentes     dona.     Sic 

Whatever     that  is,     I  fear  the  the  Greeks  even    offering     presents.    Thus 

fatus,       validis   viribus  contorsit    ingentem  hastam   in 

having  said,  with  great  powers   he  has  hurled    his  huge  spear    against 

latus         feri,     que    in        alvum  curvam  compagibus;  ilia 

tin:  side  of  the  horse,  and  against  his  belly  bending  out    in  joints;  that 

stetit    tremens,  que  utero     recusso,    cava?    cavernae   inso- 

has  stood  trembling,     and  the  inside  being  jarred,  the  hollow  caverns  have 

nuere  que    dedere  gemitum.     Et  si     fata     Defim,      si 

sounded  and  have  sent  forth  a  groan.         And  if  the  decrees  of  the  gods,  if  our 

mens  non  fuisset    laeva    impulerat         foedare          ferro 

mind  might  not  have  been  foolish  he  had  persuaded  us  to  tear  open  with  the  sword 

Argolicas    latebras;  que  Troja  nunc  stares  que 

these  Grecian        hiding  places:  and    OTroy    now  them  mightest  stand  and  thou 

alta  arx  Priami         maneres! 

jofty  tower  of  Priam  mightest  remain! 

Interest          ecce  Dardanidse  pastores  magno       clamore 

In  the  mean  time  behold  the  Trojan         shepherds  with  great  clamor 

trahebant  ad  regem  juvenem,  revinctum          manus    post 

•were  dragging  to  the  king        a  youth,  bound  as  to  his  hands       behind 

tdrga:  qui         ultro          obtulerat      se,  ignotum,    venien- 

his  back:  who  of  his  own  accord  had  presented  himser  unknown,  to  them  ad- 

libus,      ut    strueret  hoc  ipsum,     que  aperiret    Trojam 

vancing,  that  he  might  effect  this    very  design,  and        open  Troy  to  tnc 

Achivis;  ndens  animi  atque  paratus  in  utrumqiie;          sen 

Greeks;-         daring  of  soul         and       prepared  for        either  event;         whether 

versare  dolos,  seu  occumbere  certaj  morti.  Trojana 

to  manage  frauds,    or         to  yield         to  certain  death.  The  Trojan, 

juventus  circumfusa  ruit       undique,  studio 

youth .      being  scattered  around  him  rush  in  from  every  quarter,     through  cagci 


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viscndi,         que  certant  illudere  capto.      Nunc     accipe 

Jet  ire  of  seeing  him.  -and  they  strive  to  insult  the  captive.        Now    understand 

insidias  Danaflm;  et    ab  unocriminedisce  omnes.  Namqn* 

the  wilt- 5  of  the  Greeks;  and  from  one     crime        learn       alt.  iror 

nt  constitit  in    medio  conspectu,  turbatus,  inermis,     atque 

as  be  itood       in    the  midst   of  our  view,       alarmed,    defenceless,  and 

oculis         circumspexit  Phrygia  agmina;  inquit,  heu,  quae 

with  **a  eyes  looked  round  upon     the  Trojan      bands;       he  says,    alas,    what 

tellus,  quae  aequora  nunc  possunt  accipere  me!  aut,        jam, 

land,       what       sens       now  can  receive       me!      or,  now, 

quid  denique  restat  mihi    misero,  cui  neque 

what      finally      remains  to  me  a  wretched  man,  for  whom  thert  it  neither 

locus  usquam  apud     Danaos;     insuper    Dardanidae     ipsi 

•  place  any  where  among   the  Greeks;    and  besides    the    Trojans  themselves 

infensi  poscunt  poenas  cum  sanguine.  Quo        gemitu 

Incensed   demand    punishment  with       blood.  By  which  lamentation  our 

animi  conversi,  et  omnis  impetus  compressus;  horta- 

minda        have  been  changed,  and    all        violence  restrained;    weencour- 

mur    fari         quo  sanguine     cretus;      memoret  quid 

age  him  to  say  from  what       race  he  may  be  sprung;  that  he  relate  what  message 

ferat,     ve  quae  fiducia    sit       capto.       Die       formidine 

be  may  bring,   or  what   confidence  may  be  to  a  captive.    He  bis  fear 

tandem     deposita,      fatur  haec:          Rex,  equidem,  inquit, 

at  length  being  laid  aside,,  speaks  these  words:  O  king,     indeed,        he  says, 

fatebor     tibi  cuncta  vera,  qusecunque     fuerint        neque 

I  will  confess  to  you  all  things  true,      whatsoever    they  may  have  been  neither 

negabo        me  de  Argolica  gente;  hoc  primum:          nee  si 

will  I  deny  Mat  I  ant  of  the  Grecian     race;       thisi*      first:  nor  if 

improba  fortuna  finxit  Sinonem  miserum,    finget 

base  fortune  hath  made   Sinon          wretched,  shall  she  make          h<m 

vanum  que  mendacem.  Si  forte*,      fando     aliquid     nomen 

deceitful    and  false.  If  by  chance,  in  speaking  something  the  name 

Palamedis  Belidae,         et    gloria  inclyta  iam&  pervenit  ad 

of  Palamedes  the  son  of  Belits,  and  his  glory  renowned  by  fame  has  reached  to 

tuas   aures:    quern  insontem   Pelasgi   sub    fals£       prodi- 

your       ears:          whom       innocent      the  Greeks  under  a  false  accusation  of 

tione       demisere      neci     infando      indicio  quia    vetebat 

treachery  have  condemned  to  death  upon  iniquitous  evidence  because  he  forbade 

bella:  nunc  lugent       cassum  lumine:  pauper  pater    misif 

the  wars:  now  they  mourn  Aim  bereaved  of  life:      my  poor     father    hath  sent 

me  comitem  illi    et  propinquum  consanguinkate   hue     in 

me  a  companion  to  him  and    related  to  him   by  the  ties  of  blood  hither         in 

arma  ab  primis  annis.  Dum    stabat  incolumis  regno,  que 

arms    from  my  early  years.      While  he  remained      safe  in  Ai*  kingdom,  and  hit 

regnum  vigebat     consiliis,     et  nos  gessimus    que  aliquod 

kingdom    flourished   by  his  counsels,  also  we    have     borne    both  some 

nomen  que  decus:  postquarn  concessit       ab  superis      on* 

name        and      honor    but    after  he  bath  departed   from  the   upper  region* 


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invidiS.    pellacis  Ulyssei,  loquor  baud      ignota,      afflictus 

»y  the  hatred  of  lying     Ulysses,    I  speak     not  things  unknown,  /   aflliclcf 

trahebam  vitam  tenebris  que  luctu  et  mecum       indignabar 

dragged  out  my  life    in  darkness  and  sorrow   and  by  myself   I  was  indignant 

casum          insontis  amici.  Nee,  demens,       tacui;  et 

at  the  fate  of  my  innocent  friend.     Nor,       foolish,  have  I  been  silent,  and 

promisi     me  ultorem     si  qua  fors  tulisset 

I  have  promised  that  Ivould  be  an  avenger  if    any  fortune  should  have  afforded 

si  unquam     remeassem         victor  ad  patrios    Ar- 

gn  opportunity,  if     ever    I  should  have  returned     a  victor  to  in y  native      Ar- 

gos,  et      movi       aspera  odia,  verbis.         Hinc  prima 

gos,    and  I  have  excited  his  cruel  hatred,  by  my  words.    From  hence  was  the  first 

labes       mali      mihi:       hinc  Ulysses         semper    terrere 

source  of  misfortune  to  me:   henceforth  Ulysses  began    always      to  alarm  014 

novis  cri minibus:  hinc  spargere  ambiguas  voces  in        vul- 

with  new  accusations:  henceforth  to  spread     ambiguous    words  among  the  com- 

gum,        et  conscius  quserere  arma.  Nee  enim    rsquievit, 

mon  people,  and  conscious        to  seek  .     arms.      Nor    indeed  has  he  stopped, 

donee  Calchante     ministro. — Sed  autem  quid  ego     revolvo 

until  Calclms  being  his  assistant. — But        truly        why  do  I  go  over  again 

ingrata?.        quidve  moror?  si  habetis  omnes     Achivos 

tA<se unpleasant  things?  or  why      delay?      if  you  hold        all  the  Greeks 

uno      ordine  que  est     sat     audire  id,       sumite 

in  the  flame  condition  of  enemies,  and  it  is  sufficient  to  hear  that,  inflict 

poenas    jamdudum. 

the  punishment  long  since  deserved, 

Hoc  Ithacus  velit,     et        Atridae       mercentur     magno. 

Tins      Ulysses  may  wish,  and  the  sons  of  Atreus  may  purchase  it  at  a  great 

Turn  vero  ardemus    scitari,   et  quserere  causas,  ignari 

price.    Then  indeed  we  are  eager  to  inquire,  and      to  ask      the  causes,  ignorant 

tantorum  scelerum  que  Pelasgje  artis.  Prosequitur    pavitans 

of  so  great       crimes          and     Grecian  artifice.       He  proceeds  fearful 

et       fatur       ficto  pectore:  Danai'  ssepe  cupiere    moliri 

and  speaks  from  his  false    heart:    The  Greeks  often    have  wished  to  effect  then 

fugam,  Troja  relicta  et    fessi    discedere  longo  bello.    Que 

flight,         Troy    being  left  and  wearied  to  depart  from  the  long  war.  And 

utinam     fecissent!  saepe  aspera    hyems         ponti 

O  that  they,  might  have  done  so!    often  the  rough    tempest         of  the  ocean 

interclusit  ilios,  et    Auster       terruit         euntes.  Praecipue 

has  kept  back  them,   and  the  south  wind  has  terrified  them  departing.         Chiefly 

cum  jam  hie  equus  staret  contextus  acernis  trabibus,  nimb' 

when     now  this    horse  might  stand    framed         of  maple      planks,        storms 

sonuerunt  toto  aethere.     Suspensi  mittimus  Eurypylum  sci- 

roarod  in  all  the  sky.         In  suspense     we  send          Eurypylus        to  in- 

tatum  oracula  Phcebi  que  is  reportat    haec   tristia  dicta 

quire  of  the  oracle  of  Apollo  and  he  brings  back   these  mournful   words  from 

adytis:       Danai    placastis        ventos  sanguine  et    virgine 

the  shrines:  OGreeks  you  have  appeased  the  winds    with  blood  and      a  virgin 


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caesd,  cum  primum  venistis      ad  Uiacas    oras:          reditus 

•lain,      when        first     you  have  come  to  the  Trojan  shores:   your     return 

quaerendi  sanguine  et      litandum  Argolicd  anima.       Quae 

may  be  sought  by  blood     and  atonement  made  by  a  Grecian    life.  Which 

vox       ut  venit  ad  aures      Vulgi,  animi     obstupuere, 

answer  when  it  cnme  to  the  ears  of  the  multitude,  their  minds    were  confounded. 

que  gelidus  tremor  cucurrit  per        ima    ossa;  cui 

and       a  cold      shivering  hath  run  through  their  inmost  bones;  ignorant  for  whom 

fata      parent,  quern  Apollo    poscat.      Hie   Ithacus 

the  fates  may  prepare  death  whom     Apollo  may  demand.    Here        Ulyssci 

protrahit  vatem    Calchanta  in  medios  magno  tumultu: 

drags  the  prophet       Chalchus  into  the  midst  of  them  with  great     tumult 

flagitat  quse  ea  numina  Divum  sint,     et  multi  jam 

and  demands  of  him  what  ihose  responses  of  the  gods  may  he,  and  many  already 

canebant  mihi  crudele  scelus    artificis,       et  taciti  videbant 

foretold         tome     thccruel    plot  of    the  dissembler,  and  silent  saw 

ventura.  Bis  quinos  dies  ille  silet,  que   tec- 

thc  things  about  to  come  on  me.    Twice    five        days    he  is  silent,  and       con* 

tus    recusat  prodere  quemquam  sua"   voce,  aut  opponere 

cealed   refuses   to  designate     any  one       by  his  voice,     or    to    exjwise     him 

morti.     Tandem       vix         actus  magnis  clamoribus  Ithaci, 

to  death.     At  length  with  difficulty   forced  by    the  loud    clamors  of     Ulysses, 

rumpit     vocem  composite,  et  destinat  me      arse.       Omnes 

he  opens  /it's   mouth    of  purpose,     and    devotes      me  to  the  altar.      All  have 

assensere;  et  tulere       quae  quisquis  timebat  sibi     conversa 

assented;         and  have  suffered  what  every  one     feared  for  himself  to  be  turned 

in     exitium    unius  miseri.       Jamque  infanda  dies   aderat; 

to  the  destruction  of  one  unhappy  being.  And  now    the  fatal     day     had  come; 

sacra  parari  mihi,  et    salsa?  fruges,  et      vittJE 

the  sacred  rites  began  to  be  prepared  for  me,  and  the  salted  cakes,    and  the  fillets 

cjrcum  tempora.  Eripui         me         leto,    (fateor)    et  rupi 

around  my  temples.    1  have  delivered  in-yself  from  death,  (I  confess)  and  broke 

vincula:  que  obscurus  delitui        per    noctem        limoso 

ny  chains:          and      obscure  I  have  lurked  through  the  night  in  the  mml<!y 

lacu  in     ulva,    dum  darent    vela,  si  forte  dedis- 

fen  among  the  weeds,  until  they  should  set  sail,  if  by  chance  they  might  have  sail- 

sent.  Nec  jam  ulla  spes  mihi  videndi  antiquam      pa- 

ed.         Nor     now  was  there  any   hope  to  me  of  seeing  my  ancient        conn- 

triam,  nec  dulces'natos  que     exoptatum  parentem:       quos 

try,          nor  my  dear    children     and  my  greatly  desired      parent:  whom 

ttli  fbrs     reposcent  ad  poenas         ob         nostra  effugia,     et 

they  perhaps    will  demand  for  punishment  on  account  of  my         escape,       and 

piabunt    hanc  culpam  morte  miserorum. 

will  expiate  this        fault    of  mine  by  the  death  of  those     unhappy     hci-ngs 

Quod         oro    te  per  Superos       et  numina  conscia  veri, 

Wherefore  I  implore  you  by  the  powers  above  and  the  deities  conscious  of  truth, 

per,  si  est     qua  intemerata,  fides  quae  adhuc  restat     mor- 

by,      if  th  ire  is  any       inviolable,        faith    which   as  yet   remains  to  mur 


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lalibus  usquatn;  miserere  tantorum  laborum;  miserere  animi 

tals          any  whore;         pity  so  great       sufferings;  pity        a  mind 

ferentis  non  d:gnfi. 

bearing  unwor:liy  things. 

His  lachrymis  dacnus         vitam,  et    ultro  miserescimus. 

To  these    tears  we  grant  him  At'sJife,       and    willingly  pity  Aim. 

Priamus  ipse  primus  jubet  manicas  atque  arcta  vincla     le- 

Priaen         himself  first         orders  the  handcuffs  and       tight        cords  to  be  un- 

vari     viro;         que  fatur  ita  amicis  dictis:  quisquis 

loosed  from  the  man;  and  speaks  thus  to  him  with  friendly  words:  whoever  thou 

es,    hinc    jam  obliviscere  Graios  amissos.         Eris   noster: 

art,  henceforth  now  forget         the  Greeks     lost.  You  shall  be      ours 

edissere  haec  vera  mihi  roganti:         quo        statuere      bane 

declare         these  truths  to  me    questioning:   why  have  they  built  thi 

molem  immanis  equi?  quis     auctor?  ve  quid      peturil? 

mass  of  an  enormous  horse?    who  was  the  author  of  it?  or    what  do  they  intend? 

quae  religio?  aut  quae  machina  belli?      Dixerat.  Ille, 

what  religion   is  there  in  it?  or  what  engine  of  war  is  it?   He  said.  He, 

instructus  dolis    et  Pelasga  arte,       sustulit      ad      sidera 

versed  in  frauds  and  Grecian  cunning,   has  raised  towards  the  stars  Atj 

palmas,  exutas  vinclis:  ait,  aeterni  ignes,      tester  vos        et 

hands  freed  from  cords:  he  says,  O  eternal  fires,       I  call  you  to  witness  and 

vestrum  non  violabile  numen;  vos  arse,  que  nefandi  enses  quos 

your  inviolable        divinity;  ye  altars,  and     impious      swords  which 

fugi;         que  vittae    Deum    quos  hostia,     gessi:        fas 

I  have  escaped;  and  ye  fillets  of  the  gods  which  a  victim,  I  have  borne:  it  is  just 

mihi  resolvere    sacrata      jura        Graiorum;          fas 

for  me  to  violate    the  sacred   obligations  of  the  Greeks;    it  is  right  for  me 

odisse.  virosatque  ferre  sub  auras  omnia     si  qua  tegunt  nee 

to  hate  the  men,  and    to  bring  into    the  air      all  l/iiugs  if    any      lie  hid        nor 

teneor    ullis  legibus  patriae,      modo  tu,       Troja,      maneas 

am  I  bound  by  any  lav.-s  of  my  country!  only  mayest  thnu,  O  Troy,         adhere  to 

promissis,  que  servata,       serves  fidem;      si  feram 

thy  promises,     and  preserved,  mayst  thou  keep       thy  faitlitome;  if  I  may  disclose 

vera,  si  rependam     magna  Omnis  spes    Danaum     et 

truths,  if  I  may  repay  thce  great  things.  'Every    hope  of   the  Greeks  and 

fiducia       belli      coepti,    semper  stetit        auxiliis  Palladia. 

confidence  of  the  war  commenced,  always  has  depended  on  the  aid  of   Pallas. 

Sed  enim  ex  quo          impius  Tydides  que  Ulysses  inventor 

But    indeed  from  what  time  the  impious  Tydides       and     Ulysses  the  contriver 

scelerum       aggressi         avellere    fatale  Palladium    sacrato 

of  wickedness  having  attempted  to  drag  away  the  fatal  Palladium  from  Aersacred 

templo,  custodibus  summae  arcis  caesis      corripuere  sacram 

temple,     the  guards  of  her   lofty          dome  being  slain  have  seized  her       sacred 

effiigiem;  que     ausi  contingere  virgineas     vittas         Divas 

iniKge;  and  have  dared    to   touch  the  virgin        fillets  of  the  goddess 

cruentis  manibus:  ex  illo          spes       Danaum  sublapsa 

with  bloody     hands:       from  that  time  the  hopes  of  the  Greeks  tottering  began 


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fluere  ac    refern     retro:       vires  fractae  mens 

to  flag    and  to  be  carried  backward:  their  powers  haet  been  broken  and  the  mind 

Deae  aversa.    Nee  Tritonia  dedit  ea  signa  dubiis 

of  the  goddess  Aa.«  AMH  averse.     Nor    Trilonia  has  given  those  signs  by  doubtful 

monstris.     Vix     simulacrum     positum   castris;       coruscue 

prodigies.     Scarcely  has  the  statue  been  sot  up  in  the  camps;  when  sparkling 

flammze  arsere  arrectis  luminibus,  que  salsus  sudor 

flames   have    flashed   from    her  attentive          eyes,  auJ     briny       sweat 

iit        per  artus,  que  ter  emicuit       solo  mirabile 

as  flowed  over  her  limbs,  and  thrice  she  has  sprung  from  the  ground  wonderful 

dictu,  que  ferens  parmanque  trementem  hastam.  Extemplo 

to  relate,  and  bearing  her  shield       and        trembling         spear.  Forthwith 

Calchas  canit  eequora     tentanda         fugd:  nee       Pergama 

Calchas  declares  that  the  seas  must  be  attempted  in  tlijjht:  nor  Troy 

posse  excitidi  Argolicis  telis  ni     repetant         omina  Argis, 

can  be        razed      by  Grecian    arms  unless  they  may  repeat  the  omens  at  Argos, 

que  reducant  numen     quod       advexere     secum        pelago 

and    bring  buck  the  goddess  which  they  have  conveyed  with  themselves  on  the  sea 

et  curvis  carinis;     Et  nunc  quod      petiere       patrias 

and  in  their  curved  ships.  And  now       thai  they  have  sought  their  native 

Mycenas  vento,  parant  arma  que  Deos  comites,  que 

Mycenas    with  the  wind,  they  are  providing  arms    and    gods    companions,  and 

pelago         remenso,      improvisi     aderunt;         ita  Calchas 

the  sea  being  passed  over  again,  unexpected  they  will  be  present;  so         Calcbat 

digerit    omina.     Moniti,         statueVe       hanc  effigiem    pro 

interprets  the  omens.     Warned,  they  have  constructed    this         figure  in 

Palladio,          pro  numine  laeso,    qua?         piaret      triste 

place  of  the  Palladium,  for  the  goddess  offended,  which  might  expiate  their  horrid 

nefas.  Tamen  Calchas  jussit  attollerehancimmensam  molem 

crime.     But      Calchas  has  ordered  thtm  to  build    this    immense  structure 

textis     roboribus,  que  educere  crelo;     ne     ppssit     recipi 

with  compacted  timbjrs,       and    to  raise  it  to  heaven  thai  it  may  not  be  received 

portis,    aut  duci      in  moenia;  neu  tueri  populum         sub 

in  the  gates,  or  be  drawn  within  the  walls;    nor  protect    the  people  under 

antiquS.  religione.     Nam  si  vestra  manus   violds- 

their  ancient        religion.         For  he  told  them  if    your         hand  should  have 

set       dona  Minervse;  turn  magnum  exitium  futurum 

violated  the  gifts  of  Minerva;    then       great         destruction    should  be  to  the 

imperio  Priami  que  Phrygibus;  (quod  omen      Dii         prius 

empire       of  Priam   and      the  Trojans;    (which    omen  may  the  gods  sooner 

convertant  in  ipsum)  sin  ascendisset         in  vestram 

turn  on    himself)    but   if  it   should    have   ascended  into  your 

urbom,  vestris  manibus,     Asiam,  ultro    venturam     magno 

city,  by  your       hands,      that  Asia,     willingly  would  come  with  a  great 

bello  ad  Pelopeia  mo3nia  et  ea  fata  manere  nostros  nepotes. 

war        to  the  Pelopeian  walls     and  those  fatps  await  our      descendants. 

Talibus  insidiis,  que    arte        perjuri  Sinonis,  res  credits 

By     such     wiles,        and  the  artifice  of  perjured    Si non,  the  thing ««  believed 


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quos    neque  Tydides  nee  Larissaeus  Achilles, 

.*nd  we  whom       neither     Diomede       nor     Larisssan       Achilles,  has  subdued. 

quos  decem  anni  non  domuere         mille     carinse         non 

•whom      ten        years  have  not  subdued       whom  a  thousand  ships  have       not 

capti  dolls         que     coactis  lachrymis. 

ttuldued,have  been  deceived  by  his     frauds  and         forced  tears. 

Hie     aliud     majus  que  multo  magis     tremendum 

,       Here       another   greater  prodigy     and     much       more  to  be  dreaded 

objicitur  miseris,       atque         turbat  improvida 

is  presented  to  us       unhappy,  and  disorders          our  improvident 

pectora.     Laocoon,    sorte  ductus  sacerdos     Neptuno  mac- 
minds.  Laocoon,  by   lot        chosen   a   priest       for  Neptune,  was  sacri 

tabat  ingentem  taurum  ad     solennes     aras.     Autem    ecce! 

ficing     a       huge  bull         at  the  appointed       altars.       But  lo 

gemini  angues,       a    Tenedo  per         tranquilla  alta, 

two  serpents,         from  Tenedos   coming     over   the     tranquil  seas. 

(horresco  referens,)  incumbunt  pelago      immensis  orbibus, 

(I  shudder  while  relating,)  press  upon  the   sea  with  their  immense  folds, 

que  pariter,  tendunt  ad     litora;     quorum  pectora       arrecta 

and  together,        stretch    to   the   shore;         whose       breasts          are  elevated 

inter    fluctus,     que       sanguinea?  jubae  exsuperant       un- 

among  the  waves,        and  their     bloody  crests    rise   above        the     bil- 

das:     caetera    pars  legit    pontum   pone  que     sinuat 

lows:    the   other    part   of  each    sweeps    the    sea        behind     and          winds 

immensa  terga  volumine.    Sonitus  fit         sale  spumante: 

their     huge        backs     in     folds.         A  sound  is  made  the  sea.'  foaming; 

jarnque         tenebant         arva,  que  suffecti  ardentes 

and    now  they  reached     the       _ fields,     and     spotted  as   to   their     glaring 

oculos  sanguine  et  igni  lambebant        sibila         ora      vi- 

eyes       with  blood      and    fire   they  licked      their  hissing        mouths     with 

brantibus  linguis.     Exsangues          diffugimus         visu;  illi 

quivering     tongues.  Pale  toitk  fear  we   fly       at  the  sight;    they 

petunt  Laocoonta,  certo  agmine:  et  primum  uterque  serpens, 

seek          Laocoon,  in    a  direct   course:       and   at   first        each  serpent, 

amplexus,     implicat       parva  corpora  duorum  natorum,  et 

embracing, ; wines    around  the  little       bodies  of  his   two          sons,  and 

depascitur  miseros  arius          morsu.     Post,  corripiunt 

feeds   upon     their     wretched     limbs  with  their  fangs.      Afterwards,  they  seize 

ipsum  subeuntem          auxilio,  ac  ferentem  tela,  que 

Laocoon    himself     coming    to        their  assistance,  and    bringing     arms,     and' 

ligant  ingentibus       spiris;       et  jam     bis  amplexi 

they  bind  Aim   with    their  vast       folds;  and  now    twice  embracing.    h\3 

medium,    bis  circum  dati          collo    squamea  terga 

middle,  twice  they  are  wound  around  his  neck  as  to  their  scaly  backs 

superant  capite  et  altis  cervicibus.  Ille 

they  elevate  themselves  above  Aim  with  their  heads  and  lofty       necks.       He  at 

simul       tendit       divellere  nodos         manibus,  perfusus 

the  same  time  endeavours  to  force  apart  the  folds  with  his  hands,    being  stained 


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vittas  same  que  atro  veneno:     simul  tollit  horrcndos 

as  to  hii  fillMis  with  gore  and  black  poison:  at  the  same  time  he  raises        ImrriiJ 

clamorcs  ad  sidera;      mugitus  quales  taurus      cum  saucius, 

Frrr.-iim    to   the    star?;    suck    bollowings   as    the    bull  raises  when  wounded, 

fugit  aram,  et  excussit     ccrvice  incertam  securim. 

he  has  escaped  the    altar,  and  has  shaken  off  from  A;s  neck  the  erring   axe. 

At  gemini  dracones,       lapsu  effugiunt  ad  summa  delubra. 

But  the   two     pcrpents,          by  gliding     escape  to  the  lofty         temples, 

que  petunt  arcem         ssevae     Tritonidis;  que  teguntur  sub 

and    seek   the     shrine   of       stern          Minerva;  and  arc  concealed  under 

pedibus      Dese         que  sub       orbe     clypei.     Turn,   verd 

the  feel  of  the    Goddess         and    under  the  orb  of  her  shield.        Then,    indctd, 

novus  pavor  insinuat     cunctis,  per    tremefacta   pectora,  et 

new      Icar      insinuates  itself  into  all,  through  their  affrighted      hearts,      and 

ferunt  Laocoonta  merentem,  expendisse       scelus;    qui 

they  declare    Laoc.oon     deserving  it,    to    have   suffered  punUhment;,  who  may 

Jaeserit         sacrum  robur    cuspide     et  intorserit  sceleratam 

have  injured  the  sacred  wood  with  the  point  of  his  spear  and  hurled    his  impiou* 

hastam  tergo.     Conclamant  simulacrum  ducendum  ad 

spear  against  t(j  side.    They  cry  out  for  the  statue  to  be  drawn    loitsprnper 

sedesque  numina        Divje      oranda.     Dividimus    muros, 

seat      and  the  divinity  of  the  Goddess  to  he  implored.    We  break  down  the  wall:), 

et  pandimus     mcenia        urbis.       Omnes  accingunt 

and   lay  open  the  fortifications  of  the  city.  All  apply        thcmsrlcrt 

operi:       que     subjiciunt    pedibus    lapsus    rotarum,        et 

to  the  work:  and  they  place  under  its  feet  the  rolling     of     wheels,  and 

tntendunt  stupea  vincula  collo:   fatalis  machina,  fceta  armis, 

fasten     hempen     cords  to   its  neck:  the  fatal  machine,  pregnant  with  arms, 

scandit  murcfs:    pueri    que   innuptae  puellae  circum  canunt 

mounts   the    wall.»:       boys       and       unmarried     virgins       around          sing 

sacra   que  gaudent  contingere  funem        manu.     Illasubit, 

iacrcd  hymns  and     delight    to    touch  the    rope  with  their  hand.    That  advances. 

que  minans  illabitur  mediae      urbi.          O  patria,  0  Ilium, 

and      menacing  glides  to  the  middle  of  the  city.  O  my  country,     O  Ilium. 

domus   Divum       que    mcenia    Dardanidum  inclyta  belled 

habitation  of  the  gods       and   ye   walls  of  the  Trojans     renowned    in     war! 

Quater          substitit    in    ipso    limine    portae    atque  arma 

Four  times  it  has  stopped  on  the  very     threshold   of  the  gate  and  the  arms 

quater    dedere     sonitum     utero.     Tamen  instamus  imme- 

four  times  have  sent  forth  a  sound  from  it*  womb.      Yet    we    press  on   uninind. 

mores   que   caeci     furore,  et   sistimus    infelix   monstrum 

ful  and  blinded  with   zeal,   and    we'  place          the    fatal          monster 

sacrati  arce.     Tune,  etiam,  Cassandra  non  unquam  credita 

in  the  sacred  tower.    Then,       also,       Cassandra         not        ever          believed 

Teucris,  aperit  ora          futuris     fatis       jussu 

by  the  Trojans,  opens  her  month  to  our  approaching  fates  by  the  command  of  the 

Dei.     Nos  miseri,  q'uibus  ille  dies  esset     ultimus,  velamus 

goo.         We    unhappy    to   whom  that   day   would  be  our    last.  deck 


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delubra    DeQm  festa"  fronde     per  urbem.     Interea 

Ihe  temples  of  the  gods  with  the  festival  bough  throughout  the  city.    Meanwhile 

coelum    vertitur       et  nox  ruit     Oceano,  involvens  magnS 

the  heaven  is  rolled  round  and  night  rushes  from  the  ocean,  involving  in  her  vast 

umbra  que  terram  que  polum  que  doles      Myrmidonum. 

fhade,         both  the  earth     and   the   sky     and   the   wiles   of    the        Grcpks. 

Teucri   fusi   per   mcenia  conticuere:  sopor  compleciilur 

The  Trojans  scattered  through  the  city  have  been  silent:    sleep  embraces 

fessos  artus.     Etjam  Argiva  Phalanx  ibat  instructs 

their   weary    limbs.          And  now  the  Grecian  Phalanx  went  in  their      equippe 

navibus  a  Tenedo,  petens     nota    litora  por  arnica  silentia 

ships  from  Tenedos,     seeking  the  known    shores  by  thj    friendly         silence 

tacilae     lunae:  cum  regia  puppis  extulerat    flarnmas;    que 

of  the  silent  moon:  when  the  royal     ship  had  displayed  the   flames;  and 

Sinon  defensus     iniquis   fatis       Deum,    furl'm  laxat  pinea 

Sinon     protracted  by  the  hostile  decrees  of  the  gods,  secretly  unlocks  the  piny 

claustra  et  Danaos  inclusos  utero:    equus  pate.lictus  reddit 

prisons       and  the  Greeks  shut  up  in  the  belly:    -the   horse    opened          returns 

illos  ad  auras;  Tisandrus  que  Sthenelus  duces  et  cirus  Ulys- 

them    to    the  air;     Tisandrus       and    Sthenelus         chiefs    and   a\reful    l.'lys- 

ses   laeti    promunt      se  cavo     robore,  lapsi          pet 

ses  joyful  bring  forth  themselves  from  the  hollow       wood,       sliding   t'.own     by 

funem  demissum,  que  Athamas,  que  Thoas  que  Neoptclemus 

a   rope        let   down;     and    Athamas,       and   Thoas     and    Neoptolenus 

Pelides,  que  Machaon  primus  et  Menelaus  et  Epeiiz 

grandson  of  Pefeus,    and     Machaon       first         and  Menelaus       and     Tpeu* 

ipse         fabricator         doli. 

himself  the  architect  of  the  fraud. 

Invadunt  urbem  sepultam  somno  que  vino:  vigilec 

They  attack    the  city       buried        in  sleep    and     w:ne:  the  senme. 

coeduntur;  que  accipiunt  omnes     socios    portis    patentibus 

are  killed;        and   they  admit       all  their  associates  by  the  gates  opened 

atque  jungunt  conscia  agmina     Erat  tempus    "  quo  prim? 

and          join  the  conscious  bands.      It  was  the  time  in  which  the  firs 

quies  incipit  segris  mortalibus,  et     serpit  gratissima 

rest        begins  to  wearied     mortals,       and  spreads  over  them  most  gratefu 

dono     Divum.     Ecce  Hector   mcestissimus         visus 

by   the   favor   of   the   gods.    Lo         Hector         most   mournful   has   seeincc 

adesse       mihi  ante  oculos,  in  somnis,  que  effundere   largos 

to  be  present  to  me    before  my  eyes,  in  my  slumbers,  and      to  shed  many 

fletus,    raptatus  bigis  ut  quondam  que  ater  cruento  pulvere, 

tears,  dragged  by  the  chariot    as     formerly     and  black  with  gory     '          dust, 

que  trajectus      lorn         per    tumentes  pedes.      Hei  mihi, 

and        piercod  as  to  thongs  through  his  swelling      feet.  Alas         me, 

qualis  erat!  Quantum  mutatus  ab  illo  Hectore        qui    redit 

such  he  was!        How  much      changed  from  that     Hector  who  returned 

indutus  exuvias  Achillis,  vel    jaculatus'  Phrygios  ignes 

clothed    in  the  spoils  of  Achilles,   or  mho      darted        Phrygian  flames  into  ttte 


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puppibus  Danafim'  gerens  squalentem  barbam  et        crines 

ships        of  the  Greeks'       wearing         a  squalid  bcurd      and          Aw  hair 

concretes  sanguine,  que  ilia  vulnera  quae  plurima  accepit 

•dotted  with  blood,    and  those  wounds  which  very  ninny  he  has  received 

circum  patrios  muros:  flens   ipse  videbar  ultro     compellare 

around /u'j  native        walls:    weeping  I  myself  seemed  willingly  to  addrect 

virum,  et  expromere     mcestas  voces:          0  lux   Dardaniae! 

the  hern,  and      to  utter    these  mournful    words:  O  light  of  Troy! 

O  fidissima  spes  Teucrum!    quae  tantae  morse  tenuere? 

O  most  trusty      hupe  of  the  Tmjans1  what  s6  great  obstacles  have  delayed  ytut 

Hector  expectate,       ab  quibus  ons  venis?         ut      defessi 

Hector  earnestly  longed  for    from  what    shores  do  you  come?    that        wearied 

aspicimuste  postmulta  funera  tuorum,       post  varios  labores 

we  behold     thee  after  many      deaths    of  thy  friends,   after  various  toils 

que  hommum  que  urbis?      qute  indigna  causa  fcedavit 

both         of  men        and  of  the  city?    what  unworthy     cause    has  deformed  My 

serenos  vultus?     aut  cur  cerno  hsec  vulnera?  Hie        nihil: 

serene          looks?          or    why  do  I  see  these    wounds?       He  said  nothing: 

nec  moratui  me  querentem  vana:     sed  graviter          ducens 

nor       detains      rae       inquiring    vain  things:  but     heavily  drawing 

gemitus  de    imo  pectore,      ait:  nate  Ded  heu!  fuge,     que 

groans        from  the  bottom  of  Ais  breast,  says,  goddcs-born,  ah!         fly,  and 

eripe     te        his    flammis.       Hostis     habet  muros;  Troja 

snatch  thyself  from  these  flames.         The  enemy  possesses  the  walls;    Troy 

ruit         ab      alto  culmine;  sat  datum     patriae  que 

tumbles  down  from  her  lofty        top;        enough  has  been  given  to  my  country  and 

Priamo:  si  Pergama  possen^        defendi,  dextra", 

•  to  Priam*      if       Troy    might  be  able     to  be  defended,  by    any  right   hand 

fuissent        defensa  hdc.    Troja  commendat  tihi        sa 

it  would  have  been    defended  by  this.     Troy         commends       to  thee  her   sa 

era        que  suos  Penates,  cape  hos  comites  fatorurn:  quoerf 

cred  things  and    her     own  gods,      take  these  companions  of  (Ay  fates:      search 

"moenia   his     quse  magna  denique  statues         ponto 

out  a  city  for  these  which     great        Anally  you  shall   build  the  ocean  being 

pererrato.         Sic  ait,    et      effort      manibus      vittas,  quo 

wandered  over.    Thus  he  says, and  brings  forth  with  his  hands  the  fillets,  and 

potentem  Vestam,  que  oeternum  ignem    penetralibus  adytis. 

powerful          Vesta,          and    the  eternal        fire  from       the  inmost       shrines. 

Interea      moenia    miscentur  vario      liictu;    et  sonitus 

In  the  mean  time  the  city      is  confused  with  various  mourning;  and  the  sounds 

clarescunt  magis  et  magis,  que      horror    armorum  ingruit, 

grow  clear         more    and    more,       and    the  clashing  of      arms       increases 

quamquam  domus    parentis  Anchisse    secreta  que  recessit 

although  the  house  of  my  parent    Anchises      was  private  and  was  retired 

obtecta  arboribus.     Excutior    somno,  et  ascensu      supero 

surrounded  by  trees.  I  am  roused  from  sleep,     and  by  climbing  op  I  ascend 

fastigia    summi  tecti,  atque  asto  arrectis  auribus.      Veluti 

the  tops   of  the  highest  roof,      and      stand  with  listening  eari.  A« 


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cfim  flamma  incidit    in       segetem,       Austris    furentibus; 

when  a  flame    bath  fallen  among  the  standing  corn,  the  south  winds         raging; 

aut  rapidus  torrens.  montano  flumine  sternit  agros,     sternit 

or       a  rapid    torrent  with  its  mountain    flood  lays  waste  the  fields  'ays  waste 

laeta  sata,         que  labores  bourn,  que  trahit       sylvas 

the  abundant  crops  of  corn,  and  the  labors  pf  the  oxen,  and  draws  atcay  the  woods 

pracipites:    pastor  stupet  inscius,  accipens    sonitum 

precipitate:    the  shepherd  is  amazed  ignorant  of  the  cause,  bearing      the  roaring 

de       alto  vertice  saxi.     Turn  vero  fides  manifesta,       que 

from  the  lofty  summit  of  a  rock.  Then    indeed  the  truth  is  manifest,  and 

insidiae.    Danafim  patescunt;  jam    ampla  domus   Deiphobi 

the  wiles   of  the  Greeks  are  apparent;   now  the  spacious  house    of  Deiphobus 

dedit  ruinam,      Vulcano    superante:      jam,       Ucalegon 

has  formed    a   ruin,       the   fire         overpowering   it 'now,  Ucalegon 

proximus  ardet:  lata    Sigea  freta  relucent     igni.  Que 

next  blazes:  the  wide  Sigean  streights  shine  with  the  flame.  And 

clamor  virum  exoritur,  que  clangor  tubarum.     Amens  capio 

the  shout  of  men       arises,        and  the  sound  of  trumpets.      Frantic      I  seize 

arma,  nee  sat  rationis  in  armis:         animi       ardent 

my  arms,  nor  was  there  enough  of  reason  in  arms:  my  passions   are  ardent 

glomerare  manum  bello,      et  concurrere    in  arcem       cum 

to  collect  a  band   for  the  war,  and        to  rush       into  the  citadel         with 

sociis,    furor  que  ira  praecipitant  mentem  que      succurrh 

my  associates,  fury      and  rage  hurry  on  my     mind       and  it  occur 

pulchrum  .mori    in    armis.      Autem     ecce 

to    me,    that   it  is   glorious       to    die  in       arms.  But  lo 

Pantheus  elapsus  telis       Achivfim,        Pantheus 

Pantheus         escaping    from    the    weapons    of"  the    Greeks,  Pantheus 

Otriades,  sacerdos  arcis    que  Phcebi,  ipse    *          trahit 

the  son  of  Otreus,  priest  of  ihe  tower  and  of  Apollo,  himself  draws  along 

sacra        que       victos  Deos  que  parvum      nepotem 

thesacred  utensils  and  his  conquered    gods     and    his  little  grandson  with 

manu.  queamens  tenditad    limina  cursu:  Pantheu,  in  quo 

his  hand;  and      frantic  makes  to  my  gates  in  his  course:  O  Pantheuo,  in     what 

loco         summa  res?  quam  arcem  prendimus?       Vix  fatus 

state  are  our  highest  concern?  what    fortress     do  we  seize?  Scarcely    bad 

eram  ea  cum     reddit  talia         gemitu:     summa  dies 

J  spoken  those  word*  when  he  returns  such  things  with  a  groan:  our  last       day 

venit,    et  ineluctabile  tempus  Dardanize:       fuimus     Troes, 

has  come,  and  the  unavoidable  period       of  Troy:  we  have  been  Trojans, 

Ilium     fuit  et  ingens  gloria  Teucrorum;          ferus  Jupiter 

Itium  has  been    and  the  great    glory    of  the  Trojans;  cruel        Jupixpf, 

transtulit     omnia  Argos;     Danai  dominantur  in    urbe 

has   transferred    all    things    to    Argos;    the   Greeks    govern  in  tlie  city 

incensS.     Arduus  equus  astans  in  mediis  mcenibus    fundit 

fired.  The  towering  horse    standing  in  the  middle  of  the  city  pours  forth' 

armatos,      que     victor   Sinon  insultans  miscet      incendia: 

the  armed  men,  and  the  conqueror  Sinon     insulting     scatters  the  flames 


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alii     adsunt    portis    bipatentibus,  millia  quot 

others  are  present  at  the  gates  open  on  both  sides,  so  many  thousands  as 

nunquam  venire  magnis  Mycenis.    Alii  pppositi          obsc- 

ncver  have  come  from  great  Mycenx.         Others    opposed  to  us  bave  be- 

deYe  angusta  viarum         tclis:     acies     ferri          slat 

sieged  the  narrow  passages  of  the  streets  with  arms:  the  edge  of  the  sword  stands 

stricta     corrusco     mucrone,  parata     neci:        primi  vigilcs 

drawn    with   its   glittering  point,        prepared  for  slaughter:    the  first  guurd* 

portarum  vix  tentant  prcelia,  et  resistant      czeco       .  marte 

of  the  gates  scarcely    try       the  fight,  and      resist         in  the  blind    encounter. 

Talibus  dictis  Otriadre    et  numine  Divfim,         feror         in 

With  such  words  of  Panthcus  and  by  the  will  of  tin:  gods,  I  am  carried  among 

flammas  et    in  arma,   quo    tristis  Erinnys,  quo      fremiius 

flames         and  among  arms,  whither  the  direful  Fury,        whither      the  tumult 

et  clamor  sublatus  ad  acthera  vocat.       Ripheus  et      Iphitus 

and  uproar       raised       to    the  skies  calls  me.        Ripheus     and          Iplntua 

maximus  annis,  que  Hypanis  que    Dymas     oblati       per 

eldest  in  years,  and      Hypanis     and       Dymas  brought  together  by  th» 

lunam  addunt  se         socios;        et  agglomerant  nostro 

light  of  the  moon  join  themselves  as  confederates  and  adhere  to  our 

lateri;  que  juvenis  Choroebus  Mygdonides,       forte   venerat 

side;          and  the  ynuiji       Chorccbus     son  of  Mygdon,  who  by  chanc.p  iiad  come 

illis  diebus  ad  Trojam  incensus  insano      am  ore  Cassandra; 

in  those  days      to       Troy         inflamed    with  a  violent  passion    for  Cassandra; 

que  gener    ferebat  auxilium  Priamo  que  Phrygibus:   infclix 

and  son-in-law  brought     assistance     to  Priam  and    the  Trojans:  unfortunate 

qui  non  audierat     precepta         furentis  sponsse.  Quos  con- 

\vho  had  not  regarded    the  precepts  of  his  prophetic  spouse.    Whom  closely 

fertos,  ubi  vidi      audere      in      praelia,  super  his     incipio: 

anited,  when  I  saw  to  have  courage  for  the  flight,     upon  these  things  1  begin 

Juvenes,  pectora  fojtissima  frustra;  si  certa  cupido  estvobis 

O  youths,         hearts      most  valiant  in  vain;     if  a  fixed    resolution  is    to  you 

sequi    audentem  extrema;  videtis  quae  fortuna  sit 

to  fallow  me  daring  the  most  extreme  things:  you  see  what   fortune  may  be  to 

rebus.     Omnes  Di    quibus  hoc  imperium  steterat     exces- 

our  affairs.       All    the  gods  by  whom  this       empire         has  siood    have   de- 

sere  adytis  que  aris  relictis:  succurritis  urbi  incensae: 

parted  from  their  shrines  and  altars  abandoned:      you  aid       a  city    in   flames: 

moriamur,  et  ruamus    in  media  arma.         Una    salus 

let  us  die,       and  let  us  rush  into  the  midst  of  arms.      The  only  safety  to  the 

victis         sperare  nullam  salutem.  Sic  furor    additus  animis 

conquered  is  to  hope  for       no  safety.       Thus  phrenzy  is  added  to  the  minds 

juvenum.  Inde  ceu  raptores     lupi  in  atra1  nebuld,  quos 

of  the  youth.    Then     as    the  ravenous  wolves  in  a  dark        fog,      whom     the 

improba  rabies  ventris     exegit  coecos,  quosque  catuli 

fierce  hunger  of  the  belly  has  driven  blind  to. danger,  and  whom  the  whelps 

relicti  expectant  siccis  faucibus:    vadiraus  per  tela       pei 

left  behind  wait  for  with  parched  jaws:          we  march  through  arms,     through 


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hostes  m  mortem  baud  dubiam,  que  tenemus  iter       mediae 

enemies  to      death  not    uncertain,    and      we  bold  the  way  of  the  middle 

urbis:  atra       nox  circumvolat  cava     umbra.       Quis 

»f  the  city:  gloomy  night  hovers  around  us  with  its  hollow    shade.         Who  can 

explicet  clademilliusnoctis,  quis   fando  funera,  aut 

describe    the  slaughter  of  that  night,  who  by  relating  can  describe  the  deaths,  or 

possit  square  labores  lachrymis?     Antiqua  urbs    dominata 

can  equal  our  disasters  with  Ins  tears?        An  ancient  city  having  governed 

per  multos  annos        ruit:       que  plurima  inertia       corpora 

for      many         years   is   demolished:     and       many          feeble  bodies 

slernuntur  passim      per       vias,      que     per          domos  et 

ere  slain        every   where    through  the  streets,    and   through  their  houses  and 

religiosa  limina  Deorum.     Nee  Teucri       soli  dant     pcrnas 

the  sacred     temples  of  the  gods.        Nor  do  the  Trojans  alone  suffer  punishment 

sanguine:  quondam  virtus  redit  in  praecordia   etiam 

with  their  blood;      at  times      courage  returns  into  the  hearts  also     to  the 

victis,     que  victores     Danai  cadunt:     ubique  crudelif 

ronquered,   and  the  victorious  Greeks       fall:       every  where  there  is  cruel 

luctus,  ubique  pavor  et  plurima  imago  mortis. 

Borrow,  every  where  fear    and    very  many  a  form  of  death. 

Androgeos,  magna  caterva  comitante       primus  offer!  se 

Androgeos,       a   great     crowd       accompanying  him,     first    offers    himself 

nobis  inscius,  credens     agmina  socia:  atque  ultro 

lo    iis      ignorant  of  the.  affair,  believing  our  troops  to  be  friendly:  and  voluntarily 

compellat      amicis  verbis:  festinate  viri:  nam  quse  segnities 

addresses  us  with  friendly     words:          haste       men:        for     what  sloth 

tam  sera  moratur?     alii  rapiuntque  ferunt  incensaPergama: 

so     late    detains  you?      others    ravage    and   bear  away  inflamed  Troy: 

vos  nunc  primum  itis        celsis  navibus?  dixit:  et  extemplo 

do   you    now     first         come  from  the  lofty  ships?  he  has  said:  and          quickly 

sensit  delapsus  in  medios  hostes,  enim  neque  satis 

has  perceived  that  he  had  fallen  into  the  midst  of  enemies,  for  neither  sufficiently 

fida  responsa  dabantur.       Obstupuit        que  retro    repressit 

friendly  answers  were  givnn.     He  has  been  astonished  and  backward  has  checked 

pedem  cum     voce.     Veluti  qui  nitens       humi       pressit 

his     step         with  //:'.•>•  voice.         As  one  who  walking  on  the  ground  hath  pressed 

anguem  improvisum     aspris  sentibus,  que  trepidus  repente 

a    snake     unexpected  from  the  rough      thorns,       and      trembling       suddenly 

refugit     attollentem     iras  et  tumentem         coerulacolla 

katli  escaped  Aim     raising      his  wrath  and    swelling     as  to  his      azure      neck. 

Hand  secus,  Androgeos  tremefactus  visu  abibat.     Irruimus 

Just       so,         Androgeos         affrighted  at  the  sight  departed.        We  rush  on 

et  circumfundimur  densis  armis,  que  passim  sternimus 

and    we    are   surrounded  by  thick     arms,    and  every  where  we  overthrow  them 

ignaros  loci  et  captos  formidine:  fortuna  aspirat      primo 

ignorant  of  the  place  and  taken  with         fear:          fortune   favors  our  Ant 

labori.      Atque  hie  Chorcebus  exultans  successu  que  animis 

undertaking.     Ana     here  Choroebui        exulting  with  success     and      courage 


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inquit,  O     socii     qua  fortuna  pnma  monstrat  Her     salutis, 

says,         O  companion*  where  fortune     tint     points  out    the    way    of  auCuiy. 

quaque  ostendit  se   dextra  sequamur.     Mutcinus  clypeos 

and  where  she  shows  herself  propitious  let  us  follow.      Let    us   change     Kliu-Uli 

que  aptemus  nobis  insignia  Danaflm:  quis  requirat  m  hoste, 

•nd         fit  to  us  the  armor  of  the  Greeks:       who    asks     in    an  enemy, 

an  doles  an  virtus?     ipsi  dabunt  arma.     Sic  iatua 

wtiellwr  there' be  fraud  or  courage?  they  themselves  shall  Airmail  arms     Thus 

dcinde.  induitur  comantem  galeam  Androgei  que  decorum 

having  said  then  he  is  clad  with  the  waving  helmet  of  Aiidrugco*  uinl  tin-  lii-auiiful 

insigne       clypei,     que  accommodat  lateri  Argivumensem. 

impress  of  hit   shield,  and  fits   to  his  side  a     Grecian  sword. 

Ripheus       hoc,  Dymas     ipse         hoc,  que  omnis  juvenlua 

Riphcus       dot*  this,      Dymas         himself  does  this,     and         every  )oulli 

Iseta  facit:         quisque  armat  se  recentibus  spoil  is. 

pleased  does    thif    every  one  arms  himself  with  recent  spoils. 

Vadimus     immixti     Danais     baud    nostro  numine:  que 

We  inarch  on  mingled  with  the  Greeks         not    with  our       god:  and 

congressi     conserimus    multa   praelia    per   caecam   noctem 

encountering     we     wage  many       tights       during  the  dark       ni^ht. 

demittiinus  multos     Danaum    Oreo.     Alii  difTugiunt  ad 

we   send  down    many  of  the  Greeks  to  the  gods  below.     Others    fly        to    the 

naves    et         cursu  petunt  fida  littora:  pars  rursus  scandunt 

ships    and  in  their    flight  seek  the  faithful  shores:    a    port      apain  ascend 

ingentem  equum    turpi  formidine  et  conduntur  in        nota 

the    vast          horse    from    base         fear  and    arc   cmio-ultd  in  (Ac  known 

alvo.       Heu!  nihilfasqiienquam       fidere  Divis, 

belly.  Alas!  it  is   not  right  that  any  one  should  trust  in  nny  thing,  the  goiln 

invitis.         Ecce  Cassandra  virgo  Priameia  trahebatur 

being  against  him.    Lo  Cassandra  the  virgin  daughter  of      Priam  was      dragged 

crinibUs    passis     a     templo    que   adytis   MinervjE,  frustra 

with  hair  dishevelled  from  the  temple        and  shrines   of  Minerva,          in    vain 

tendens  ardentia  lumina  ad  coelum,    lumina,      nam  vincula 

raising    her   glaring         eyes     to     heaven,    her   eyes,      /say,    for  cord» 

aicebant     teneras  palmas.       Choroebus   furiata   mente  non 

confined     her   tender         hands.         Chorcebus  with  his  enraged     mind  has  not 

tulit  hanc  speciem   et  moriturus,     injecit  sese  in  medium 

endured  this     spectacle        and  about  to  die,  has  thrown    himself  into  the  midst 

agmen.         Cuncti  consequimur  et  incurrimus  densis 

of  the  band.     Me  all  follow  and  rush  on  them      with  close 

armis.     Hie  primum      obruimur      teJis  nostrorum,      ex 

weapons.    Here     first  we  are  overwhelmed  by  tlio  darts  of  our  frientlt,  from  the 

alto  culmine  dclubri,  et        miserrima     casdes     oritur 

•levated    roof  of  the  temple.        and  a  mo»t  deplorable  slaughter  commences  frono 

facie  armorum,  et       errore    Graiarum  jubarum. 

the  appearance  of  our   arms,  and  the  mistake  of  the  Grecian      pluiuof. 

Turn     Danai     undique     collect!    invadunt      gcmitu  atque 

Then  the  Greeks  from  all  quarters  assembled     attack    us  through  grief          anil 


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ira  virginis  ereptae:         Ajax  acerrimus,  et  gemini 

resentment  of  the  virgin  rescued  from  them:    Ajax  most  fierce,         and    tlie    two 

Atridce  que   omnis   exercitus  Dolopum.     Ceu  adversi 

•onsofAtreus       and   all    the        army        of  the  Dolopes.         As  the  adverse 

venti,  que  Zephyrus  que  Notus  et  Eurus   Icetus  Eois 

winds,    both    the   west        and  the  south  and  the  east  joyous  with    his  eastern 

equis,  quondam  confligunt  turbine  rupto;         sylvse  stridunt 

Biuods,    at  limes   contend  a  whirlwind  having  burst  forth;  the    woods   roar 

que  spumeus  Nereus  ssevit  tridenti,  atque  ciet  aequora 

and     foaming    Nereus  rages  with  Ms   trident,     and  stirs  up  the  seas  from  their 

imo  fundo.     Illi  etiam  apparent  si  fudimus      quos     insidiis 

lowest  bottom.      They   also       appear        if  we  have  routed  any  by  stratagem 

per  umbram  obscura  nocte,  que     agitavimus       tota  urbe: 

through  the  shade  in  the  dusky  night,    and  have  driven   over   the  whole  city: 

primi  agnoscunt  clypeos  que  mentita  tela  atque  signant 

&hcy    first     recognise     the   shields     and    the    false    weapons   and     mark 

ora  discordia  sono.  Ilicet       obruimur     numero, 

our  words  differing  in  sound  from  theirs.   Instantly  we  are  overpowered  by  number, 

que  primus  Chorcebus  procumbit  dextra  Penilei  ad      aram 

and        first  Chorcebus      falls  by  the    right  hand  of  Penileus  at  the  altar 

armipotentis  Divae:  et  Ripheus  cadit  unus  qui  fuit  justissimus 

of  the  warlike  goddess:      and   Riplieus     falls      one     who   was   most    just 

et   servantissimus  aequi  in        Teucris;     visum      aliter 

and  most  observant  of  right  among  the  Trojans;  it  has  seemed  otherwise  to  the 

Dis.     Que  Hypanis  que  Dymas,  confixi  a       sociis  pereunt: 

gods.        Both    Hypanis         and   Uymas,         pierced  by  their  friends         perisn. 

nec  tua  plurima  pietas      Pantheu    nee      infula    Apollinis 

nor     thy     very    great    pity       O   Pautbeus       nor  the    fillet    of    Apollo 

texit     te  labentem. 

hath  protected  thee  falling. 

Cineres  Illaci  etextiema  flamma  meorum,  tester 

Ye  ashes  of  Troy  and      last  flame       of  my  people,  I  call  you  to  witness 

vitavisse         nec    tela  nec  ullas  vices  Danaum  in  vestro 

that  I  have  shunned  neither  darts   nor     any    attacks  of  the  Greeks  at        your 

occasu:  et  si  fata       fuissent         lit  caderem,       meruisse 

fall:       and  if  the  fates  might  have  been  that  I  should  fall,  /  have  deserved  it  by 

mauu.     Iphitus  et  Pelias  mecum       divellimur       inde: 

Mis  hand.          Iphitus    and  Pelias    with  myself  are  forced  away  from  thence* 

quorum  Iphitus  jam      gravior        aevo,      et  Pelias  tardus, 

of  whom      Iphitus      now  was  more  infirm  with  age  and  Pelias  baiting  by  a 

vulnere  Ulyssei.     Protinus         vocati       clamore   ad    sedes 

wound    of  Ulysses.        Forthwith  we  have  been  called  by  the  outcry  to  the  palace 

Priami.  Hie  vero     ingentem  pugnam,  ceu  caetera         bella 

of  Priam.    Here  indeed  tee  see  a  great        fight,         as  if     other  batilei 

forent  nusquam,      nulli  morerentur  ni .  tota  urbe:  cemimus 

rniiiht  be     10  where,  or  as  if  none  might  be  dying  in  the  whole  city:  we  behold 

Mfutem  sic  indomitum,  que  Danaos  ruentes  ad    tecta.    que 

Mars  so       ungoverned,     and    the  Greeks  rushing     to    the  palace,  and 


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limon  ohscssum  testudine     a<:ta.       Scala;  haerentpaiietibus, 

the  i;.itc     bi-sii'gcd        ilio  testudu  being  rurnipil.  Ladders  arc  fixed  in  Uio  \valhi 

que  nituntur  gradibus  sub  ipsos  postes,  que     protect! 

and  they  slrive  lo  ascend  by  Hie  steps    to  the  very  door-posts,     and        protected 

sinistris  objiciunt       clypeos  ad  tela,  prensant    fostigia 

hy  their  left  hands  they  oppose  rAei'r  shields     to  the  darts,  and  grasp          the  roof* 

dextris.  Contra  Dardanidac  convullunt  turres     ac 

with  their  right.  On  the  other  hand       the  Trojans  tear  down   the  turrets  and 

tecta   culmina  domorum;  quando  cernunt  ultima 

the  covered    tops  of  their  houses;      when        they  see     their  last     cxtremit 

parant      defendere      se          his         telis  jam  in  extrem 

they    prepare    to  defend    themselves  with  those  weapons  now  in         the  la* 

morte:     que     devolvunt  auratas  trabes  alta     decora 

catastrophe:  and  they  tumble  down  the  gilded  rafters  the  lofty  decorations  o/ (Act 

veterum  parentum:  alii  obsidere  imas     fores 

ancient  parents:        others  have  possessed    themselves  of  the  lowest  doors^ 

strictis  mucronibus:  servant  has  denso  agmine.          Animi 

withdrawn  swords:  they  guard  these  in  a  close      band.  Our  cournge 

instaurati  succurrere     tectis         regis,  que  levare  vires 

Aos  been  renewed        to  succor      the  palaces    of  the  king,  and  to  relieve  the  nicii 

auxilio,  que  addere  vim         victis.     Erat  limenque 

with  our  aid,  and    to  give     vigor  to  the  conquered.    There  WHS  an  entrance  and 

caecae    fores  et  pervius  usus  tectorum  Priami  inter       se, 

private    doors  and  a  passable  use  of  the  palaces    of  Priam  between  each  other. 

que  postes  relicti  a  tergo:     qua  infelix  Andromache      inco- 

and      gates        left      from  behind:  by  which  unhappy        Andromache          unat- 

mitata  saepius  solebat  ferre     se    ad       soceros  dum 

tended        often      was  wont  to  bring  herself  to  her  parents  in  law,  whilst 

regna  manebant  et  trahebat  puerum  Astyanacta  ad   avo. 

the  kingdom  remained   and  she  drew          the  boy        Astyannx  lo  Ais  grand- 

Evado  ad  fastigia  summi  culminis  unde  miseri 

sire.      I  ascend   to    the  top  of  the  highest      roof    from  whence        the  wretched 

Teucri  jactabant  irrita      tela  manu  Circum  aggressi 

Trojans  were  casting  unavailing  darts  with  their  hand.       We  around  assaulting 

ferro       turrim  stantem  in    praecipiti   que  eductam      sub 

with  the  sword  a  turret  standing     on        a  precipice      and       b:iilt  up  to 

astra         summis       tectis,     unde        omnis  Troja,  et  naves 

the  stars  with  its  highest  roofs,   from    whence        all        Troy,    and  the  ships 

DanaOm         solitse    videri,     et  Achaica  castra,  qua  summa 

of  the  Greeks    were  wont  to  be  seen,    and  the  Grecian  camps,  where  the  highest 

tabulata  dabant  juncturas  labantes,  convellimus  altis 

stories  gave  joints         giving  way,    we  have  torn   it  from  its    lofty 

sedibus  que  impulimus  ea  repente  lapsa  trahit  ruinam 

'ounrlatiuns  and      pushed  it  forward,      that  suddenly   falling    draws  destruction 

cum  somtu  et       late         incidit  supra  agmina       Danaftm; 

with    a  sound  and  far  and  wide  hath  fallen    upon    the  troops    of  the  Greek*; 

ast  alii  subeunt;  nee  saxa  nee  ullum  genus  telorum     cessat, 

Imt  others  succeed;        nor   rocks    nor       any        kind     of   weapons        ceases. 


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iritcrea.         Ante  vestibulum  ipsumque  in  primo  limine, 

in  tin;  moan  tune.     Before      the  entrance       itself       and    in  the  first  gate, 

Pyrrhus  exsultat  corruscus  telis  et  ahena  luce.       Qualis  ubi 

Pyrrhus         exults         glittering    in  arm*and  brazen   light.  As        when 

coluber,     pastus     mala  gramina,  in  lucem;         quern 

a  snake,      having  fed  on  noxious    herbs,  comes  forth  to  the  light;  whom 

tumidum  frigida  bruma  tegebat  sub  terra,  nunc  novusexuviis 

swollen  cold  winter  hid  under  the  earth,  now  renewed  his  skin 

positis   que  nitidus  juventa  convolvit  lubrica  terga,  pectore 

being  cast  and      sleek     with  youth     he  rolls  his   slippery      back,   with  breast 

sublato  arduus  ad     solem,  et  micat        trisulcis  linguis 

raised  up     lofty  towards  the  sun,  and  vibrates  with  a  three-forked       toiiguu 

ore.  Una  ingens  Periphas,  et     armiger     Auto- 

from  his  mouth.  At  the  same  time  huge     Periphas,      and  the  armor-bearer  Auto- 

medon  agitator  equorum    Achillis,       una  omnis  Scyria 

medon      the  driver  of  the  horses'of  Achilles,  at  the  same  time  all   the  Scyrian 

pubes  succedunt  tecto,  et  jactant  flammasad  culmina.  Ipse 

youth        come  up  to  the  palace,  and     toss  flames       to  the  roofs.  He 

inter  primes,  bipenni     correptd   peruinpit  dura  limina  que 

among  the  first,  a  battle  axe    being  seized    breaks  down  the  hard    gates,    and 

vellit  sratos  postes  a  cardine;  jamque      cavavit  firma 

tears  the  brazen  posts  from    the  hinge  and  now  lias  pierced  through    the  firm 

robora,  trabe      excisa  et  dedit  ingentem  fenestram         lato 

wood,        the  bar  being  cut  off  and  made         a  great  gap         with  a  wide 

ore.     Domus   intus  apparet   et    longa  atria  patescunt; 

mouth.    The  palace  within  appears    and  the  long  galleries  are  open  to  ciejo; 

penetralia  Priami  et    veterum    regum  apparent,    que 

the   private  recesses  of  Priam    and  of  the  ancient    kings         appear,  and 

vident  armatos         stantes  in  primo  limine.     At  interior 

they  see  the  armed  guards  standing  on  the  first  threshold.    But  the  interior  part 

domus       miscetur  gemitu  que  misero  tumultu:  que     cavse 

of  the  house  is  confused  with  groans  and  a  miserable    tumult:       and  the  arched 

aides  ululant  fcemineis  plangoribus:  clamor  ferit  aurea  sidera. 

chambers  ring         with  female       shrieks:          the  noise  strikes  the  golden  stars. 

Turn    pavid&  matres  errant    ingentibus  tectis         que 

Then  the  trembling  mothers    wander    through  the  spacious   apartments        and 

amplexae  tenent  postes,  atque  figunt  oscula.  Pyrrhus 

embracing  hold  fast  the  door  posts,  and        fix    their  lips  to  them.  Pyrrhus 

instat  patna         vi;    nee  claustra  neque  custodes    ipsi 

pro'1?-  s  on  with  Ais  father's  violence;  nor       bars         nor        the  guards      them- 

valent  sufFere:  janua    labat          crebo 

selves  are  able  to  sustain  Tiis  attacks;  the  gate  gives  way  by  the  frequent  strokes  of 

ariete,  et  postes  emoti  cardine  procurrrbunt.  Via     fit 

ihc  ram.  and  the  gate?  removed  from  the  hinge  fall.  A  way  is  innde 

vii      rumpunt    aditus,     que    Danai  imrnissi  truciaani 

ny  violence:     they   force  the    passages,  and  the  GreekT  let  in  massacre 

primes,  et    late  complept  loca       milite.       Amnis  cum 

the  first,    and  around       fit        tlio  places  with  soldiery.    A  river  when  if  hath 


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exiit  spumeus  aggeribus     ruptis,  que     evicit          ^<j»ositas 

rushed  forth  foaming  its  banks  being  broken,  and  hath  overcome'  .ne  opposing 

moles  gurgite,  non  fertur  in     arva     sic  furcns 

mounds  with  its  whirling  current,  is    not  borne  into  the  field,  so       fur.ouk 

cumulo  que  trahit     armenta  cum  stabulisperomnescampos. 

wuhifo-  flood  and  swteps  away  the  herds    with  their  stalls  over       all    the  plains. 

Ipse     vidi    Neoptolemum  furentem  caede,      que   geminoa 

1  myself  have  seen  Neopotolemus          raging  with  slaughter,  and  the  two  sons 

Atridas  in  limine:    vidi  Hecubam  que    centum    nurus, 

of  Atreus  in    the  gate:  I  have  seen  Hecuba      and  her  hundred  daughters-in-law, 

que  Priamum  per  aras  foedantem  sanguine   ignes          quos 

and        Priam  by  the  altars  defiling    with  his  blood    the  tires  which 

ipse         sacraverat.     Illi  quinquaginta    thalami  tanta 

he  himself  had  consecrated.    Those  fifty  bed  chambers    the  so  great 

epes  nepotum,         superbi  postes    %     Barbarico  auro       que 

hope  of  descendants,  thost   stately     pillars  decorated  with  foreign  gold  and 

epoliis,  procubuere:      Danai  tenent  qua*   ignis  deficit.  For- 

•poilg,  have    fallen:      the   Greeks  occupy  where   the  fire  abates.          Per- 

sitan,  et,     requires,     quae   fuerint         fata  Priami.         Ubi 

haps,    also,  you  may  require,  what  may  have  been  the  fates  of  Priam.        \Yhen 

vidit         casum  captae  urbis  que  limina  tectorum    con- 

he  saw  the  destruction  of  the  captured  city       and  the  gates  of  his  palace  broken 

vulsa,  et  hostem    medium,  in     penetralibus;         senior 

down,   and  the  enemy  tn  the  midst,     in  his  private  apartments;        the  aged  kirtf 

nequicquam  circumdat,      humeris  trementibus  sevo,      arma 

in  vain  putson,  his  shoulders         trembling    with  age,  his  arms 

diu       desueta  et   inutile  ferrum   cingitur  ac     moriturus, 

fora  long  time  disused  and  his  useless    sword       is  girt  on  and         ready  to  dio, 

fertur     in         densos  hostes.  In  mediis  sedibus    que      sub 

is  borne  among       his  thick    enemies.  In  the  middle  of_the  courts  and       under 

nudo     axe  setheris,    fuit     ingens  ara,   que  juxtd  veterrima 

the  naked  axle  of  heaven,  has  been  a  great  altar,     and     near  a  very  ancient 

laurus,  incumbens  arec  atque  complexa         Penates 

laurel,         overhanging  the  altar  and     embracing    the  household'  gods  with  iu 

umbra\  Hie  Hecuba  et         natae  nequicquam       condensae 

fchudc.         Here     Hecuba     and    her  daughters    in    vain  are  crowded 

circum  altaria  ceu  columbae     prancipites     atr&    tempestate. 

wound    the  altars    as        pigeons  flying    in  haste    from  adark  tempest. 

et  amplexa?  tenebant  simulacra  Divfim.  Autemut  vidit 

and  embracing     held  fast    the  statutes  of  the  gods.    But  as  soon  assAchap  srrn 

JViamum  ip  um  juvenilibus  armis    snmptis      inquit  miser- 
Priam  himself     youthful  arms   being  assumed,  she  says,   O  moot 

rime  conjux,  quae  tarn  dira  mens   impulit  cingi 

onhappy  spouse,    what     BO  direful  a  purpose  hath  forced  you  to  be  arrayed 

his  telis?  aut  quo         ruis?     Tempus  eget  non  tali     auxilio, 

In  thc»n  arms?  or  whither  do  you  rush?  The  time    needs    not   such  aid. 

nec  istis  defensoribus,  non  si  meus  Hector  ipse  nunc 

D«r  trwcr  deTenders.          not    if     my        Hector    himself  now 


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afForet.     Tandem  concede  hue;  haec  ara  tuebitur    omnes 

might  be  present.    At  length  retire     hither:    this  altar   shall  protect  all 

aut  moriere         simul.   .          Sic     effata       recepit  ad 

or  you  will  die  at  the  same  tim<>  with  us.  Thus  having  said  she  has  taken   hint  to 

sese,  et  locavit  longasvum         in  sacratasedc.  Autem  ecce 

herself,  anil  has  placed  the  uged  monarch   on  the  sacred  seat.  But  In 

Polites  unus  natorum  Priami,  elapsus   de       csede  of  Pyrrhi, 

Polites        one    of  the  sons  of  Priam,    escaped      from  the  slaughter     Pyrrhus, 

fugit   longis   porticibus,  per   tela,     per   hostes,      et  saucius 

flies    in  the   long   galleries,     through  darts,  through  enemies,       and  \vninu!cd 

lustrat         vacua  atria:  Pyrrhus  ardcns  insequitur  ilium 

goes  aruund  the  vacant  courts:    Pyrlms          raging       pursues  him  with  a 

infesto  vulnere,  jam  jamque,  tenet          manu,     et    premit 

Jiostile        wound,        now    even  now,  grasps  Aim  with  his  hand,  and  presses  on 

liasta.      Tandem  ut  evasit , i  ante .  oculos   et   ora 

Aim  with  a  spear.    Al  length    as  he  has  come  before   the  eyes   and  faces  of /u's 

parentum,  concidit  et   fudit         vitam  cum  multo  sanguine. 

parents,        he  has  fallen  and  poured  forth  his  life       with      much  cloud. 

Hie  Priamus,  quanquam  jam  tenetur   in  media  morte  tamen 

Here        Priam,          although          now  he  is  placed  in  the  nadst  of  death         yet 

non     abstinuil,  nee  pepercit    voci  que  ine    at  exclamat, 

he  has  not       forborne,      nor      spared    his   voice    and    anger  but  he  exclaims, 

Di         persolvant  dignas  grates  et  reddant  tibi  debita  prsemia 

may  the  gods  make  you  suitable     returns  and    render  to  you  due  rewards 

pro    scelerfe,    pro  talibus  ausis,  si        est  qua  pietas   caslo 

for  your  wickedness,  for        such   outrages,  if  there  is    any    justice    in  heaven 

quae  curat  talia,         qui    fecisti   me  coram  cernere    lethum 

wliich  regards  such  things,  who   hast  made  me   ppenly      to  see    the  death  of 

nati,   et   fcedasti  patrios  vultus,   funere.   At  Achilles      ille 

my  son,  and  hast  defiled  a  father's  looks,  with  a  corpse.      But  Achilles       himself 

a  quo   mentiris      te  satum    fuit     non  talis    in 

from  whom  you  falsely  say  that  you  was  begotten  has  been   not     such     toward* 

Priamo  hoste;  sed  erubuit       jura  quo  fidem 

Priam  his  enemy;       but  hi:  has  blushed  at  the  laws  of  nations  and  the  faith  of  a 

supplicis;  quereddidit  exsangue  corpus  Hectoreum  sepulchre, 

suppliant,       and  has  restored  the  lifeless     body       of  Hector  for  the  sepulchre, 

que  remisit  me  in  mea  rcgna.  Senior  fatus      sic  que 

and     has  sent  me  back  to  xiy  kingdoms.     The  aged  king  has  spoken  thus,    and 

conjecit  imbelle  tclum  sine  ictu;  quod  protinus       repulsam 

has  thrown    a  ferble       dart     without  force;  which  instantly  has  been    repelled 

rauco  aere  et  pependit  nequicquam   summo       umbone 

'nj  the  hoarse  brass  and  has  hung        without  effect  from  the  highest  boss 

clypei.         Cui  Pyrrhus:  ergo      referes  hasc 

»f  Aia-  buckler.  To  xvhom  Pyrrhus  answered:  therefore  you  shall  carryback  tUesc 

et      ibis     nuncius    genitori  Pelidse:  memento  narrare 

Cunn-.s  and  you  shall  go  a  messenger  to  my  father  Achilles:  remember    to  tell  him 

mea  tristia  facta  que     degenercm  Neoptolernum  None 

i»f  my  horrid    dcuda    and  his   degenerate          Neoptolemus.  Non 


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morere.     Dicens  haec,  traxit  trementem  ad  ipsa 

ili.-.  Saying  these  things,  he  has  drawn  kirn  trembling    to  the  very 

altaria,  et  lapsantera  in  multo  sanguine     nati;  que         laevS 

altars,      and      (lipping         in  much         blood  of  hit    ton;      and    with  his  left 

implicuit    comam;  que  dextra"         extulit      coruscum 

hand  he  has  twisted     his  hair;      and  with  his  right  hath  drawn     Aw  glittering 

ensem  et  abdidit      lateritenuscapulo.  Hose     finis   falorum 

•word     and  hath  hid  it  in  hu  si  k:       up  to  the  hilt.    Tins  teas  the  end  or  the  fates 

Priami:  hie  exitus  tulit  ilium         sorte,  videntem 

of  Priam:    this   death  has  carried  him  off  by  divine  appointment,  beholding 

Trojara  incensam  et        Pergama     prolapsa,  quondam 

Troy  burnt         and    the  fortress  of  Troy      fallen        in    ruins,  once 

superbum  regnatorem    tot      populis  que  terris  Asiae:    jacet 

the  proud  ruler       over  so  many  nations   and  countries  of  Asia:    he  lie* 

ingens  truncus   litore,     que    caput  avulsum    humeris,      et 

a  huge         trunk     on  the  shore,    and  Ais  head       torn     from  his  shoulders,  and 

corpus  sine  nomine. 

a  body     without  a    name. 

At  turn  primum  saevus  horror  circumstetit  me:        obstu 

But'  then   first          direful     horror     gathered     around    me:    I  was  aston- 

pui:       imago       cari     genitoris  subiit  ut  vidi  regem 

lulled,    the  image  of  my    dear    father    occurred  to  my  mind  when  I  saw  the  king 

aquaevum     exhalant^m       vitam    crudeli  vulnere:  Creusa, 

0f  equal  age         breathing  out     his     life    by  a  cruel         wound:  Creusa, 

dgserta  subiit  et     domus   direpta,  et     casus    parvi 

abandoned  came  to  my  mind,  and  my  house    plundered,  and  the  danger  of  little 

lull.     Respicio  et  lustro  quse  copia  sit  circum  me.     Omnes 

lulus.      I  look  nbnut  and  I  survey  what  force  may  be  around   me.  All 

defessi,  deseruere     et  saltu     misere  »grea  corpora 

wearied,     have  left   me   and  by  a  spring  have  thrown   their     fainting       bodies 

ad  terrain  aut  dedere  ignibus.       Que,  adeo,  jam  supereram 

to  the  earth    or  given  tli  -:i>  to  the  flames.       And,         so,       uow    I     remained 

unus,  cum  aspicio  Tyndarida,  servantem  limina  Vcstae,  et 

alone,    when   I    behold      Helen,  watching    the    temple  of  Vesta,     and 

tacitam  latentem  in  secreta  sede,  clara  incendia  dant  luceru 

•ilent        lurking        in    a    secret    place,     the  bright  flames          give         light 

erranti     que    ferenti         oculos     passim     per   cuncta 

to  me  wandering     and       moving    my     eyes    every    where       over         all 

Ilia  communis  Erinnys  Trojae   et     patrire,  permpfuens 

things.    She  the  common   fury          of  Troy        and  Arrcoiiiilry,    dreading       the 

Teucros  infestos  sibi     ob     Pergama  eversa,  et      poenas 

Trojans        hostile  to  her  on  account  of  Troy    overthrown,  and  the  punishments 

Danaum,  et      iras        deseiti  conjugis  abdidcrat  sc,  atque 

of  the  Greeks,  and  the  wrath  of  her  rti/serted  husband   had    hid    twrsf.lt,         and 

invisa      sedebat      aris.      Ignes   exarsere      animo; 

detested  was  sittinir  by  the  altars.     Plumes  have  flashed  in  my    mind;  my  resent- 

ira      subit  ulcisci       cadentem  patriam  et  sumere  sceleratas 

mcnt     rises  to  avenge     my     falling.          country     and  to  take          exemplary 


59  577 

pcenas.  Hase  sicilet  incolumis  aspiciet  Spartam  que 

punishments.         Shall  she  forsooth      safe         behold          Sparta  and  her 

patnas  Mycenas,  que    ibit     regina,  triumpho      parto?  que 

native       Mycense,         anil  shall  she  go  a  queen,  a  triumph  being  obtained?    unit 

videbit    que      conjugium  que     domum    patres  que  natos, 

shall  site  sen  both  her     husband         aud    her   home,    her  fathers    and   children., 

comitata  turba    Iliadum        et  Phrygus  ministris?    Priamus 

attended  by  a  train  of  Trojan  matrons  and  by  .Phrygian  servants?    shall    Priair 

occiderit    ferro?        Troja        arserit         igni?    lius 

have  fallen  by  the  sword?  shall  Troy  have  been  consumed  by  tire?  shall  the  shor 

Dardanidum    toties     sudant      sanguine? 

of  the  Trojans  so  often  have  been  wet  with  the  blood? 

Non  ita:  nam  etsi  estnullum  memorabile  nomen  in  femmeA 

Not  so:    for  although -there  is  no  memorable          name      in        female 

pcena      nee   ista  victoria  habet  laudem;  tamen    laudabor 

punishment  nor     that     victory        has  glory;         yet  I  shall  be  praised 

extinxisse       nefas  et      sumpsisse  pcenas 

to  have  destroyed  a  monster  of  wickedness  and  to  have  taken  punishment   of  one 

merentis;     que    juvabit  explesse       animum  flammn? 

deserving  it;      and  it  shall  delight  me  to  have  satisfied  my   desire   of  burning 

ultricis,  et       satiasse     cineres         meorum.     Jactabam 

revenge,    and  to  have  satiated  the  ashes  of  my  friends.  I  was  throwing  ow 

taha,         et        ferebar  furiata    mente,    cum      alma 

such  words,  and  was  hurried  along  by  my  enraged         mind,         when    my   kind 

Parens  non  tarn  clara         oculis  ante  obtuht        se     mihi 

Parent       not     so     manifest  to  my  eyes         before  has  presented  herself  to  me 

videndam  et  refulsit         in  pura  luce,    confessa  Deam,  que 

to  be  seen        and  has  shown  forth    in  clear  light,     manifesting  the  goddess,  and 

quahs  et  quanta  solet        videri         coelicolis,          que 

such       and  as  great  as  she  is  accustomed  to  be  seen  by  the  immortals,  and 

contmuit  prehensum     dextra,      que  insuper  addidit 

§he  has  restrained  me   caught   by  the  right  hand,       and   besides  she  has  added 

haec  roseo  ore;     nate,  quis  tantus  dolor    excitat 

these  icords  from  her  rosy  mouth;        O  son,    what  so  great  indignation  excites 

tuas  mdomitas  iras?    quid    funs?  aut   quonam      cura   tibi 

your   ungoverned    wrath?    why  do  you  rage?    or  whither  has  the  regard  to  thee 

nostri  recessit?     Non       prius    aspicies  ubi  liqueris 

of   us  departed?          Will  you  not  first        see    where  you  may  have  left  your 

parentem   Anchisen   fessum   aetate?   ne         conjux  Creusa 

father  Anchises         helpless  from  age?    whether  your    wife     Creus* 

superet   que   puer  Ascanius?  circum  quos  omnes   Graia 

may  survive       and  the  boy  Ascanius?       around      whom     all   the   Gieciar> 

acies        errant,         undique,        et  fiamma»     jam 

troops        are  roaming,     on  every  side,        and  whom   the   flameti         atreadj 

tulerint         et     inimicus     ensis       hauserit     bi    mea 

may  have  carried  off  and  the  hostile  sword     have    uevoured     unless    mj 

cura  resistat.      Non  facies  Lacaenae  Tyndaridis  invisa  tibi  ve 

care  interpose.          Not   the  form  of  Lacedemonian  Helen  baleful  to  thee  o» 


60  60i 

Paris   culpatus:        inclementia    Divflm,     Divum     evertit 

Parii         blamed:         but   the  cruelty  of  the   Gods,   of   the  Gods     oveitlirowi 

has  opes,  que   sternit  Trojam  d          culmiie.       Aspicc: 

bcM   power*,  and       levels        Troy         from  her       summit.       ^      Behold. 

namque   eripiam   omnem   nubem    quae   nunc  obducta 

for          I  will  remove      every         cloud       which     now    spread    before  you 

hebetat  mortales  visus  tibj  tuenti  et  humida  caligat  circunv 

dims   the   mortal      sight  to  thee  beholding  and   humid   throws  u  mist  around. 

tu  ne  time   qua  jussa        parentis  neu  recusa  parere 

do  you  fear  not  any  commands  of  your  parent         nor     refuse    to  submit  to  tor 

praeceptis.       HJc  ubi  vides  moles  disjectas  que  saxa  avulsa 

instruction!.         Here  where  you  see  vast  ruins  thrown  down  and    rocks   torn 

saxis,   que   fumum   undantem   pulveit,  mixto,     Neptunus 

from    rocks,    and    smoke       waving   with   dust    intermingled,  Neptune 

quaUt  muros  que  fundamenta  emota  magno  tridenti  que 

ahake»  the  walls   and       foundations  removed  by   km  mighty    trident  and  over* 

eruit  totam  urbem  a  sedibus.  Hie,  saevissima  Juno  prima  tenet 

turns  the  whole  city  from  its  basis.        Here,  most  fierce      Juno      first     occupies 

Scseas  portas  que  furens  vocat   socium  agmen  a  navibus, 

Ihe&zan     gules        and    furious,    summons  the  social    band    from    the    ships, 

accincta  ferro.     Respice  jam         Tritonia  Pallas  insedit 

armed  with  a  sword.    Observe  now     where   Tritonian    Pallas  has  placed  herself 

summas  arces  effulgens    nimbo      et   saeva"  Gorgone. 

on  the  highest         towers  re-splendent  with  the  cloud  and  terrible  Gorgon. 

Pater  ipse  sufficit  animos  que  secundas  vires  Danais: 

Father  Jupiter  himself  supplies   courage    and  successful  strength  to  the  Greeks: 

ipse  suscitat  Deos    m    Dardana  arma. 

hf>        excites  the  Gods  against  the  Trojan     arms. 

Eripe    fugam  nate    que  inipone  fin  em    labori.      Nus- 

H.i.-u-      t hy  flight    O  son         and       put  an  end  to  thy  labor.      I  will 

quam  abero,  et     sistam     te  tutum  patrio      limine. 

never   be  absent,  and  I  will  place  you    sale  on   your      paternal        threshold. 

Dixerat,     et  condidit  se     spissis  umbns  noctis.         Dirae 

She    had    said,    and    has  hid  herself  in  the  thick   shades  of  night  Awful 

facies  apparent  que  magna  numina  Deflm  mimica      Trojae. 

forms       appear  and  the  great    powers    of  the  gods  hostile  to  Troy. 

Turn  vero  omne  Ilium  visum  mihi  considere  in  ignes,      et 

Th*n    indeed      all         Ilium  appeared   tome  to  sink  down  into  the  flames  and 

Neptunia  Troja    verti        ex-        imo.        Ac  veluti     cum 

Neptunian     Troy  to  be  overturned  from  its  foundation.      And        ns  when 

agricolae    certatim     instant      eruere    antiquam  ornum    in 

the  swalnt      emtilmisly         strain         to  overthrow  the  ancient      ash  on 

summis  montibus  accisam     ferro    que     crebris  bipenmbus; 

I  lie  lolly        mountains        cut      with-lhe  iron  and  with  the  frequent  axes, 

ilia  usque    minatur,         et  tremefacta    comam,  nutat 

that  a  long  while  threatens  ruin,  and         shaken        as  to  its  leaves,  nods 

vertice  concusso;    donee,    paulatim,        evicta    vulneribus, 

its  top    being  ngitaved,     until,   by  little  and  little   overcome         by  wounds. 


61  631 

congemuit  supremiim,  que  avulsa  jugis  traxi* 

\t  huiii  groaned      at  last,  and      torn  front  the  mountain's  sides  hath  drawn 

ruinam.     Descendo,  ac  Deo  ducente,  expedior  inter 

ruin  afterit.      I  descend,      and  the  God    leading,    I  am  extricated  amidst 

flammam  et  hostes:      tela      dant  locum,  que  flammae  rece- 

the  Hume      and  enemies:    the  weapons  give      place,      and    the  flames       re- 

dunt.  Ast  ubi  jam  perventum  ad  limina  patriae   sedis, 

cede.       But  when  now     I  have  come      to  the  gates  of  my  paternal        seat, 

que         antiquas  domos,      genitor    quern  primum  optabam 

and    to   my    ancient  habitations,   my     father      whom  first        I  wished 

tollere  in  altos  noontes  que     primum,  petebam,        abnegat 

to  convey  to  the  lofty  mountains  and  whom  first,  I  sought,  refuses 

producere  vitamquepati  exilium,  Troja  excisa.    Ovos,  ait, 

to  prolong     his  life      and  to  suffer      exile,       Troy  being  razed.  O  ye,  he  says, 

quibus         sanguis  integer  aevi,  que         vires      stant 

to  whom  there  is  blood         intire  on  account  of  age,  and  whose  powers      remain 

solids  suo  robore;  vos  agitate  fugam.      Si       ccelicolae 

unimpaired  in    their  vigor;         do  you  attempt    flight.  If  the  inhabitants 

voluissent  me   ducere         vitam,  servassent       has 

of  heaven  had  willed  that  I  should  lengthen  out  my  life,  they  had  preserved  these 

sedes  mihi:    satis  que  super       vidimus   una  excidia 

seats  for  me:  it  is  enough  and    more  that  we  have  seen  one  destruction  of  my 

et  superavimus     captae     urbi.     O         affati 

rxmntry  and  have  survived    the  captured  city.          O  ye,  having  addressed   my 

corpus,  sic,  sic,  positum,  descedite.     Ipse  inveniam  mortem 

body,         thus,  thus,     laid  out,         depart.  I  myself  shall  find  death, 

manu:  hostis  miserebitur  que  petet  exuvias:         jactura 

by  this  hand:  the  enemy  will  pity  me       and  seek  my      spoils:  the  loss  of 

sepulchri  est  facilis.    Jampridem  invisus     Divis,  et  inutilis, 

burial  is       easy.  Long  since  hated    by  the  gods,         useless* 

demoror    annos,    ex   quo          Pater      Divum  atque  Rex 

I  linger  out  my   years,    from  what  time  the  Father  of  the  gods     and       King 

hominum  afflavit  me         ventis     fulminis  et  contigit 

of  men         has  blasted  me  with  the  winds  of  his  thunder  and  has  struck  me  wilk 

igni.     Memorans  talia        perstabat  que  manebat         fixus 

lightning.    Relating  such  things        he  persisted    and    remained  resolute. 

Contra,         nos,  effusi  lacrymis   que  conjux  Creusa  que 

On  the  other  hand,  we,  dissolved     in  tears       both    my  wjfe    Creusa       and 

Ascanius  que  omnis  domus  pater      ne       vellet 

Ascanius       and       all    the  family  conjure,  that  my  father  would  not  be  willing 

vertere  cuncta    secum    que  incumbere  fato  urgenti. 

to  ruin        all  things  with  himself  and        to  meet    the  fate  pressing  on. 

Ille  abnegat  et    hceret      inceptc   et  in  iisdem     sedibus: 

He       refuses    and    adheres  to  his  design    and  in   the  same  seats. 

Rursus     feror         in  arma  que  miserrimus   opto       mortem. 

Again    I  am  borne  iway  to     •arms     and    most  wretched  I  wish  for  death. 

Nam  quod  consilium  aut  quae  fortuna  jam  dabatur?    genitor 

Fol        what       design  .or    what    chance       now-  was  given?      O  father 


02  658 

tperasti          ne  me  posse  efferre    pedem,   te    relicto?    que 

h*M  thou  Loped  that  I       could        *tlr          a  foot,      you    l>eing  left?     and 

tantum      nefas    excidit    patrio    ore?  si  placet       Superis 

bail)  10  grc.it  wickedness  fallen  from  a  father's  mouth?  if  it  please*     the  1'owers 

nihil    relinqui    lanta  urbe;  et  hoc    sedet          animo. 

•borethatnoibingbel.il  of  so  great  a  city;  and  Ibis  remain*  fixed  in  your  mind, 

quo  juvat         addere  que    te     que  tuos  Trojae       periturae: 

•ad  it  ilelighu  yon  to  join  Uoili  yourself  and  yours   to  Troy  about  to  perish: 

ianua    patet    isti  letho.    Jamque   Pyrrhus    aderit          de 

UM  gate  li<:x  <>pen  to  that  death.  Boon          Pyrrnus  will  be  present   from 

Priami  mul to  sanguine  qui  obtruncat  natum  ante      ora        ° 

Priam'*  COIMOUI        blood         who      murders      the  son  before  the  face  of  th< 

patris,  et  patrem  ad  aras. 

father,    and  the  father  at  tin-  altar*. 

Erat          hoc,    alma    parens,    quod    eripis  me  per  tela 

Was     it  far     tbis,   O  propitious  mother,       that  you  rescue   me  among  darts 

per    ignes?     ut  cernam  hostem  in  mediis       penetralibus, 

•mong  the  flamesT    that  1  may  see  the  enemy  in  the  midst  of  thc*e      recesses, 

utque  que  Ascanium,      que    meum  .  patrem,    que, 

and  lhat,  I  may  tec  both  Ascanius,  and          my  father,  and, 

Creusam  juxti,  mactatos  alterum  in  sanguine  ajterius?  arma 

Ureusa    near,      slaughtered    the    one     in   the  blood  of  the  other?      arm* 

viri,     ferte    arma:     ultima  lux  vocat    victos.     Reddite  me 

O  men.    bring      arms:         the  last   light  summons  the  vanquished.    Return  me 

Danais,  sinite         revisam   prcelia  instaurata:  nunquam 

to  the  Greek*,     permit  Mat  I  may  revisit  the  fight         renewed:        never  will  vx 

ornnes    moriemur    inulti       hodie.     Hie    rursus    accingoi 

•II  die  unrevenged       to       day.      Here    again        I  am  equipped 

ferro:  que  insertabam     sinistram,        clypeo    aptans 

with  a  sword:    and  I  inserted         my  left    hand,    in  my   shield  fitting     it 

que    ferebam  me      extra     tecta.      Autem,  ecce,    conjux 

•nd    I    brought     myself  without  tbe  palace.        But,  lo,         my         wife 

amplexa    pedes,  hserebat      in  limine  que  tendebat  parvum 

embracing  my   feet,       clung   to  me  on  tbe  threshold  and    reached     out      little 

lulum       patri.       Si    abis      periturus    rape    DOS  et  tecum 

lulus  to  At'i  father.  If  you  will  go  about  to  perish  take         us  also  with  you 

in  omnia:       sin          expertus  ponis  aliquem  spem  in  armis 

to  all  danger:  but  if  having  experienced  you  place         any       hope      in       arms 

sumptis  tutare  hanc  domum  primiim.     Cui     parvus  lulus; 

•Mumed       defend    Una       bouse  first.  To  whom  it  little    lulus  left', 

cui      pater,  et  cui  relinquor,  quondam  dicta  tua  conjux? 

to  whom  your  father,  and  to  whom  am  I  left,    once  called     thy  wife? 

Vociferans    talia  replebat    omne      tectum     gcmitu: 

Exclaiming         such    tc«rdt        she    filled         all    the     building   with    groans: 

cum    subitum    monstrum,    que     mirabile     dictu,    oritur. 

When     •     sudden        prodigy.  and         wonderful    to    be  told,       arises, 

Naraque   inter   manus   que    ora          mcestorum  parentum, 

For  between  tbe  hand*       and     faces  of  Ai»    mournful          parents, 


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e«  ce,    le^is    apex        visus    fundere    lume-n    de    summo 

to,  the  light  plume    teas  seen  to  pour  forth         light         from  the         top 

vertice       lull  que  innoxia  flamma    lambere       comas  molli 

of  tin:  head  of  lulus  and  the  harmless  flame    to   glide  along  his  hair  with  a  gentle 

tactu  et  pasci  circum       tempora.     Nos  pavidi  metu 

touch    and  to  feed  around     his        temples.      We       fearful  with  dread     begin 

trepidare  que   excutere     flagrantem  crinem,  et  restinguere 

to  tremble        and  to  shake  off  Ms      flaming  hair,        and  to    extinguish 

sanctos  ignes  fontibus.    At  pater  Anchises  laetus  extulit 

the  sacred    fires  with  water.        But  father    Anchises        joyful  has  raised  /<,'» 

oculos  ad  sidera  et  letendit        palmas  coelo  cum        voce 

eyes      to  the  stars      and  stretches  Ai's  hands  to    heaven  with    his      voice 

Omnipotens  Jupiter,  aspice  nos       flecteris      ullis  precibus: 

O    Omnipotent    Jupiter,        behold      us     if  thou  art  moved  by  any  prayers 

hoc,  tantum;  et  pater,  si  meremur         pietate,  deinde 

vie  ask  this,         only;    and  O  father,    if    we  merit  any  thing  by  our  piety,    then 

da          auxilium  atque  firma  haec  omina.  Vix         senior 

grant  to  us  thy     aid  and    confirm   these    omens.    Scarcely  has  the  aged 

fatus  erat  ea,  que   loevum  intonuit 

tire     uttered  those    words,      and  the  left  part  of  the  heaven  has  thundered  with 

subito  fragore,  et  stella  lapsa  de  ccelo,  cucurrit  per    umbras 

a  sudden      peal,         and  a  star  falling  from  heaven,  has  run  through  the  shades 

ducens  facem        cum  multa  luce.         Cernimus  illam 

drawing  a  trail  of  flame    with   much     light  We  see  that 

labentem  super  summa  culmina  tecti  condere  se  claram, 

gliding       over  the  highest         tops   of  the  roof  to  hide  itself  bright,  in  the 

Idsca  sylva  que  signantem  vias:  turn  sulcus  dat  lucem 

Idean      woods    and     marking    the    way:    then  a  trail       gives     light    with    a 

longo  limite,  et     loca    circum    late      fumant      sulfure. 

long  path,        and  the  places  around  far  and  wide   smoke  with    sulphur. 

Hie    vero       genitor    victus      tollit     se     ad     auras,     que 

Here   indeed   my   father     conquered       raises  himself  towards  heaven,       and 

affatur     Deos  et  adorat   sanctum  sidus:  jam,  jam,     est 

addresses  the   Gods       and    adores         the   holy     star:       now,    now,  there  ia 

nulla  mora;  sequor    et    qua   ducitis,  adsum.      Patrii 

no     delay;        I  follow    and  whither  you  lead,  am  present.        O    paternal 

Df  servate       domum,  servate       nepotem:  vestrum  est  hoc 

Gods  protect    our        house,       protect     my       grandson:        yours  is      this 

augurium  que  Troja  est  in  vestro  numine.     Nate  equidem 

omen         and  .  Troy       is      in     your  power.  O  son         indeed 

cedo  nec  recuso  ire       comes       tibi.       Ille  dixerat:  et  jam 

T  yield  nor      refuse    to  go  a  companion  to  tliee.         He       had  said:    and  now 

ignis  auditur  clarior  per     mcenia,  que  incendia  volvunt 

the  conflagration  is  heard  clearer  through     the  city,    and  the  flames          roll  the 

lestus  propius.      Age    ergo      care  pater,  imponere  nostrse 

fire          nearer.         Come    therefore    dear     father,    be  placed  on  my 

cervin:  ipse  subibo  humeris,  nec  iste  labor  gravabit  me. 

neck:          I  will    bear  you  upon  my  shoulders,  nor  that  load  will  oppress  me. 


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Quocunque  res       cadcnt,  periculum       unum  et  commune, 

However    things  shall  happen,  the  danger  skallbe    one      and     the     same 

ambobus,  salus  erit  una:  parvus    lulus   sil 

t»  both,  safety  shall  be  one  and  the  tame  to  us:    let  litlle        lulus     be  a 

comes      mihi  ct        conjux  Creusa  servet      vestigia  longe. 

companion    tome    and   my    wife       Creusa    mny  keep  my  steps  at  a  distance. 

Vos,  famuli,  advertite  vestris  animis,  quic    dicam, 

Ye.       servants,       turn     with  your   minds,  to  thotc  things  which  I  shall  say, 

Est  tumulus         egressis  urbe,    que  vetustum  tem- 

Tktrt  it  a  riiiing  ground  to  you  departing  from  the  city,   and        an  old          tem- 

plum  desertffi  Cereris,  que  juxta         antiqua  cupressus   ser- 

I'N-       of  deserted      Ceres,       and    near  there  is  an  ancient     cypress  prc- 

vata  religione  patrum  multos  annos.     In  hanc   unam 

•crved  by  the  devotion  of  our  fathers     formnny     years.        To     this  one 

sedem,  veniemus  ex  diverse.       Genitor    tu  cape          sacra 

Mat,         we  will  come    by  difierent  tcays.    O  Father  do  thou  take         the  sacred 

manu  que      Patrios  Penates.         Nefas  me 

tMinfi  in  your  hand       and  our  paternal         gods.        It  is   a  wickedness    that  i 

digressum  e    tanto  bello  et  recenti  credo,    attrectare;  donee 

having  come  from  p-o  great  a  war  and   recent  slaughter,  should  touch  them;  until 

abluero  me  vivo  flumine.  Fatus     htec 

1  shall  have  washed  myself  in  the  living  stream.    Having  said  these  thirgs, 

insternor  super  latos  humeros  que  subjecta  colla,    veste 

I  am  covered  upon  my  broad   shoulders      and      bended       neck,  with  a  garment 

que  pelle     fulvi   leonis,  que  succedo      oneri:  parvus  lulus 

and  the  skin  of  a  tawny  lion,       and     I  succeed  to  the  load:         little         lulus 

implicuit  se  dextrae  que  sequitur  patrem  passibus  non 

has  linked  himself  to  my  right  hand  and      follows     his  father    with  steps      not 

sequis.     Conjux  subit  pone.     Ferimur    per  opaca  locorum, 

equal.         My  wife    follows  behind.    We  arc  carried  through  gloomy         places, 

et  nunc  omnes  aura         terrent,  omnis  sonus  excitat        me 

and  now     every  breath  of  wind  terrifies,      every     sound      alarms  me 

suspensum,  et  pariter  timentem  comiti      que  oneri,     quern 

io  suipense,      and  equally      fearing  for  my  companion  and  my  load,  whom 

dudum  non  ulla  tela,  injecta,  neque     Graii  glomerati 

lately         not      any    darts,    thrown,      neither  the  Greeks       collected  together 

ex  adverse  agmine,  movebant.     Jamque  propinquabam 

in     a  hostile       band,  moved.  And  now  I  drew  near 

portis    que  videbar  evasisse     omnem  viam;  cum 

to  the  gates  and     seemed  to  have  escaped      all  the  danger  of  the  way;        whei 

creber  sonitus  pedum  subito  visus     adesse   ad  aures:  que 

a  frequent  sound        of  feet    suddenly  seemed  to  be  present  to  my  ears:     and  my 

genitor  prospiciens  per  umbras  exclamat,  nate,  nate,    fuge, 

father  looking        through  the- shades     cries  out,     O  son,  O  son,  fly 

propinquant:  cerno     ardentes  clypeos  atque  micantia     ceia. 

I  hey  approach:       I  see  their  glittering      phields         and       gleaming         brass. 

Hi  •    male-amicum  numen  nescio  quod     eripuit  mihi    tre- 

Hero  «na    unfriendly  deity  I  kno\\  not       what  one  took  from  me         fear- 


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pido  contusam  mentem.     Namque  dum         cursu      sequor 

ful    my  confused  mind.  For  whilst  in  my  course         I  seek  (fir 

avia  et  excedo       nota    regione  viarum:        hen! 

unfrequented  plai.cs  and  depart  from  the  known  direction  of  the  ways:  alafc! 

conjux  Creusa  substitit.         incertum  ne     erepta 

my  wife      Crensa  stayed  bi-liiml,  it  is  uncertain  whether  snatched  from  me 

misero  fato,  erravit-ne  via  seu  lassa  resedit:     nee 

by  distressing  fate,  or  lias  wandered  from  the  path  or  wearied  sat  down:  nor 

reddita  est  nostns  oculis  post.     Nee    respexi       ve    rcflcxi 

was  she  restored  to  our      eyes  afterwards.  Nor  Iwe  Hooked  back  or  turned  baik 

animum       amissam,  priusquam  venimus     tumulum        que 

my  mind  thatshe  was  lost,  before         we  have  come  to  the  eminence        and 

sacratam  sedem  antiquae  Cereris;  hie,  omnibus  demum 

sacred  seat       of  ancient       Ceres;       here,       all  at   length 

collectis     una  defuit       et    fefellit  comites,  que 

being  collected  one  was  wanting  and  has  disappointed  her  companions.  and 

natum,  que  virum.     Quern  que  hominum  que          Deorum, 

son,  and    husband.      Whom     both        of  men          and  of  gods, 

amens  non  incusavi?  aut  quid  crudelius     vidi     in        urbe 

frantic      have  I  not  blamed?   or     what  more  cruel  have  I  beheld  in         the  city 

eversa?  Commendo  Ascanium  que  patrem  Anchisen       que 

destroyed?      I  commend        Ascunius         and  my  father        Anchises  and 

Teucros     Penates  sociis    etrecondo  curva" 

the  Trojan  household  gods  to  my  associates  and  I  conceal  them  in  a  winding 

valle.  Ipse       repeto  urbem  et    cingor  fulgentibus      armis. 

valley.     I  myself  seek  again  the  city  and   am   arrayed    in  shining  arms 

Stat  renovate  omnes  .casus  que  reverti  per  omnem 

My  purpose  is  fixed  to  renew         all  perils    and    to  return   over  all 

Trojam  et  rursus  objectare  caput  periculis.     Principle  repeto 

Troy          and  again        to  expose  my  head     to  dangers.  First  I  seek  again 

muros  que  obscura   limina    ports,      qua         extuleram 

the  walls  and     the  dark     entrances  of  the  gate,  whence  I  had  brought  forth  my 

gressum:  sequor  retro  vestigia. observata  per  noctem          et 

step:  I  follow  back  my  footsteps     observed         in  the  darkness         and 

lustro  lumine. 

search  them  out  by  the  light  of  the  flames. 

Ubique        horror       simul  silentia      ipsa    terrent 

Every  where  is  horror  at  the  same  time  the     silence  itself       terrifies 

ammos.     Inde     refero  domum  si  forte 

my0und.        Thence  I  bring        myself  again  home  that  I  might  see    if  by  chanc 

tulisset         pedem.  Danai  irruerant  et 

Creusa.  might  have  brought     her  foot    thither.     The  Greeks  hart  rushed  in  and 

tenebant  omne  tectum.      Ilicet       edax     ignis  volvitur 

possessed  the  whole        house  Quickly  the  devouring   fire    is    rolled  hy  the 

vento  ad  summa  fastigia;       flammse  exsuperant;       aestus 

wind      to  the  highest       roots.          the  flames         rise  above;    the  conflagration 

furit  ad  auras      Procedo  ad  sedas  Priami  que  reviso  arcem. 

rages    to  thp»ir  proceed  to  tlv>  mansions  of  Priam  and   revisit  the  citadel. 


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Et   jam     Phoenix    et    dims     Ulysses,    lecti    custoaes, 

And    BOW.       Phatmx         and  tiecrable      Ulysses,         chosen     guards, 

asservabant    predam    vacuis    porticibus     asylo    Junonis. 

were  watching   the  spoil  in  tb«    vacant  aisles     in  tbe  temple  of  Juno. 

Troia   gaza    erepta "  '»&••*  incensis    adytis,    que      mensae 

Tiojan  treasures  carried  otf  from  the  burning  temples,        and      Uic      table* 

Deorura,    que  solidi  crateres  auro,  que  captiva    vestis 

of  the     «od«.  *nd     solid     goblets    of    gold,      and   captive         vestment* 

con»eritur  hue   undique.     Puen   et   pavidae   matres   stant 

•re   piled  up     here  all  around  Boys       and   fearful          matrons       Hand 

circum  longo  ordine.    Quin  etiam  ausus     jactare       vocem 

•round    in  •    long   irain.         But      even      I  have  dared  jo  throw     my     voice 

per   umbram,     implevj      vias      clamore:      que    mcestus 

tnrouph  the  shade.    I  have  filled  the  streets    with  my  cry          and        mournful 

ingeminans  Creusam  nequicquam,    vocavi         iterum    que 

repeating   Creiua  in  vain.  Iliave  called   her   again  and 

iterum.     Infelix    simulacrum  atque  umbra    Creusae    ipsiui 

•gum.        The  unhappy       ghost,  and  the    shade  of    Creusa  herself 

et    imago  major  nota,  visa  est  ante   oculos      mihi 

•nd  an  image    larger    tJtan  the  known,  appeared   before     my  eye«       to  me 

quaerenti  et     furenti      tectis      urbis      sine      fine. 

seeking      htr       and        raving  in  the  houses  of  the  city        without       end. 

Obstupui  que      comae  steterunt  et      vox      hsesit 

I  have  beeu  astonished  and   my   hair  has  stood  erect  and  my  voice  has  adhered  to 

faucibus.    Turn  sic    affari       et  demere       curas 

My       Jaws.  Then  ske  began,  thus  to  address  me  and  to  take  away  my  caret 

his     dictis:     0  dulcis  conjux  quid,  tart  turn,        juvat 

with  these  words:      O  dear  spouse        why,    so  much,  doth  it  delight  yarn 

indulgere  insano  dolore?  haec       eveniunt  non  sine  numine 

to  indulge  in  immoderate  grief?      these  things    happen       not  without  the  will 

Divflm:  nee         fas  aut  ille  regnator  superi  Olympi  si  nit 

of  the  gods:        nor  VMS  it  lawful  or  does  he  the  ruler  of  hi^h         heaven      permit 

te  asportare  Creusam  comitem.     Longa  exilia  tibi,  et 

thee  to  carry  away  Creusa  a  companion.         Long)       exile  mill  be  to  Hire,  and 

vastum  aequor  maris  arandum.       Venies     ad  Hesperiam 

an  immense  surface  of  sea  to  be  ploughed.        You  shall  come  to  the  Hesperian 

terrain  ubi   Lydius  Tybris  fluit          leni  agmine  inter  arva 

land  where  Tuscan     Tyber    flows  with  its  gentle  stream       between  lands 

opima  virum.         Laetae         res         que     regnum  et    regia 

rich  in    heroes.  Prosperous  circumstances    and  a  kingdom       and  a  royal 

conjux       parta  tibi  illic:  pejle       lacrymas  dilectas  Creusae. 

s|iuuse  ^provided  for  thee  there:  banish  your  tears         for  beloved          Crousa. 

Ego  Dardanis  et  minis  Divse 

•  descendant  from  D.inl.inns     and  the  daughter  in-law  of  go<Idcs« 

Veneris,  non  aspiciam  superbas  sedes  Myrmidonum     ve 

Venus,  shall  not      behold    the     proud         seats    of    the   Greeks  or 

Dolopum,    aut  ibo  servitum  Graiis  matribus.     Sed  magna 

of  the  Dolopes,  orsltall  I  go  to  serve  the  Grecian  matrons.  But    the  great 


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gcnitnx  Drum  detinel  me    his    oris.       Jamque    vale    et 

mother  of  ilic  gods     detains     me  on  those  coasts.        And  now  farewell        ami 

serva        amorem      communis  nati.     Ubi         dedit.      haec 

tccep     your       love     of  our  common        son.  When  she  has  spoken  these 

dicta,  deseruit     lachrymantem  et  volentera  dicere  multa 

words,    she  left       me     weeping  and   wishing  to  say  many  things 

que  recessit  in  tenues  auras.     Ibi,  ter  conatus  circuindare 

and    vanished   into   the   thin    air  There,  thrice  I  attempted  to  throw    my 

brachia         collo;    imago  comprensa  frustra  ter          effugit 

arms  around  her  neck;  the  linage        seized  in    vaia    three  times   escaped 

manus,  par  levibus  ventis  que  simillima  volucri  somno. 

my    hands,    equal   to  the  light  winds    arid     most  like       a  fleeting        dream. 

Sic  demum    nocte  consumpta  revise       socios.     Atque  hie 

Thus  at  length  the  night  being  spent  I  revisit    my  companions.    And         here 

admirans,  mvenio  ingentem   numerum   novorum  comitum 

admiring,  I  find  that  a  vast  number    of  new  companions 

affluxisse  que  matres  que  viros,   pubem  collectam  exilio, 

to  have  flowed  in  both  matrons   and     men,       youth         collected         for  exile, 

miserabile  vulgus!  convenere         undique          parati 

a   miserable    crowril        they  have  assembled  from  every  quarter  prepared 

animis  que         opibus         in  quascunque   terras         velim 

with  minds  and    their  efftcts  to  follow  to  whatsoever  lands  I  may  be  willing 

deducere         pelago.     Jamque     Lucifer     surgebat     jugis 

to  conduct   them  on  the  sea.      And  now  the  morning  star  was  rising  on  the  tops 

summae  Ida:  que  ducebat  diem  que  Danai  tenebant  limina 

of  highest       Ida      and  ushered  in  the  day    and  the  Greeks  kept  the  entrance 

portarum  obsessa,  nee  ulla  spes  opis  dabatur.  Cessi  et 

of  the  gates       besieged,  nor    any   hope  of  assistance  was  given.    I  yielded  and 

petivi   montem      genitore   sublato. 

sought  the  mountain  my  parent  being  lifted  up. 


jENEID. 
BOOK  THIRD. 


POSTQUAM  visum          Superis       evertere  res  Asiae 

AFTER       it  has  pleased  the  gods  above  to  overthrow  tl)e  power  of  Asia 

qne  gentem  Priami  immeritam,  que  superbum  Ilium  cecidit, 

mid    the  nation  «f  Priam      undeserving,      and      stately  Iliuhi  has  fallen, 

et  omnis  Neptunia  Troja  fumat  humo;  agimur 

•nd    all          Neptunian      Troy    smokes  from  the  ground;  we  are  driven, 

auguriis  Divum  quserere  diversa  exilia  et  desertas   terras, 

by  the  omens  of  the  gods  to  seek         remote     exiles   and  unoccupied       lands. 


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nue  molimur  classem  sub   ipsa  Antandro  et       monlibus 

•nil       webuilJ       •  fleet      under  (he  very  Antandnts  and    the    nnuiunins   or 

Phry<naeld«B  que  contrahimus     viros,  incerti  quo,  fata 

Phrygian      Ida     and  we  draw  together  our  nien,  uncertain  where,        (he  fates 

fcrant,        ubi         detur    sistere.         Vix  prima       aestas 

may  conduct  us.  where  it  may  be  granted  to  settle.    Scarcely  the  first     summer 

inceperat,  et  pater  Anchises  jubebat    dare  vela          fatis. 

bad  b  -Kim,      and  father      Anchises       ordered  K*  to  hoist  sails  by  the  fates. 

Turn  lacrymans  relinquo  litora         patrine  que  portus,      et 

Then    wrepin»  I  leave    the  shores  of  my  country  and  the  purts.        anj 

campos  ubi  Troja  full:         feror    exul    in  altum         cum 

tli.-  plain*  where  Troy  has  been:  lam  curried  an  exile  to  the  deep  with  mj 

sociis    que    nato    Penatibus    et  magnis  Dis.  Procul 

companions  and  my  son  my  household  go.ls  and  the  great  gods.         ^At  a  distance 

Mavortia  terra  vaslis  campis  colitur,    Thraces   arant,  quon- 

a  martial          land  wilh  vast  plains  is  inhabited,  the  Thracians  cuMivate  it,    for- 

dam  regnata  acri  Lycurgo;  antiquum    hospitium  Trojse,  que 

nerly  governed  by  fierce  hycurgus;      an  ancient  retreat         of  Troy     and 

Penates  socii    dum  fortuna    fuit.  Feror    *huc 

iu  gods  teere  our  companions  while    fortune  has  been  to  us.    I  am  carried  hither 

et    loco    prima  moenia    curvo   littore    ingressus  fatis 

mnd  1  place  wjr  first         walls  on  the  winding  shore    having  entered    with  fates 

iniquis;  que  fingo  vEneadas  nomen          de      meo 

unkind;         and    I  cxt\  the  inhabitants    ^Eneadaj       a  name  deriaed  from          my 

nomine.     Ferebam    sacra         matri  Dionaeae  que          Divis 

name.  I  \va?  ottering  sacriliccs  to  my  mother    Venus      and  the  gods 

auspicibus  operum  coeptorum:  que  mactabam          nitentem 

the  patrons  of  our  works        begun:  and    was    sacrificing  a  white 

taurum  in  littore    supero   regi         Ccelicoliim.  Forte 

lull  on  thp  sh'iro  to  the  high  king  of  the  heavenly   inhabitants.   By  chance 

tumulus      fuit  juxta.     quo   summo      cornea  virgulta        et 

a  n.-ms  ground  was    near    on  which  suinniit  were  cornel          twigs  and 

myrtus  horrida  densis  hastilibus.     Accessi  que          conatus 

a  myrtle     awful     with  thick        spears.          I  drew   near  und          endeavoured 

conveilere  viridem  sylvam  ab    humo,    ut     tegerem        aras 

to  tear  the  verdant     wood     from  the  ground,  that  I  might  cover  the  altar* 

frondentibus  ramis:  video  horrendum  monstrum  et    mirabile 

with  leafy  boughs:      I  see         a  dreadful  prodigy         and     wonderful 

dictu.    Nam  qo-TB  arbos  prima  vellitur  solo 

to  be  told.     For    winch    tree       first     is   p-illed  up  from   the  ground,  its 

radicibus  ruptis,  guttae  atro  sanguine  liquuntur  huic          et 

units  bc-iiig  broken  ort'.  drons  of  bliick    blond  ooze  out      to  this  tree,    and 

maculant  terrain    tabo.    Fngidus  horror   quatit        membra 

•tain  the  earth  with  sore       Old         trembling    shakes  the  limbs 

mihi,  que     sanjuis  gelidus  formidme,     coit.          Rnrsus  m- 

forme.    and  my      blood          chilled  tliroueh  fear,  cr.llccu  togpther.     Again  I  pro. 

sequor  et  conveilere  lentum  vimen  alterius  et  penitus 

eeed         also     to  pluck  uj.     tl  »  limber    shoot     of  another  and  thoroughly 


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xentare    latentes  causas  etater  sanguis  sequitur  de     toitice 

•o  examine  the  hidden   causes   and  black    blood          follows   from       the  bark 

alterius.     Movens  multa  animo  venerabar      agrestes 

•f  the  other.    Revolving  many  things  in  my  mind        I  prayed  toiherural 

nymphas  que  patrem  Gradivum,  qui   praesidet     Geticis 

nymphs         and       father  Mars,         who        presides    over  the  Thraciais 

arvis,  secundarent    visus      rite     quelevarentornen. 

territories,  that  they  would  prosper  the  vision  in  due  form  and  avert       the  omen. 

Sed  postquam  aggredior  tertia  hastilia  majore  nixu,         que 

But  after  I  attempt    the  third   spears  with  greater  effort  and 

genibus  obluctor     adversae  arenae;  eloquor  an  si- 

with  my  knees  I  struggle  against  the  opposite  sand;   shall  I  speak  or       shall  I  be 

leam?  lacrymabilis  gemitus  auditur        imo  tumulo, 

Eiient?       a  mournful         groan       is  heard  from  the  bottom  of  the  rising  ground, 

et    vox  reddita  fertur  ad  aures:  JEnez,  quid    laceras 

and  a  voice  returned  from  it  is  brought  to  my  ears:    O  ^Eneas,      why  do  you  tear 

miserum?         parce   jam  sepulto,  parce  scelerare  pias 

_  wretched  being-?   spare  me    now    buried,        forbear    to  pollute         your  pious 

manus:  Troja      tulit       me  non    externum  tibi:    hie  cruor 

hands:  Troy  has  produced  me     not       a   stranger   to  you:    this      blood 

manat  baud  stipite.         Heu!  fuge  crudeles  terras,          fuge 

flows  not  from  the  trunk.    All!          fly        the  cruel       lands,  fly 

avarum    litus;  nam  ego  Polydorus;      ferrea  seges    telorum 

the  avaricious  sliore;   for         I  am   Polydorus;         an   iron      crop  of  darts 

texit  confixum  hie  et  ingrevit  acutis  jaculis.      Turn, 

has  covered  me  pierced  through  here  and    grown  with  sharp  javelins.  Then, 

vero    pressus         mentem      ancipiti  formidine  obstupui 

indeed  weighed  down  as  to  my  mind  with  doubtful    "     fear        I  was  astonished 

que  comae  steterunt  et      vox  haesit  faucibus.  Quondam 

and  my  hair       stotd  up     and  my  voice  clung     to  my  jaws.  Formerly 

infelix  Priamus  furtim  mandarat  hunc  Polydorum    Threi'cio 

unhappy     Priam         secretly      had  sent          t:iis        Polydorus  to  the  Thracian 

regi  alendum     cum  magno  pondere  auri;  cum  jam      diffi- 

king  to  be  brought  up  with     a  great        weight     of  gold;    when    now          he  de- 

deret     armis  Dardaniae  que  videret  urbem   cingi    obsidione. 

spaired  of  tlie  arms   of  Troy       and       saw       the  city  to  be  beset  with  a  siege. 

Ille    ut      opes       Teucrum  fractae,    et      fortuna 

He  as  soon  as  the  powers  of  the  Trojans  have  been  broken  down  and  their  fortune 

recessit,  secutus  Agamemnonias  res  que    victricia        anna, 

has  receded, following       Agamemnon's      cause   and  his  victorious  arms, 

abrumpit  omne     fas,  obtruncat  Polydorum  et         politur 

breaks  every  sacred  law,  murders  Polydorus     and  possessc-s  hit 

auro    vi.    Sacra  fames  auri!  quid      non    cogis        mortalia 

col:l  by  force.    O  cursed  desire  of  gold!  what  dost  thou  not  force  the  mortsrt 

pectora!  postquam  pavor  reliquit    ossa,  refero          monstra 

tiearts  to  do!      after  fear     has  left  my  bones,    I  relate         these  prodigies 

Doum    ad  dolectos  procercs  populi    que  primum   parentem 

of  the  gods  to     chosen         leaders  of  the  people  and         first        to  my  fatlx . 


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el  posco  quse  s\[    scntentia.     Idem    animus   ommibus  ex- 

•nd  rrqiurc  what  may  lv>  their  opinion.    The  same  disposition  u  to  all       to  Je- 

cedere    scelcrata  terra,  linquere  pollutum  hospitium  et  dare 

part       from  OH*  eiecrable  land,  lo  quil  ike  pLftce  of  violated  hotpuality  and  to  give 

Auslros  classibus.    Ergo  instauramus    funus  Polydoro 

(be  winds  to  our  fleet.    Therefore    we  renew       the  funeral  rites     lo  Pol)  dorm 

et   ingens    tellus     aggeritur      tumulo;     arae  stant 

•  nd  •  huge    pileof  earth    i*  thrown  up  for  the  tomb:  altars        are  standing 

manibus  mnestae  caaruleis  vittis  que  atra  cupresso:  et         Ilia- 

lo  kit  Manes  mournful  with  azure  fillets    and  gloomy  cypress:    and     the  Trojan 

des    sol  u  tee  crinem         de         more         circum.  Inferimus 

mairons  loo«e  as  to  their  hair  according  to  custom  stand  around.          We  <>ll"-r 

cymbia  spumantia   tepido  lacte  et  pateras    sacri    sanguinis: 

bowls  foaming        with  warm  milk  and    goblets  of  consecrated  blood: 

que  condimus  animam  sepulchre  et  supremum  ciomus  magna 

•nd        we  hide       the  soul     in  the  grave  and        lastly  wo  call  with  a  loud 

voce.    Inde    ubi  prima  fides  pelago  que  venti     dant 

voice.      Thence  when  there  i$  the  first  trust  to  the  ocean  and  the  winds    grant 

placata  mariaet     Auster    lenis  crepitans  vocat  in       altum; 

tranquil.       seni   and  the  south  wind  mild     rustling    invites  us  to          the  deep; 

socii    deducunl  naves  etcomplent  litora.        Provehimur 

my  companions    launch   the  ships  and    cover       the  shore.    We  are  wafted  from 

portu,  que  terras  que  urbes  recedurtt. 

the  port  and  the  lunds  and  the  cities  recede. 

Gratissima  tellus,  sacra        matri       Nereid  urn  et  .iEgaeo 

A  rmint  pleasant  land,    pacred  to  the  mother  of  the  Nereids        and      /Eyean 

Neptuno  colitur        medio   mari;    quam   errantem    circum 

Neptune  is  inhabited  in  the  midst  of  the  sea:      which       wandering  around 

oras  et  litora  pius  Arcitenens   revinxrt   celsa  Mycone 

he  counts  and  fhores  tbe  pioiis  Archer  has  bound  with  high  Mycone 

que  Gyaro;  que     dedit      immotam    coli        et  contemnere 

mud    Gynros:      and  has  rendered  it  unmoved  to  be  inhabited  and  to  contemn 

ventos.     Hue     feror:       ha?c  placidissima         accipit 

the     wind*,      lliiher  I  am  brought:    this    most   peaceful     land     receives      vt 

fessos        tuto  portu.      Egressi  veneramur  urbem  Aj)ollinis. 

wearied  In  it*  sufe      port.  Landing  we  venerate       the  city  of  Apollo. 

Rex   Anius,     idem     rex   hominum   que   sacerdos    Phoebi 

The  king  Anius,   the  name     king       of  men  and       priest      of     Phoebus 

rcdimitus         tempora  vittis  et  sacra  lauro  occurrit,  agnoscit 

bound          a«  to  his  temples  with  fillets  and  sacred  laurel  meets    vs,  he  knows 

veterem  amicum  Anchisen.      Jungimus  dextras  hospitio 

tin        nld  friend  Anchises.  We  jnin         right  hands  in  amity 

et  subimus  tecta.      Venerabar    templa       Dei  structa 

•nd  we  come  under  Aw   roof.  I  reverenced  the  temples  of  the  god   built 

vetusto  saxo:  da    Thymbnee  propriam  domum  da  rnoenia 

ef  ancient  rock;    grant  O  Thymbrxus       a  fixed  home    grant  walls  to  ut 

fessis    et      genus    et    mansuram    urbem:     serva    ultera 

wearied  and  an  offspring     and     an  abiding  city:  preserve       other 


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Pergama  Trojae  reliquias      Danaum  atque  immitis  Achillei. 

•funs of  Troy  U»e  remnant  of  the  Greeks          and  of  merciless         Achilles. 

Quern    sequimur?     ve    quo      jubes       ire?     ubi     ponerc 

Whom  do  we    follow?       or  whither  do  you  order  us  to  go?      where    to   place 

sedes?         pater  da      augurium    atque    illabere    nostris 

our  seats?         O  father  grant   us        a  sign  and       glide  into  our 

animis.       Vix    fatus     eram     ea:  omnia        repente 

minds.  Scarcely  had  I  spoken     those     icords:       all     things    suddenly 

visa  tremere  que      limina  que   laurus      Dei:      que 

have  seemed  to  tremble       both  the  gates      and  the  laurel  of  the  god:         and 

totus  mons    circum    moveri  et    cortina   mugire     adytis 

the  whole  mountain  around  to  be  moved    and  the  oracle  to  bellow  the  sanctuary 

reclusis.     Submissi  petimus  terrain,   et    vox  fertur    ad 

being     opened.         Humble       we  seek  the  ground,     and  a  voice  is  conveyed  to 

aures:     duri  Dardanidae  eadem  tellus,    quae  prima    tulit 

eur  ears:       ye  hardy  Trojans      the   same     land,         which  first  has  produced 

vos      a     stirpe       parentum,  accipiet  vos   reduces      lajto 

you  from  the  stock  of  your  forefathers,     shall  receive  you    returned  in  its  joyful 

ubere:  exquirite       antiquam  matrem.     Hie  domus  ./Eneas 

foil:        search  out    your  ancient         mother.  Here  the  family  of  /Eneas 

dominabitur    cunctis    oris,    et        natorum    nati,    et    qui 

shall   bear  rule      over    all  lands,        and   his  children's     children,    and    who 

nascentur     ab    illis.       Haec  Phoebus:    que  ingens 

shall  be    born   from   them.          These  things  said    Phoebus:          and  great 

tatitia  exorta      mixto   tumultu;     et   cuncti     quaerunt  qua? 

joy  has  arisen  with  mingled        tumult;        and        all  inquire  what 

ea  incenia,  sint,  quo   Phoebus   vocet      errantes,  que  jubeat 

those  vvalls  may  be,  whither  Phoebus     may  call  vs   wandering,    and   command 

reverti.      Turn       genitor  volvens   monumenta  veterurn 

«*  to  return.       Then   my     father        revolving  the  memorials   of  the  ancient 

virorum  ait,    0   proceres,    audite  et  discite   vestras   spes. 

men      says,     O       noblea,  hear       and       learn         your  hopes. 

Greta    insula    magni    Jovis     jacet     rnedio     ponto,  ubi 

Crete  an  island  of   great        Jove          lies  in  the  middle  of  the  sea,  where  i* 

Mons  Idaeus  et   cunabula  nostrae   gentis:    habitant  centum 

Mount  Ida        and  the  nursery      of  our          race:      they  inhabit  an  hundred 

magnas   urbes,    uberrima  regna;    unde   Teucrus  maxim  us 

great     cities,,      most   fertile   realms;       whence   Tcucer  our  first 

pater,  si  rite   recorder          audita,    primum    advectus   est 

ancestor,  if  rightly  I  remember   things     heard,          first         has  been     carried 

in  Rhceteas  oras,  que   optavit    locum        regno;  Iliuu:  et 

to  the  Rhcetian  coasts,      and  has  selected  a  situation  for  his  kingdom;  Ilium  and 

Pergamaj  arces  nondum  steterant;  habitabant  imis  vallibus. 

Pergamzan    towers    not   yet   had   stood;        they  dwelt  in  the  lowest    vales. 

Hinc         mater  Cybele,    cultrix,    que    Corybantia    asra, 

Hence  came  mother  Cybele,   the  protectress,  and  the  Cory bantian        brass, 

que    Idseum    nemus:     hinc      fida   silentia        sacris, 

and  the  Idtean        grove:  hence  the  faithful  silence  in   k»r  sacred     rites 


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et     juncti    leones      subiere      currum    dominze      Ergo 

anil  the  coupled   lion*      have  come  under  the  chariot  of  tlic  goddeM.    Tlieri-fort 

agite    et    qua          jussa  Divum  ducunt      scquamur. 

come       and    where  the  commands     of  the  gods  lead      let  in  follow. 

Placemus      ventos  et  petamus     Gnossia  regna.    Nee 

Let  uiappcaso  the  wind*    and  let  us  seek  the  Gnofsian  realms.  ti or  are ! lief 

longo  cursu  distant,  modo         Jupiter  adsit,       tertia     lux 

along         way       distant;      provided  that  Jupiter         be  with  us,  the  third  light 

sistet       classem  in      Cretans  oris. 

*liall  place   o-tr    fleet         on  the  Cretan      coasts. 

Sic     falus    mactavit  meritos  honores    aris:  taurum 

Thus  having  said  he  offered     suitable     sacrifices  upon  the  altars:  a  bull 

Neptuno;  taUrum  tibi     pulcher  Apollo;  nigram       pecudem 

to  Neptune;       a  bull    to  ihee    O  beautiful  Apollo;         a  black  sheep 

hyemi,  albam         felicibus     Zephyris.     Fama  volat  Idome- 

to  winter,  •  white  one  to  the  propitious  Zephyrs.  A  rumor  flics  that  Idome- 

nea  ducem  pulsum     cesisse         paternis    regnis,  que 

neus   a  leader    banished  has  departed  from  his  paternal  kingdom*,  an 

littora      Cretae  deserta,         domos  vacare 

that  the  shores  of  Crete  have  been  deserted,  and  the  houses  are  free         from  the 

hoste,  que  sedes    astare  relictas.     Linquimus  portus    Orty- 

cnemy,     and  the  regions  remain  abandoned.  We  leave      the  port    of  Orty- 

giae,  que  volamus  pelago:  que  legimus  Naxon  Baccha- 

gia,      and       fly  on         the  sea:      and    we  coast     by  Naxos  where  the  liaccha 

tarn        jugis     que  viridem  Dooysam,  Olearon,  que  niveair 

nals  revel  on  iii  tops  and       green  Donysa,  O'caros,      and         snow) 

Paron,  que  Cycladas  sparsas  per    jequor  et    freta      consita 

Faros,       und    the  Oyclades  scattered  through  the  sea  and  the  straits  sown 

crebis  terris.     Nauticus  clamor  exoritur  vario      certamine. 

with  many  lands.    The  naval       clamor       arises  with  various  emulation. 

Socii       hortantur,          petamus  Cretam  que       proavos. 

Our  companions  encourage  each  other,  let  us  sjek  Cretam      and      our  ancestors. 

Ventus  surgens  zl    puppe  prosequitur  euntes:  et       tandem 

The  wind      rising    from  the  stern        follow*  us    proceeding:  and         at  length 

allabimur  antiquis   oris    Curetum.     Ergo   avidus       molior 

\v-  arrive   at  the  ancient  shores  of  the  Curetes.    Therefore  eager  I  raise 

muros      optatac     urbis,  que  voco        Pergamean:  et  hortor 

the  walls  of  the  wished  for  city,     and  I  call  it  the  cllyof  I'ergamus:  and  I  exhort 

gentem  l.-etam    cognomine   amare        focos,  que     attollere 

my  people  delighted  with  the  name    to  love  their  homes,    and  TO  raise 

arcem       tectis.    Jamque    puppes  fere  subductce     in 

a  tower  on  their  houses.  And  now  the  ships  have  been  mostly       drawn        upon 

eicco  littore:  juventus  operata         connubiis  que  novis 

(he  dry  sh  ire:        the  youth  have  been  busily  employed  in  nuptials  and  their  new 

arvis,     dabam      jura  que  domos:  cum  subito  tabida       que 

acids.  I  was  distributing  laws  and      houses:     when  suddenly  a  wasting      and 

miseranda  lues,  tractu  cceli     corrupto,     venit         membris 

pitiable  disease,  a  space  of  the  air  corrupted,     came  upon  their  limbs 


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que    arboribus  que  satis,  et  annus  lethifer. 

and  their     trees         and   crops,  and  the  year  becomes  destructive  of  life. 

Linquebant  dulces  animos,  aut  trahebant   aegra  corpora:  turn 

They  left     tfieir  pleasant      lives,          or        dragged  their  sick      bodies:       then 

Sinus  exurere  steriles  agros.     Herbae  arebant,         et 

th/>  dog-star  began  to  burn      the  sterile  fields.      The  herbs   were  dried,          and 

aegra      seges  negabat    victum.     Rursus  pater  hortatur  ire 

the  diseased  crop    denied  them  sustenance.        Again  my  lather    advises      to  go 

ad  oraculum  Ortygiae,  que  Phcebum  mari         remenso, 

to     the  oracle    of  Ortygia,     and       Apollo      the  sea      being  measured  back 

precari  quern  finem         ferat  fessis  rebus;  uncle 

to  inquire  what       end     be  may  make  to  our  afflicted  affairs;  whence 

jubeat    tentare  auxilium  laborum;      quo  vertere  cursus. 

be  may  order  us  to  seek       relief    of  our  sufferings;  whither  to  turn  our  course. 

Erat  nox,  et  somnus  habebat    animalia         terris.       Sacrae 

It  was  night,  and     sleep         possessed  living  creatures  on  the  earth.    The  sacred 

effigies  Divum  que  Phrygii     Penates,      quos        extuleram 

images    of  the  gods  and  the  Trojan  household  deities,  which         I  had  brought 

mecum  a  Troja  que  ex  mediis     ignibus      urbis,     visi 

with  me  from    Troy     and  from  the  middle  of  the  flames  of  the  city,  have  seemed 

astare  ante  oculos      jacentis  insomnis,  manifest!          multo 

to  stand  before  the  eyes  of  me  lying         awake,        conspicuous  by  much 

lumine:  qua  plena  Luna  fundebat  se      per    insertas  fenes- 

light:  where  the  full   moon      poured     herself  through  the  inserted      win- 

tras.     Turn  sic  effari,  et  demere    curas     his 

dows.      Then  thus  they  have  seemed  to  speak,  and  to  diminish  my  cares  with  these 

dictis;    quod   Apollo  dicturus    tibi       delato  Ortygiam  hie 

words;    that  which  Apollo  is  about  to  tell  to  thee  carried  back  to  Ortygia      here 

canit:    et,  en,  ultro  mittit  nos  ad  tua  limina.  Nos 

he  reveals:  and,  lo,  willingly  he  sends  us     to    thy  dwelling.  We  have 

secuti    te  que  tua  arma,  Dardania  incensa;  nos,  sub       te 

accompanied  thee  and    thy    arms,          Troy       being  burnt;    we,  under     thee 

permensi  tumidum  aequor  classibus;       iidem       tollemus 

have  measured     the  swollen       sea  in  ships:   tec  the  same  will  raise 

ventures  nepotes   in  astra  que  dabimus    urbi         imperium 

thy  future   descendants  to  the  stars  and    will  give  to  thy  city  the  empire 

Tu     para  magna  mcenia    magnis,  neque 

of  tteworld.    Do  thou  prepare  great         walls  for  a  powerful  people,         neither 

linque  longum  laborem  fugae.  Sedes  mutandse: 

relinquish  the  long       labor  of  thy  flight.      Your  abodes  must  be  changed: 

Delius  Apollo  non    suasit     tibi    haec  littora,  aut          jussit 

Delian       Apollo       has  not  advised  for  thee  these    shores,     or         commanded 

considere  Cretae.         Est  locus     Graii  dicunt       Hesperiam 

to  settle  at  Crete.    There  is  a  place  the  Greeks      call  it  Hesperia 

cognomine:  antiqua  terra,  potens  armis  atque  ubere 

by  name:  an  ancient    land,      powerful    in  arms   and  the  fertility 

glebse.    (Enotrii  viri  coluere:         nunc  fama 

of  the  soil.    CEnolrian  men  have  inhabited  it:      now  there  it  a  report  thai  their 


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minores  dixissc    gentem  Italiam,  de  nomine  duels.     Hsec 

de*ccndantt  have  called  the  nation        Italy,    from  the  name  of  the  chief.   Tlic.-u 

sedes  propris  nobis:  hinc      ortus    Dardanus,  que       pater 

Hoots  arcdcttined     to  us:  from  hence  has  sprung  Dardanus,      and  father 

lasius;  «L  quo  principe  nostrum  genus.  Age,  surge   et 

lavus;    from  which    prince  our  race  it  derived.     Come,   arise      and 

Ijetus  refer  longsevo  parent!  haec  dicta     baud         dubitanda. 

joyful    relate  to  thy  aged        sire         these  words  by  no  means        to  he  doubted. 

Require  Coritum  que  Ausonias  terras:  Jupiter  negat        tibi 

Search  out     Coritus      and    the  Ausouiaii    lands:      Jupiter       denies      to  thee 

Dictseaarva.  Attonitus  talibus  visis  ac  voce  Deorum 

the  Cretan  field?.    I  hnrr  been  astonished  at  such  visions  and  the  voice  of  the  god* 

nec  erat  illud  sopor;  sed  videbar  mihi    agnoscere        vultus 

nor      was    tlint      sleep;       but    I  seemed. to  mys«lf  to  distinguish      their  looki 

coram  que     comas     velatas,        que      prsesentia  ora:     turn 

openly      and  their  hair  adorned  with  fillets,    and  their  present       faces:       then 

gelidus  sudor  manabat  tota  corpora,  corripio       corpus 

cold  sweat      ran  down  from  my  whole      body,        I  snatch    •        my  body 

stratis,  que  tendo  manus  supinas  ad  ccelum  cum      voce, 

from  the  bed,  and  spread  out  my  hands  lilted  up    to     heaven      with    my  voice, 

et        libo  focis  intemerata  munera.  Honore 

and  I  pour  forth  on  the  hearths  the  pure          offerings.  The  ofTcrings 

perfecto,       laetus  facio  Anchisen  certum,  que  pando 

being  completed,  joyful  I  make      Anchiscs          sure,         and  disclose 

rern         ordine.         Agnovit     ambiguam  prolem,    que 

the  circumstance  in  order.      He  acknowledged    the  doubtful  offspring,         and 

geminos  parentes,  que     se     deceptum         novo         errore 

the  double       founders,      nnd  that  he  has  been  deceived  by  the  recent     mistake 

veterum  locorum.  Turn  memorat:  nate,     exercite       Iliacis 

of  the  ancient  places.         Then      he  relates:    O  son,  exercised       by  the  Trojan 

fatis,  Cassandra  sola  canebat  mihi  tales  casus.  Nunc    repeto 

disasters, Cassandra  alone    foretold     tome   such    events.       Now   I  recollect 

portendere    haec  debita  nostro  generi,       et 

that  she  foretold      that  these  places  have  been  destined  for  our     nation,          and 

ssepe  vocare   Hesperiam,    saepe    Itala      regna.      Sed  quis 

often      called   it         Hesperia,          often    the   Italian    realms.  But    who 

crederet    Teucros      ventures        ad    littora    Hesperiae? 

would  believe  that  the  Trojans  were  about  to  come  to  the  shores       of  Hespi>ria? 

aut  quern  turn         vates         Cassandra  moveret?     Cedamus 

or       whom    then  could  the  prophetess   Cassandra         move?  Let  us  yield 

Phoebo,  et   moniti,     sequamur  meliora.         Sic     ait;        e* 

to  Phoebus,  and  being  advised,  let  us  follow  better  counsels.    Thus  iie  says,     and 

cuncti,  ovantes,  paremus     dictis.   Deserimus  hanc      sedetn 

we  all,       rejoicing,        obey        his  words.  We  quit         this  land 

quoque,  que  paucis  relictis  damus  vela,  que  currimus  vastum 

also,  and      a  few     beingjefl  wemako   sail,     and  we  run  over    the  vast 

iDquor        cava  trabe.     Postquam  rates    tenuere  altum,  nec 

Bea      »» our  hollow  ships.  After       the  ships  have  gained  the  deep,   no. 


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ullae  terras  jam  amplius  apparent  undique,  coelu.n  et 

any       lauds    now      longer        appear         all  around,  the  heavens  appear   and 

undique  pontus;  turn     coeruleus  imber  astitit  supra     caput 

All  around    the  ocean;     then  a  leaden  colored  cloud    stood       over        the  nead 

mihi,  ferens  noctem  que  hyemem;  et  unda  inhorruit         te- 

lo  me,   bringing      night        and        a  storm;    and  the  sea  grew  terrific          with 

nebris.  Continue  venti  volvunt  mare,  que    magna     aequora 

darkness.    Forthwith  the  winds      roll        the  sea,    and          vast  wav 

surgunt:  jactamur,    dispersi     vasto  gurgite. 

arise:  we  are  tossed,     scattered  on  the  vast  abyss< 

Nimbi  involv£rediem,  et  humida  nox  abstulit       coelum 

Clouds  have  obscured  the  day,  and   hihnid      night   has  taken        the  heave 

ignes  ingeminant  abruptis  nubibus.  Excutimur 

from  our  vific:  lightnings    redouble      from  the  broken  clouds.        We  are  driven 

cursu,     et   erramus  in  caecis  undis.  Palinurus         ipse 

from  our  course,  and    we  wander  on  the- dark  waves.      Palinurus  himself 

negat  discernere  diem  que  noctem     coelo,        nee       memi- 

dcnies    to  distinguish  the  day  and    the  night  in  the  heavens,  nor  to  have* 

nisse  vise     in  media     unda.       Adeo  erramus    pelago 

remembered  the  course  in  ihe  midst  of  the  waves.    Thus     we  wander  on  the  sea 

tres  incertos  soles  caeca  caligine,    totidem       noctes        sine 

three  doubtful      days  in  thick   darkness,  the  same  number  of  nights      without 

sidere.  Tandem    quarto    die  terra  primum         visa  attollere 

a  star.        At  length  on  the  fourth  day  the  earth    tirst    has  been  seen        to  raise 

se,     montes     procul  aperire,  ac  volvere  fumum.          Vela 

itself,  the  mountains  from  afar,  to  open,    and    to  roll  smnke.        The  sails 

cadunt:  insurgimus  remis;         baud  mora,  nautaa       adnixi 

drop:  we  rise  on  our  oars:  there  is     no       delay,  the  sailors       striving 

torquent  spumas,  et  verrunt  coerula. 

turn  the  foam,  and   sweep     the  azure  seas. 

Littora  Strophadum  primum  accipiunt  me  bervatum 

The  shores  of  the  Strophades  first  receive          me         preserved 

ex   undis.  Insulae  dictae  Strophades      Graio  nomine 

from  the  waves.    Those  islands       called    Strophades  from  a  Grecian          name 

stant    in   magno   lonio:        quas   dira   Celaeno   que  alias 

arc  situated  in  the  great        Ionian   sea.    which   direful    Ctktuo          and    other 

Harpyiae  colunt:  postquarn    domus    Phineia         clausa, 

Harpies          inhabit:        since  the  palace  of  Phiueus  has  been  closed  again  it 

que  liquSre  priores  mensas  metu.  Haud  monstrum 

them,  and  they  have  left  their  former  tables  through  fear.        Not  a  monster 

tristius   illis,      nee   ulla   saevior  pestis,    et    ira    Deorum 

more  fell  than  they,        nor     any   •   more  cruel   pest,       and  scourge  of  the  gods 

extulit    sese  Stygiis  undis.      Vultus  volucrum 

bath  taised  itself  from  the  Stygian     waves.         The  faces  of  those  fowls 

virginei,          fcedissima  proluvies   ventris,  que   uncae 

art  like  virgins'  faces,     a  most  foul         efflux  of  the   belly,  and     hooked 

manus   et  ora   semper  pallida  fame.      Delati  hue   ubi 

hand?         and    faces   always       pale  from    hunger        Wafted    hither     when 


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intravimus  portus:    ecce   videimis  laeta  armenta  bourn 

«ve  have  entered  the  harbor:       lo          we  tee  fat          herds   of  oxen 

passim    campis   que   pecus  caprigenum    per    herbas, 

all  about  on  th«  plaint       and      a  flock      of  goau  along   the    meadows, 

nullo    custode.          Irruimus  ferro,    et    vocamus 

with    no       keeper.  We  rush  on    them  with  the. sword,  and  invoke 

Divos   et  Jovem    ipsum  in   partem  que  praedam:     tune 

the  fod*         and    Jupiter     himself    to  a   share       and   the   booty:  then 

extruimus  toros          curvo    littore,   que  epulamur  opimis 

we       erect     the  couches  on  the  winding  shore,  and  we  .feast  upon  the  rich 

dapibus.     At      Harpyiae  subitae   adsunt          horrifico  lapsu 

meats.          But  the  Harpies          sudden  are  present  with  a  dreadful  descent 

de     montibus,  et  quatiunt         alas      magnis    clangoribus 

from  the  mountains,     and  they  shake  their  wings  with  mighty         noises 

que  diripiunt     dapes,  que  foedant  omnia         immundo  con- 

and         seize         our    meats,    and      defile  all      tnth  their    filthy        touch: 

tactu:    turn     dira     vox  inter    tetrum    odorem. 

then  a  dreadful      voice   teas  to  them    amidst  a  horrid  scent. 

Rursum  mstruimus       mensas,  que  reponimus  ignem      aris, 

Again         we  spread         our     tables,         and  we  replace    the  fire  on  the  altars, 

in  longo  secessu  sub  cavata  rupe,  clausa   circum    arboribus 

in  a  long         retreat  under  a  hollow     rock,     inclosed   around  with  trees 

atque  horrentibus  umbris.      Rursum  ex  diverso  coeli, 

and         ((loomy  shades.  Again      from  a  different  part  of  the  sky, 

que    csecis    latebris,    sonans    turba    circumvolat     praedam 

and       dark         retreats,  the  whizzing     flock         flies  around  the  prey 

uncis        pedibus,      polluit  dapes  ore.     Tune  edico 

with  hooked       feet,     and   spoils  the  meats  with  their  mouth.     Then       I  order 

sociis  capessant   arma,   et  bellum   gerendum 

my  companions  that  they  may  -take  arms,     and     that    war  be  waged 

cum   dira    gente.     Faciunt  baud  secus    ac 

with  the  horrid     brood.       They  do        no     otherwise  than  tAey  have  bee* 

jussi,          que  disponunt         enses   tectos       per   herbam, 

commanded,     and  they  dispose     their    swords  concealed         among    the  grass, 

et   condunt          latentia    scuta.       Ergo,        ubi     delapsae 

end     they  bide      tkcir  secreted        shields.       Wherefore,   when  gliding  down 

dedere     sonitum    per          curva  littora;  Misenus  dat 

they  have  made  a  noise         through  the    bending    shores;      Misenus      gives  the 

signum        cavo  sere,  ab       alta  specula;     socii  invadunt 

•if  nal    from  hit  hollow  brass,  from  the  lofty  eminence;  my  friends  attack        them 

et  tentant  nova  proelia  fcedare         ferro      obscoenas  volucres 

and    -try        new    battles  to  mangle  with  the  sword  these   filthy  fowls 

pelagi.     Sed   neque  accipiunt   ullam  vim  plumis, 

of  the  *ea.         But      neither  do  they  receive       any       stroke  on  thtir  feather*, 

nec   vulnera  tergo:    que   lapsae     celeri  fugd  sub    sidera, 

nor     wounds  on  the  back:      and     gliding  with  rapid     flight    under    the    stars. 

rolinquunt         semesam    prajdam    et         frada        vestigia. 

toy  leave         tkt         half  eaten         prey  and       their  foul  tracks. 


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Celaeir)    sola    consedit    in   praecelsa  rupe       infelix    vates 

Jelajno       alone    alighted        upon  a  very  high     rock  an  ill  boding  prophetess 

que  rupit         hanovocem         pectore:         Laomedontiadas 

and     sends  forth      this      voice       from  her  breast:     Ye  sons  of  Laomedon 

paratis-ne  inferre  helium,  etiam  bellum  pro     csede 

do  you  prepare     lo  make     war,  even         war        for  the  slaughter  of  our 

boum,  que  juvencis   stratis?    et   pellere   insontes  Harpyias 

cattle,       and     bullocks         slain?        and   to  drive  the  innocent        Harpies 

patrio  regno? 

from  their    paternal  kingdom? 

Ergo  accipite,  atque  figite  haec  mea  dicta  in     animis;  ego 

Wherefore  attend  to,  and         fix        these    my    words    in  your  minds;  I 

maxima  Furiarum    pando  vobis  quse  omnipotens  pater 

the  chief       of  the  Furies  disclose    to  you   what    the  almighty     father  revealed 

Phoebo,  Phoebus  Apollo  praedixit  mihi.  Petitis 

to  Phrebus,  and  which     Phoebus      Apollo  hath  foretold  to  me.  You  seek 

Italiam,         cursu;  que  ventis     vocatis         ibitis      Italiam, 

Italy  «n  your  course    and    the  winds  being  invoked  you  shall  go       to  Italy. 

que         licebit  intrare  portus.  Sed  non    cingetis 

and  it -shall  be  permitted  you  to  enter   the  ports.    But  you  shall  not  inclose 

datam  urbem.mcenibus,  antequam  dira  fames,  que      injuria 

the  given   city       with  walls.          before      dreadful  famine,     and       the  injury 

nostrse  caedis,  subigat  vos  absumere       ambesas  mensas 

of  our      murder,  may  force    you    to  consume  your     half  eaten  tables  with  your 

malis.  Dixit:  et  ablata  pennis,    refugit         in  sylvam.     At 

jaws.    She  said:  and  borne  up  on  wings,  has  flown  hack      to  the  wood.         But 

sanguis  gelidus  subita  formidine,  diriguit  sociis: 

the  blood      chilled    by  sudden        fear,          grew  thick  in  my  companions:     thsir 

animi  cecidere,  nec  jam  amplius  jubent   exposcere    pacem 

minds       have  sunk,  nor    now   any  more  do  they  order  to  require  peace 

armis,  sed  voti?  que  precibus,  sive       sint      Dese,    seu  dirae 

by  arms,  but  by  vows  and     prayers,  whether  they  may  be  goddesses,  or    direful 

que  obsccenae  volucres.  At  pater  Anchises,  palmis       passis 

and          foul  birds.          But  father     Anchises,   his  hands  being  stretched 

de  littore,  vocat  magna  Numina,  que  indicit  meritos 

out  from  the  shore,  invokes  the  great      gods,         and  appoints  proper 

honores:  Di,  prohibite  minas;    Di,     avertite  talem    casum, 

offerings:    ye  gods     prohibit  the  threats;  ye  gods,       avert       such  a  misfortune, 

et  placidi  servate     pios.  Turn  jubet     diripere         funem 

nnd  propitious  preserve  the  pion?.  Then  he  orders  to  tear  away       the  rope  from 

iittore,  que  laxare  rudentes  excussos.  Noti         tendunt 

vhe  shore,  and  to  let  fly    the  sheets      shaken  out.    The  south  winds  stretch 

vela:       ferimur.  spumantibus  undis,      qua.        que   ventus 

the  Mils:  we  are  borne    on  the  foaming  Jwaves,  whithersoever    both    the  wind 

que  gubernator  vocabant  cursum.  Jam  nemorosa    Zacynthos 

and        the  pilot  invited    our  course.        Now        woody  Zacynthos 

apparet    medio      fluctu,    que  Dulichium  que  Same,    etNe- 

njipears    in  the  midst  of  the  waves,  and     Pulichium        and    Samos,     and  Ne- 


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ritosardua         saxis.  Effugimus  scopulos  Ithaca;,       rcgoa. 

rtUM     lofty  willi iu rocks.        We  escape        the  rocks  of  Ithaca,     the  reulms  of 

Laertia  et  execramur  terram   altricem  sevae  Ulyssis.  Mox  et 

Laertes    and      execrate        the  land    nourisher    of  cruel  Ulysses.        Soon  also 

nimbosa  cacumina    mentis      Leucatae,  et  Apollo  formidatus 

the  cloudy     mmmit      of  the  mountain  of  Leucales.  and  Apollo  dreaded 

nautis   aperitur.     Nos  fessi  petimus  hunc,  et        s.uccedimus 

by  sailors  isdincovered.    We  wearied     »eek         this,    and  repaii 

parvje    urbi.  Anchorajaciturde  prora;  puppesstant    littore 

to  the  little  city.    The  anchor  is  cast  from  the  prow;  the  ships  stand  on  th* shore 

Ergo    tandem  potiti        insperata     tellure,  que    lustramui 

Therefore  at  length  possessed  of  the  greatly  desired  laud,  we  both  Mcrifict 

Jovi,      que  incendimus  aras    votis:     que  celebramus 

to  Jupiter,  and       we  kindle   the  altars  with  vows:  and       we  render  celebrated 

Actia    littora  Iliacis  ludis.  Socii   nudati  exercent 

the  Actian  shores  with  Trojan  games.    My  companions  naked  practise  their 

patrias  palsestras  labente  oleo;   juvat  evasisse       tot 

country's  wrestlings  with  slippery  oil;      it  delights  Mem  to  have  escaped  V)  many 

Angelicas  urbes,  que  tenuisse       fugam  per      medios 

Grecian  cities,      and  to  have  held  tkeir   flight    through    the  middle  of  tktir- 

hostes.       Interea  sol  circumvolvitur  magnum  annum,          et 

enemies.     Meanwhile  the  sun   is  rolled  round        the  great         year,  and 

glacialis  hyems  asperat  undas     Aquilonibus.  Figo 

icy  winter      roughens  the  waves  with  the  north  winda.  I  fix  to  the 

adversis  postibus  clypeum  cavo  sere,          gestamen 

fronting       door  posts  of  the  temple  a  buckler  of  hollow  brass,  the  armor 

magni  Abantis,  et    signo         rem  carmine:      ^Eneas 

of  great        Abas,     and  I  inscribe  the  transaction     by  Ma  verse:  /EJUMS 

haec  arma  victoribus     Danais.     Turn  jubeo 

tvrpcxdtd  these  arms  taken  from  the  victorious     Greeks.         Then    I  order  them 

linquere  portus,  et  considere  transtris.  Socii      fcriunt 

to  leave        the  ports,  and      to  sit        on  the  benches.        JHy  associates        strike 

mare  certatim,  et  verrunt  sequora.     Protinus      abscondimus 

•he  sea      eagerly,    and     sweep     the  surface.         Soon  we  lose  sight 

aerias       arces         Phaeacum,  que  legimus  litora 

of  the  aerial  towers  of  the  Phmacian*.        arid    we  coast  along  the  shore* 

Epiri,    que  subimus   Chaonio  portu,  et  ascendimus    celsam 

of  Eptruv,  and       enter       the  Chaoniaii    port,    and    we  go  up  to  the  lofty 

nrbem  Buthroti. 

city       of  nmhrotiis. 

Hie  incredibilis  fama  rerum  occupat        aures,  Helenum 

Here  .in  Incredible       report  of  things       takes     ««r     ears,     that    Hclomi* 

Priamiden    regnare    per    Graias     urbes,      potitum 

the  son  nf  Priam  reigned        over      Grecian       cities,  posF««nil 

conjugio    que    sceptris    Pyrrhi  ^Eacidae.  et 

oYthe    spmi-o  and   trie  sceptre*  M    Pyrrus    the  grandson  of  JF.&c  is,      anrf 

Andromachen      iterum      cessisse    marito  patrio 

U«»  Andromache  again      ImJ  fallen  to  a  husband  of    her  own     com  "'  it 


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Oostupui;      que       pectus       incensum  miro     amore 

I  was  amazed;      and    my    breast  has  been  inflamed  with  a  wonderful         desire 

compellare     virum,     et     cognoscere  tantos  casus 

to       address  the  hero,          and        to  know         so  great  events 

Progredior         portu,  linquens  classes        et       litora.    Tom 

I  advance    from    the    port,     leaving         the  fleet         and  the     shores.      Then 

forte   Andromache     libabat    solemnes    dapes   et    tiistia 

by  chance    Andromache        was    offering    the  yearly          feasts     and  mournful 

dona      cineri,  ante  urbem,  in  luco,  ad   undam     falsi 

gifts  to  the  ashes    of  Hector,  before  the  city,  in  a  grove,  at  the  water'of  the  false 

Simoentis,     que     vocabat  manes   ad  Hectoreum  tumulum, 

Simois,         and  was  invoking  the  manes    at  the  Hectorean  tomb, 

quern   inanem      sacraverat      viridi     cespite,    et   geminas 

which       empty  she  had  consecrated  with  green  turf,  and  two 

aras      causam         lachrymis.      Ut       amens  conspexit  me 

altars  the  incentive   taker     tears.  As  soon  as  amazed  she  has  seen     me 

venientem,  et      Troi'a  arma  circum;  exterrita      magnis 

coming  up,         and  the  Trojan  arms     around;          terrified  at  the  mighty 

monstris,  diriguit   in      medio    visu;    calor  reliquit       ossa; 

prodigies,        she  fainted  in  the  midst  of  the  sight;      heat         has  left  her  bones: 

labitur:  et  tandem  vix      fatur        longo  tempore:     Nate 

she  falls:    and  at  length  scarcely  speaks  after  a  long     interval:         O  born  of  a 

Ded,       affers  ne    te      mihi,    vera  facies,   verus  nuncius? 

goddess,  do  you   bring  yourself  to  me,  a  real     form,         a  true         messenger? 

vivisne?      aut   si   alma  lux  recessit,  ubi  est  Hector? 

«lo  you  live?        or       if    cheerful  light  has  gone  from  you,      whore  is      Hector? 

Dixit,  que    effudit    lachrymas    et   implevit  omnem  locum 

She  said,  and  poured  forth          tears  and        filled  all  the  place 

clamore.       Vix    subjicio   pauca  furenti,     et 

with  her  cry.  Scarcely  do  I  answer  a  few     words  to  her  raving,         and 

lurbatus         hisco  raris  vocibus:    equidem   vivo,  que   duco 

affl'cted  I  open  my  mouth  in  few  words:  indeed  I  live,     and  draw  out 

vitam   per   omnia   extrema.     Ne  dubita,  nam  vides    vera. 

life  through  all  perils.  Do  not  doubt,      for       you  se«  realities. 

Heu!  quis    casus      excipit      te  dejectam  tanto 

Ah!      what  misfortune  hath  befallen  thee    dejected       by  the  loss  of  so  great  a 

conjuge?     aut    qiiae    fortuna    satis    digna    revisit? 

husband?          or        what      fortune    sufficiently  worthy  hath  returned    to  you? 

Andromache         Hectoris,  servas      connubia 

O    Andromache         once     Hector's         wife,   dost  thou  preserve  the  marriage  o 

Pyrrhi?  dejecit  vultum    et    locuta  est    demissa 

Pyrrhus?    she  has  cast  down    her   countenance   and  has  spoken        in  a  low 

voce:     0  virgo  Priameia   una  felix  ante  alias,  jussa 

voice:          O  virgin  daughter  of  Priam  alone    happy  above  others,  doomed 

.mori  ad  hostilejn  tumulum  sub        altis    moenibus   Trojoe: 

lo   die        at  an  enemy's         tomb  under  the  lofty         walls         of  Troy; 

qure          non  pertulit    ullos   sortitus,  nee    captiva      letigit 

Who         hath  not      borne          any  lots,         nor  as  a  captive  hath  touched 


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euoile     victoris  heri!  nos      vectie  per  diversa  atquora, 

tit    bed  of  •    vktorious    lord!      we        convcyoiT  over   various      seas,         our1 

patria          incensa  enixae,      servitio     tulimus 

UMjntry        being  burnt  being  brought  forth,  in  servitude  have  endured  the 

fastus  stirpis  Achilleae,  que  superbum  juvenem.i 

bauKhtineci     of  the  offspring  of  Achilles.          and    the  proud  youth; 

<|ui    dcinde  secutus  Hcrmionen,  Ledaeam,  que 

who    afterwards    having    followed  Hermione,         the  (laughter  of  Lcda,       and' 

Laceda?moneos  hymenaeos  transmisit  me  famulam  Hcleno 

the  Lacedemonian  marriages         hath  delivered  me     a  slave  to  Helenus 

famulo  que  habendam.          Ast  Orestes  inflammatus  magno 

•  slave      olso  to  be  possessed  by  him.    But   Orestes         inflamed      with     anlcni 

amore       conjugis  erepta;,         et  agitatus      furiis  scelerum, 

love    of  Ais  spouxc  torn  from  him  and  driven  by  the  furies  of  Ins  crimes, 

excipit  ilium  incautum,  que  obtruncat      ad         patrias  aras. 

surprise*     him     unprepared,       and       murders     Aim  at       his  native    altars. 

Morte     Neoptolemi  pars        regnorum  reddita   cessit 

By  the  death  of  Neoptolcmus      a  part  of  his  kingdoms     restored     has  fallen  to 

Heleno;     qui    dixit    campos  cognomine  Chaonios,  que 

Helenus;        who  has  called  the  plains    by  the  name         Cliaoniau,        and      the 

omnem         Chaoniam  a  Trojano  Chaone:  que  addidit  Per- 

whole     country  Chaonia        from  Trojan        Chaon.  and    naa  built       Per- 

gama   que   hanc   Iliacam  arcem         jugis.     Sed  qui  venti, 

gamus      and        this        Trojan       tower  on  the  mountains.     But    what    winds, 

qute  fata       dedere  cursum         tibi?  aut  quis  Deus  appulit 

what  fates  have  directed  the  course  hither  to  you?   or      what     god*      has  driven 

te  ignarum  nostris  oris?  quid         puer  Ascanius?  superatne, 

you  ignorant     to  our     coasts?    what  does  the  boy    Ascanius?  doee  he  live, 

et  vescitur  aurd? 

and  live  upon  the  air? 

Quern  Troja  jam   tibi — jam    est  ecqua  cura  puero 

Whom      Troy    now    to  you— now   is  there    any    concern  to  the  hoy 

amissn;  parentis?  et  ecquid  pater  jEneas  et  avunculus 

of  Ais  lost     pnrcnt?      and    what     does  his  father    JRnvas    and  Ms  uncle 

Hector  excitat   in  antiquam  virtutcm  que  viriles       aniinos? 

Hector       excite  Aim  to       ancient        valour         and      manly  courage? 

Lacrymans  fundebat  talia,         que  incassum  ciebat     longos 

Weepi*hg   she  poured  forth     such  words,    and       in  vain         excited  long 

fletus;    cum  heros  Helenus       Priamides  aflfert   sese        a 

wecpinp;  when  the  hero      Helenus        the  son  of  Priam  brings  himself        from 

mcenibus,  multis  comitantibus    que  agnoscit  suos  que 

the  walln,          many       accompanying  Aim  and   recognizes     his  friends  and 

Iselus  ducit         ad  limina;  et    fundit    lachrymas      multum 

pleased  conducts  them  to  the  palace;  and  pours  forth         tears  ahnndan.lv 

inter  singula  verba.     Procedo,    et  agnosco  parvam  Trojam 

between  each  word.    I  move  forward  and    I  know         little  Troy 

ijue  Pergama  simulata  magnis,  et  arentem  rivum 

and     Pi-rgamus      rcxemhlinj[    the  great,  and     the  dry  river  tulltd 


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cognomine  Xanthi:  que  amplector  limina        Scasae    portse. 

ay  the  name  of  Xanthus:     and    I  embrace    the  threshold  of  the  Sca\in       gate. 

Et  necnon   Teucri        siraul    fruuntur    socid  urbe.       Rex 

And    algo       the  Trojans  at  the  same  time  enjoy    the  friendly  city.      The  king 

accipiebat  illos  in  amplis    porticibus.     In  medio      aulai' 

received  them  in  the  spacious       galleries.  In  the  middle  of  the  court 

libabant  pocula  Bacchi,  dapibus  impositis  auro,  que  tenebant 

they  drank    cups       of  wine,    the  meats  being  served  on  gold,  and      they  held 

pateras. 

(he  goblets. 

Jamque    dies,  que  alter  dies,  processit;  et     aurse  vocant 

And  now  one  day,      and  another  day,  has  passed  by;  and  the  gales  call 

vela,    que  carbasus  inflatur    tumido      Austro.     Aggredior 

the  sails,  and  the  canvass  is  inflated  by  the  swelling  south  wind.  I  accost 

vatem          his  dictis,  ac  quaeso  talia:      Trojugena;  Interpres 

the  prophet  in  these  words,    and  I  intreat  such  things:  Trojan  born,    Interpreter 

Divfim,    qui  sentis  numina  Phcebi,  qui  tripodas,  qui 

of  the  Gods,  who  knowest  the  will  of  Phoebus,   who  knowest  the  tripods,        who 

lauros         Clari,        qui  sidera,  et       linguas 

knowest  the  laurels  of  the  Clarian  God,  who  knowest  the'stars.  and          the  notes 

volucrum,  et  omina         prsepetis  pennae,  age  fare,     namque 

of  the  birds,    the   omens     of  the  swift  wing,      come   say,  for 

prospera  relligio     dixit         omnem  cursum  mihi;  et    cuncti 

propitious     auspices   have  directed  the  whole       course      to  me;  and  all 

Divi  numine       suaserunt    petere  Italiam  et  tentare 

the  Gods  by  iAeir  authority     have  persuaded  me  to  seek    •    Italy     and  to  explore 

terras  rep6stas:  Celaeno  Harpyia  solacanitnovumprodigium 

lands        reserved:       Celseno      the  Harpy  alone  predicts  a  new  prodigy, 

que  nefas  dictu,    et  denuntiat  tristes  iras  que      obsccenam 

and   horrible  to  be  told,  and      foretells      vengeful  wrath  and  furious 

famem.     Quse  pericula  prima  vito?    ve  sequens   quid 

hunger.  What    dangers       first    do  I  shun?  or    following       what  counsel 

possum  superare  tantos  labores?  Hie  Helenus  juvencis 

can  L  surmount  so  great  difficulties?    Here    Helenus'  bullocks 

primum  csesis     de         more,  exorat    pacem       Divum,  que 

first     being  slain  according  to  custom,  implores  the  favour  of  the  Gods,         and 

resolvit    vittas       sacrati  capitis,  que    ipse  ducit  me     manu 

unbinds  the  fillets  of  his  consecrated   head,  and  he  himself  leads     me  by  the  hand 

ad  tua  limina,  Phoebe!     suspensum  multo  numine:  atque 

to    thy     temples,  O  I'luelws!  anxious   at  the  mighty  power1         and      the 

sacerdosdeinde  canit  hsec         ex    divino  ore:  Nate      Dcd; 

priest  then    declares  these  things  from  his  divine  jnouth:  Oh  Goddess  born; 

nam     fides  manifesta  te     ire  per  altum  majoribus  auspiciis: 

for  the  evidence     is  clear       that  you  go  over  the  deep  with  greater       auspices: 

rex    Deum         sic  sortitur      fata,  que  volvit      vices: 

.he  Kinpof  the  Gods  thus  dispenses  his  decrees,  and      rolls  the  series  of  events 

is  ordo  vertitur.    Expediam  tibi  dictis  pauca 

that  order  (or  course  of  thing  s)  is  filed.  I  will  unfold    to  you  in  words   a  few 


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e  multis,  quo  tutior          lustres     fiospiha  aequora. 

at  many         that  more  safe  you  may  iurvey  th«  intervening    seas 

et  possis  considere  Ausonio    portu:  nam  Pare®    prohibent 

tnd  be  able       to  nettle  in  the  Ausoman    port:         for  the  Fate*  forbid  you 

tclre  castera:  que  Saturnia  Juno  vetat  Helenum  fari. 

to  know  (he  rest:     and    Saturnian    Juno  prohibits      Helenus  to  speak. 

Principio,  longa  via      invia         longis  terns  dividit  Italiam 

Firtt,  a  long  voyage  interrupted  by  extensive  lands  separates         Italy 

procul,  quam  tu,  ignarejarn  rere      propinquam  que 

at  a  dl»tanc«/rom  you.  which  you,  O  ignorant  now  think  to  4«        near  and 

paras  invadere  vicinos  portus.     Et  remus  lentandus       in 

you  prepare  to  enter     tbe  near       ports.         And  the  oar    must  be  bent  in 

Trinacrii  unda  et     aequor  Ausonii  sails        lustrandum 

the  Sicilian     wave  and  the  surface  of  the  Ausooian      sea     must  be  sailed  over 

navibus  que  inferni  lacus  que        insula 

by  your  ships          and  the  infernal  lakes  art  to  be  passed  veer  and         the  island 

JEKX  Circae  antequam    possis  componere  urbem 

jf.xan     Circe  it  to  It  approached     before    you  can  be  able    to  build  a  city 

tut&  terra.     Dicam      tibi  signa:     tu    teneto  condita 

in  a  safe  land.    T  will  declare  to  you  the  signs:  do  you  retain  them  laid  up 

mente.     Cum  ingens  sus  inventa  tibi  solicito  ad    undam 

In  your  mind.    When   a  great     sow  discovered  for  you  anxious    by    the  waves 

secret!  fluminis  sub       ilicibus          litoreis    enixa 

of  a  secret    river       under  the  holm  trees  along  the  shore     having  brought  forth 

foetus  triginta  capitum  jacebit        solo  recubans  alba 

•  litter   of  thirty     heads        shall  lie  on  the  ground  reclining  herself         white 

albi  nati  circum  ubera;  is  erit    locus  urbis      ea 

mnd  her  white  young  around  her  dugs;  that  shall  be  the  scite  of  your  city        that 

certa  requies        laborum.     Nee  tu  horresce  futures  morsus 

a  certain  rest  of  your       labours.  Nor  do  you    dread       the  future     eating 

mensarum,  fata  invenient  viam  que  Apollo        vocatus 

ifyeur       tables,        the  fates  shall  find        a  way   and    Apollo  invoked 

aderit     Autem  effuge  has  terras  que  hanc  oram         Itali 

•hall  be  present.  But          shun    these  countries  and      this     coast  of  the  Italian 

litoris  qutE  proxima  perfunditur  aestu  nostri  sequoris:    cuncta 

•bore      which    nearest        is  washed  by  the  tide  of  our         sea:  all 

moenia  habitantur          malis  Graiis.     Hie,  et,       Narycii 

U«s«citio*       are  inhabited  by  the  wicked   Greeks.        Here,  also,  the  Narycian 

Locri  posuerunt    moenia  et  Lyctius  Idomeneus         obsedit 

Locrians  have  placed  their  walls    and    Cretan        Idomeneus  has  occupied 

Salentinos  campos  milite:     hie    ilia  parva  Petilia     subnixa 

the  Salcntine     plains  with  soldiery  here  is  that     little     Petilia  defended 

muro    Philoctetae     Milibcei  ducis.     Quin  ubi  classes 

by  the  wall  of  Philoctctes  the  Meliboean  Chief  But     when  your  fleet 

transmissae  trans  sequora  steterint       et  jam  solves          vota 

wafted  across    the  seas  shall  have  stood  and  now  you  shall  pay  your  vows 

aris  •     positis         litore;     velare  adopertus         comas 

tlura  being  placed  on  the  shore;  be  tbou  veiled  covered  as  to  your  hair       with  a 


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purpureo  amiclu:  ne  qua  hostilis    fades  occurrat          inter 

purple  veil:    lest    any     hostile  countenance  may  appear  amidst 

sanctos  ignes  in  honore  Deorum,  et  turbet  omina. 

the  sacred  fires     in     honor     of  the  Gods,  and  disturb  the  omens.        Let  your 

Socii         himc  morem     sacrorum,  ipse  teneto  hunc: 

friends  observe  this      custom  of  the  sacred  rites,  do  you  yourself  observe         thisj 

casti  nepotes     maneant  in  hac  religione. 

your  pious  descendants  may  persevere  in  these       rites. 

Ast  ubi  ventus   admoverit      te  digressum,  Siculae    orse, 

But  when  the  wind  shall  have  brought  you      departed,  to  the  Sicilian  coast, 

et    claustra    angusti  Pelori    rarescent,  tellus       loeva      et 

and  the  straights  of  narrow  Pelorus* shall  grow  wider,  the  land  on  the  left       and 

ffiquora    laeva         petantur      tibi  longo  circuitu:  fuge 

the  seas  on  the  left  may  be  sought  for  you  by  a  long     circuit:  fly 

dextrum  litus  et  undas.     Ferunt         haec  loca,        quondam 

the  right       shore  and  waves.      They  report  that  these  places,  formerly 

convulsa      vi      et  vastd  ruind,         dissiluisse:      longinqua 

orn  away  by  violence  and  vast  desolation,  to  have  broke  asunder:  long 

vetustas  aevi  valet  mutare         tantum  cum  utraque       tellus 

duration  of  time  is  able  to  change  things  so  much    when       each  lane 

foret  protinus  una,  pontus  venit    medio        vi,  et 

might  be  entirely      one,     the  sea    rushed  in  between  with  violence,  and 

undis  abscidit  Hesperium  latus  Siculo,  que 

with  its  waves  separated        the  Italian      shore  from  the  Sicilian,  and    with  a 

angusto  a?stu    interluit    arva  et  urbes  diductas  litore. 

narrow      current  flows  between  fields  and    cities      separated  by  a  shore. 

Scylla  obscidet  dextrum  latus      implacataCharybdislasvum: 

Scylla         occupies      the  right       side  and     implacable       Charybdis       the  left: 

atque  ter    sorbet  vastos  fluctus  abruptum  in   imo      gurgite 

and     thrice  she  swallows  vast      waves     precipitately  in   the  deep  gulf 

barathri,  que  rursus  erigit      alternos  sub  auras,  etverberat 

of  her  maw,       and     again     raises  them  alternate    to    the  air,  and       strikes 

sidera         unda.      At  spelunca  cohibet  in     caecis     latebris 

the  stars  with  the  waves.  .But   a  cavern       confines    in  its    dark  recesses 

Scyllam  exsertantem     ora,    et  trahentem  naves  in       saxa. 

Scylla  opening         her  mouth,  and     drawing    the  ships  among  the  rocks. 

Prima  facies         hominis  et    virgo          pulchro        pectore 

Her  upper  part  is  of  a  human  being  and  a  virgin  with,  a  handsome  breast 

tenus     pube:       postrema        Pristis         immani      corpore, 

as  far  as  the  middle:  her  lowest  part  is  a  Pristis  of  an  enormous  body 

commissa    Delphinfim  caudas     utero  luporum. 

joined  a  Dolphin's       tails    to  the  belly  of  wolves. 

Prcestat  cessantem     lustrare      metas       Trinacrii 

It  is  best   that  you   delaying  should  sail  around  the  borders        of  Sicilian 

Pachyni,  et    circumflectere    longos    cursus,  quam    semel 

Pachynus,       and        to  wind  about  long       circuits,      than      at  once 

vidisse    informem   Scyllam   sub      vasto  antro,  et 

that  you  should  nee  misbapen          Scylla  in    her    vast     cavern  and    tin' 


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r-xa  resonantia        cceruleis  canibus.    Prseterea  si  qua  pru- 

riK-m     rc»ounding  with  her  tea  green        dogs.          Besides        if  any    know- 

Jentia  est  Heleno  si  qua  fides          vati    si  Apollo  implet 

ledge      if  to    Helonui     if    any   trust  •'•  to  a  prophet  if  Apollo        fill*        A.'s 

animum    veris;    Nate  Defi,         predicam   tibi  illud  unura 

wind       with  truths;         Goddess  born,    I  will  foretell  to  you     that       one 

que  unum  prae  omnibus          et  repetens    que  iteium 

Uking    and      one       above       all       others,  and   repeating    it   and       again 

que    iterum        moncbo.          Primum     adora  prece 

•lid       again       I  will  admonish  you.         First  worship        with  prayer 

numen    magnse  Junonis;.  libens  cane  vota     Junoni,  que 

the  divinity     of  great     Juno;  willing   offer     vows  to    Juno,  and 

supera  potentem  dominam  supplicibus  donis;    sic   denique 

overcome  the  powerful        queen       with  suppliant   offerings:   thus  at  length 

mitt£re          victor          Italos    fines,    Trinacrifi, 

you  shall  be  sent  conqueror  to  the  Italian  territories,        Trinacria 

relicta.       Ubi    delatus    hue     accesseris  Cumeam 

being  left.       When     wafted        liitlier  you  shall  have  arrived  at  the  Cuniean 

urbem,  que   divinos   lacus,    et  Averna  sonantia          silvis, 

city,       and  the  divine        lakes,       and  Avcrnus     roaring       in  the     woods, 

aspicies       insanam  vatem,      quae     canit     fata    sub 

you  shall  see      the  inspired       prophetess,     who       reveals  the  fates  under  the 

imi  rupe   que  mandat        notas     et    nomina     foliis. 

bottom  of  the  rock      and     commits   her  characters  and    words  to  the   leaves. 

Virgo  digerit  in  numerum,  atque  relinquit  seclusa    antro, 

The  virgin  arranges   in      measure,         and          leaves         laid  up  in  her  cave, 

qusecunque    carmina       descripsit   in    foliis:    ilia   manent 

whatsoever          predictions  she  has  inscribed     on  the  leaves:    they         remain 

immota        locis,  neque         cedunt  ab         ordine.    Verum 

unmoved  in  their  places,     nor     do  they  recede   from  their   order.  But 

cum   tenuis  ventus  impulit  eadem,    cardine    verso        et 

when  a  gentle         wind     hits  move. I    the  same,  the  hinge    being  turned      and 

janua    turbavit  teneras  frondes,  nunquam  deinde    curat 

the  gate  has  deranged  the  tender        leaves,      never         afterwards     she  cares 

prendere         volitantia     cavo  saxo,  nee  revocare         situs, 

lo  catch        them  flying  about  in  the  hollow  rock,  nor  to  restore  their  situations, 

aut  jungere      carmina.      Abeunt     inconsulti,   que   odere 

or   to  connect  the    prophecies.         They  depart    unadvised,       and  have  hnted 

sedem         Sibyllae.     Hie  nequa  dispendia  morae         fuerint 

the  cave  of  the  Sybil.  Here  not  any       expense    of  delay  shall  have  been 

tibi        tanti          quamvis         socii       increpitent,  et 

lo  you  of  so  much   value    although   your  companions   may  chide,       and    ymtr 

cursus       vocet     vela  in    altum,        vi  que    possis  implere 

voyage  may  invite  your  sails  into  the  deep,  with  force  and  you  may  be  able  to  fill 

secundos    sinus,  quin  adeas         vatem,  que  precibus 

the  prosperojs    sails,       but    that  you  may  go  to  the  prophetess,  and  with  prsjera 

poscas      ipsa     canat  oracula,  que  volens   resolvat    vocem 

implore  Uuil  she  may  declare  the  oracles,  and     willing     unloose     her      voice 


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ttque     ora.       Ilia  expediet  tibi  populos  Italiae,  que  bella 

and   her  mouth.      She  will  explain  to  you  the  people  of  Italy,      and  the  wars 

ventura,  et     quo  modo  que     fugias    que  feras  quemque 

about  to  come,  and  in  what  manner  both  you  can  escape  and   bear  every 

laborem;  que  venerata  dabit      secundos  cursus.     Haecsunt 

hardship;       and   reverenced  will  give  you  a  prosperous  voyage.       These     are 

quas      liceat  te  moneri  nostra 

those  things  of  which  it  may  be  permitted  that  you  should  be  admonished  by  our 

voce.     Age,  vade,  et  factis  fer  ingentem  Trojam  ad 

voice.       Come,  proceed,  and  by  your  deeds     raise     mighty  Troy  to 

sethera.       Quse  postquara    vates      sic  effatus    est 

the   skies.  Which   words         after        the  prophet     thus       has    spoken 

amico   ore,      dehinc   imperat      dona  gravia   auro    que 

with  friendly  mouth,      then      he  commands     presents  heavy  with  gold      and 

secto   elephanto    ferri       ad     naves,    que     stipat    carinis 

with  cut       ivory       to  be  carried   to     the  ships,       and   he  stows  in  the  ships 

ingens   argentum   que  Dodonseos  lebetas,  loricam 

much  silver          and     Dodonean  kettles,  a  coat  of  mail 

consertam  hamis    que  trilicem  auro,  et  conum         insignis 

fastened  with  rings  and    triple  with  gold,  and  the  cone    of  a  handsome 

galeae  que  comantes  cristas,    arma    Neoptolemi:    sua  dona 

helmet   and          hairy  crests,  the  arms  of  Neoptolemus:       his  own   gifts 

sunt      parenti.     Addit  equos,  que   addit   duces:     supplet 

are  to  my  father.          He  adds  horses,    and   he  adds      guides:       he  supplies 

remigium: 

rowers: 

Simul        instruit        socios  armis.  Interest 

At  the  same  time  he  furnishes  my  adherents  with  arms.        In  the  mean  while 

Anchises  jubebat    aptare  classem  veils,    ne  qua          mora 

Anchises         ordered  us  to  equip      the  fleet  with  sails,  lest   any  delay 

fieret         vento  ferenti.     Quern  interpres  Phcebi      corn- 
should  be  made  to  the  wind  favoring.    Whom  the  interpreter  of  Apollo  ad- 

pellat  multo  honore:  Anchisa  dignate    superbo         conjugio 

dresses  with  great  respect:  O  Anchises    honored  with  the  exalted  marriage 

Veneris,  cura  Deum,   bis  erepte      minis    Pergameis,  ecce 

of  Venus,  the  care  of  the  gods,  twice  saved  from  the  ruins         of  Troy,  lo! 

tellus  Ausoniae    tibi;  arripe  hanc        velis.  Et  tamen 

the  land  of  Italy  is  to  you;        take       this  with  your  ships.  And  yet 

necesse  est    prasterlabare  hanc    pelago.    Ilia  pars  Ausoni an, 

it  is  incum cent  that  you  sail  beyond  this  on  the  ocean.      That  part  of  Ausonia 

quam  Apollo  pandit  procul.    Vade,  ait,  0  felix  pietate 

which       Apollo      reveals  »'s  remote.         Go,  he  says,  O  happy  in  the  piety 

nati:     quid  provehor  ultra,  et     fando  demoror  surgentes 

of  your  son:  why  am  I  carried  farther,  and  by  speaking   delay  the  rising 

Austros?  Nee  minus  Andromache,  mcesta  supremo  digressu, 

winds?  Likewise          Andromache,  sad       at  our  final      departure, 

fert      vestes  picturatas  subtemine  auri,  et         Phrygiam 

brings  forth  garments    wrought    with  a  thread  of  gold,  and  a  Phrygian 


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thlamydem  Ascanio:  nee    cedit  honori:  que 

•ulilary  cloak    for  Ascauius:   nor  docs  the  fall  short  of  ktr  dignity:  and 

onerat        textilibus  donis,  ac  fatur  talia:         Puer,    accipe 

•lie  loads  him  with  woven   presents,  and  speaks  such  words:     O  boy,         accept 

hacc  ct  quffi  sint  monumenta  tibi  mearum  manuum,  et 

UKM  also  which  may  be    memorials     to  you   of  my  bauds,  and 

testentur    longum  amorem  Andromachae,    conjugis      Hcc- 

may  evidence  the  lasting      love          of  Andromache,        thespouse       of  Hec- 

toreze.   Cape  extrema  dona  tuorum. 

tor.  Receive     the  last     gifts       of  thy  friends. 

O          sola  imago  mei  Astyanactis  super  mihi!      Sic  ille 

O  tJtott  the  only    image    of  my       Antynax    remaining  tome!        Just  so  be 

ferebat  oculos,  sic    manus,  sic        ora;  et  nunc 

moved     Ata  eyes,  just  so  Aw  hands,  Just  so  his  countenance;  and  now   he  might 

pubesceret  cum  te,         aequali  aevo.     Digrediens  ego  affabar 

have  bloomed    with  you, being  of  equal    age.  Departing         I     addressed 

hos  lachrymis  obortis:      vivite  felices      quibus  jam        sua 

tht-iii       tears          gushing  forth:  live  ye    happy  ones  for  whom  now  yonr 

fortuna    peracta  est:     nos  vocamur  in  alia       fata   ex 

fortune  has  been  accomplished:  we    are  called     to  different  calamities        from 

aliis.      Quies        parta  vobis;  nullum  aequor  maris 

different.   Eest  has  been  provided  for  you;         no        expanse  of  sea 

arandum:  neque  arva  Ausoniae  semper  cedentia       retro 

is  to  be  ploughed:     nor   the  lands  of  Ausonia    always     retreating      backward 

quaerenda:  videtis  effigium  Xanthi  que  Trojam  quam  vestr® 

are  to  be  sought:   you  see   the  image  of  Xanthus  and     Troy       which        your 

manus  fecere,  opto  melioribus  auspiciis,  et  quae     fuerit 

hands     have  built,  I  hope    for  better          fortune,    and  which  shall          be 

minus  obvia    Graiis.     Si  quando    intr&ro        Tybrim    que 

less         exposed  to  the  Greeks.  If      ever  I  shall  have  entered  the  Tyber       and 

vicina     arva  Tybridis,  que  cernam  moenia  data        mesa 

the  contiguous  lands  of  the  Tybcr,   and    shall  see     the  walls  destined       for  my 

genti:  faciemus  olim    que  cognatas  urbes,  que    propinquos 

nation:  we  will  make  hereafter  both  the  kindred     cities,    and       the  resembling 

populos        Epiro,         Hesperia",  quibus  idem  Dardanus 

people       your*  in  Epirus,  and  mine  in  Italy,  to  whom  the  same    Dardanus  teas 

auctor,  atque  idem  casus,  faciemus      utram  Trojam 

founder,      and  to  whom  was  the  same  fortune,  we  will  make  /  say  each  Troy 

unam  animis:  ea  cura  maneat  nostros  nepotes.  Provehimur 

one    in  affections:  that  concern  may  await    our       posterity.        We  are  carried 

pelagojuxta    vicina    Ceraunia:  unde        iter  que 

on  the  sea  near  the  neighboring  Ceraunian  mountains:  whence  our  passage      and 

cursus  brevissimus  Italiam    undis.         Sol    ruit  interest,    et 

course        it  shortest          to  Italy  on  the  waves.    The  sun  sets  meanwhile,   and 

opaci    montes  umbrantur,     Sternimur  gremio  optat» 

the  duskv  mountains  are  shaded.         We  are  laid  on  the  bosom  of  the  wished  fot 

telluris  ad  undam,         sortiti  remos;  que    passim 

land          by   the  water,  having  distributed  our  oars  by  lot:   and    here  and  there 


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cuiamus     corpora  in  sicco  litore:  sopor  irrigat  fessos 

we  refresh     our  bodies     on  the  dry    shore:      sleep  invigorates  our  weary 

artus.     Necdum  nox  acta    horis     subibat  medium    orbein: 

limbs.    •       Nor  yet     night  wafted  by  the  hours  reached    the  middle  orb. 

Palinurus  baud  segnis  surgit         strato  et  explorat       omnes 

Palinurus         not      inactive    rises  from  his  bed     and  examines  all 

ventos,  atque  captat  aera       auribus.     Notat    cuncta    sidera 

the  winds,   and      takes  the  air  with  his  ears.        He  observes    all  the  stars 

labentia  tacito  ccelo  Arcturum         que   pluvias    Hyades  qxie 

gliding   in  the  silent  sky       Arcturus  and     the  rainy         Hyades     and 

geminos  Triones  que     circumspicit  Oriona  armatum     auro. 

the  two  bears       and    he  looks  around  upon  Orion         armed       with  gold. 

Postquam  videt  cuncta  conslare  sereno  coelo,       dat 

After  he  sees       all       things   to  be  settled  in  the  clear  sky,  he  gives 

clarum   signum    e      puppi;    nos   movemus        castra   que 

the  clear      signal        from    the  stern;       we         move          our       camp       and 

tentamus       viam,   et  pandimus   alas     velorum.     Jamque 

attempt   our  voyage,  and  spread  open  the  wings  of  our   sails.  And    now 

Aurora      rubescebat      stellis     fugatis;         cum     procul 

the  morn         began  to  redden     the  stars  being  chased  away;      when        far  off 

videmus  obscures  colles  que  Italiam       hurmlem.      Achates 

we  see  thp    obscure  hills        and  Italy        lying  low.  Achates 

primus  conclamat  Italiam;       socit         salutant  Italiam   lasto 

first  shouts  Italy;       my  companions      salute       Italy  with  joyful 

clamore.     Turn  pater  Anchises      induit      magnum  cratera 

clamor.         Then    father   Anchises       has  adorned         a  large  bowl 

corona" ,  que  implevit      mero,    que  stans  in  celsi  puppi 

with  a  garland,  and    has  filled     it   with  wine,  and  standing  on    the  lofty   stejn 

vocavit  Divos;       Dii,  potentes     maris     et    terras    que 

ho  has  invoked  the  gods;    O  gods,  presiding  over  the  sea        and  the  land        and 

tempestatum  ferte        facilem  viam  vento,    et  spirate 

tempests  grant  to  us  an  easy       voyage  by  a/at>  wind,      and        blow 

secundi.     Optatae       aurse   crebrescunt,  que    jam    portus 

propitious.        The  desired     gales     begin  to  increase,    and      now         the  port 

patcscit  propior,  que    templum    Minervse  apparet  in     arce. 

opens  nearer,        and  the    temple      of  Minerva         appears    on  a  mount. 

Socii      legunt.    vela,  et  torquent         proras   ad    litora. 

My  companions     furl     the  sails,  and  turn  about    their     prows       to    the  shore. 

Portus  curvatur  in  arcum  ab      Eoo  fluctu;     objectae   cautes 

The  port  is  curved     into  a  bow      from  the  eastern  sea;    the  opposite        cliffs 

spumant   salsa"      aspergine;  ipse   latet:    turriti  scopuli 

foam  with  briny        spray;       the  port   itself    lies  hid:    turreted         rocks 

demittunt        brachia  gemino  muro,   que   templum   refugit 

letdown         their    arms  wlth'a  double     wall,       and     the  temple  recedes 

d    litore.     Hie  vidi   in   gramine  primum  omen,  quatuor 

from  the  shore.      Here  I  saw    on     the  mead         the  first        omen,       four 

equos  nivali  candore  tondentes  campum  late.  Et  pater 

>iorses   of  snowy  whiteness     cropping        the  plain   all  around.          And  father 


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Anchises;         O  hospita  terra  portas      bellum:  equi 

Anchises        »ay»;    O  hospitable  land    ihou  bringest  war:  these       meeds 

armantur  bello:  hacc  armenta  minantur  bellum.     Sedtamen 

are  equipped  Tor  war;  these       herds        threaten     war.  But    notwitb 

iidem    quadrupedes  sueti  olim 

•landing        the  same          quadrupeds  have  been  accustomed  in  times  pad 

succcdere  curru,  et        jugo      ferre   concordia   frsena: 

to  come  to  the  chariot,  and  in  the  yoke  to  bear  the  quiet  reins:      then 

est  ait  spes  pacis.     Turn  precamur  sancta  numina   Palladis 

is  he  says  hope  of  peace.       Then  we  supplicate  the  sacred  divinity         of  Pallas 

armisonae,      quse  prima  accepit  ovantes:  et  ante  ams 

•ounding  in  arm?,  who     first       received  us  joyful:      and  before          her  altars 

velamur  capita    Phrygio  amiclu;  que        prseceptis 

we  are  covered  as  to  our  heads  with  a  Phrygian    veil;        and  by  the  admonitions 

Heleni,    quae  dederat         maxima,      rite  adolemus    jussos 

of  Helcnus.  which  he  had  given  us  most  important,  rightly  we  offer  the  prescribed 

honores  Argivac  Junoni.         Haud  mora;  continue,       votis 

sacrifices   to  Grecian      Juno.     There  is  not       a  delay;  immediately,     our  vows 

perfectis    ordine,  obvertimus  cornua  antennarum     velata- 

being  performed  in  order,  we  turn  about    the  ends      of  our  yards       rigged  with 

rum,  quelinquimus  domos    Grajugenum  que  suspecta  arva. 

Mils,      and      we  leave     the  abodes        of  the  Greeks     and  the  suspected  lands. 

Hinc       sinus       Herculei  Tarenti  cernitur,  si  famaestvera. 

From  hence  the  bay       of  Herculean  Tarentum    is  seen,       if  report     is     true. 

Contri  Diva  Lacinia  attollit    se    que  arces 

On  the  other  side  the  goddess    Lacinia      raises    herself    and  the  towers 

Caulonis,  et  navifragum  Scyllacaeum. 

of  Caulon,      and  shipwrecking    Scyllacxmn. 

Turn     procul     e     fluctu  Trinacria  ^Etna  cernitur:         el 

Then  at  a  distance  from  the  waves  Trinacrian     /Etna       is  seen:  and 

audimus  longe  ingentem  gemitum  pelagi,  que  saxa  pulsata, 

we  hear       from  afar  the  loud  roaring    of  the  sea,  and  the  rocks       beaten 

que  voces  fractas  ad     litora;  que   vada    exultant 

ty  the  waves,  and  the  sounds  broken    to  the  shores;      and  the  shallows  boil 

atque  arenoe    miscentur      sestu.         Et  pater  Anchises: 

and         thcsands    are  mingled  with  the  tide.         And  father         Anchises  say*. 

Nimirum  haec     ilia  Charybdis:  Helenus  canebat  hos 

Doubtless       this  i»  that         Charybdis:    Helenus        foretold  these 

scopulos,  haec  horrenda  saxa.     O  socii  eripite,  que 

•helves,  these    horrible       rocks.       OYriends     save    yourselves,          and 

pariter  insurgite     remis.     Faciunt  haud  minus  ac        jussi: 

equally          rise  on  your  oars.  They  do      not    otherwise  than  commanded. 

Palinurus  primus  contorsit  rudentem  proram  ad  laevas  undas: 

Pntinurus  first       has  turned    the  roaring       prow        to    the  left     waves. 

cuncta    cohon    petivit  luevam     remis  que  ventis. 

all  the  squadron    sought      the  left  with  oars   and  with  the  wind* 

Tollimur    in  ccelum  curvato    gurgite,  et      iidem      descen 

We  are  raised  to    heaven  on  the  vaulted    wave,      and  we  the  Mine  tie 


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dimus  ad    imos  manes,  unda    subductd,  Scopuli 

see  n  d       to  the  lowest  shades,  the  waves  being  drawn  from  under  us.    The  rocks 

ter       dedere  clamorem  inter    cava    saxa;  tei         vidimus 

thrice     have  made     a  roaring     among  the  hollow  rocks;  thrice       we  have  seen 

spumam  elisam  et    astra  rorantia;     Interest  ventus        cum 

the  foam     dashed  up  and  the  stars  bedewed;       Meanwhile  the  wind  with 

sole  reliquit    fessos:  que  ignari          vise,  allabimur        oris 

the  sun  has  left  us  wearied:   and  ignorant  of  our  course,     we  sail    to  the  coasts 

Cyclopum.     Portus   immotus  ab    accessu  ventorum,        et 

of  the  Cyclops.    The  port  is  undisturbed  by  the  approach        of  winds,  and 

ingens  ipse;  sed  ^Etna  tonat   juxta   horrificis  minis:     que 

capacious  itself;      but    /Etna    thunders  near  by  with  frightful  ruins:  and 

interdum  prorumpit  atrum  nubem  ad  aethera,         fumantem 

•ometimes       sends  forth     a  black     cloud       to    the  skies,  smoking 

turbine  piceo         et  candente  favilla;  que       attollit 

with  a  whirlwind  as  black  as  pitch  and   burning        embers;      and        raises  up 

globos  flammarum  et  lambit  sidera.     Interdum     eructans 

balls  of  fire  and  touches  the  stars.       Sometimes     belching      forth 

erigit  scopulos  que  viscera      mentis      avulsa,  que  glomerat 

it  raises  up  rocks       and  the  entrails  of  the  mountain  torn  loose,  and  whirls  about 

liquefacta  saxa  sub  auras  cum  gemitu,  que  exapstuat       imo 

melted  rocks  into   the  air  with     a  groan,     and       boils  from  its  lowest 

fundd.         Est  fama,  corpus,  Enceladi  semiustum    fulmine 

bottom.     There  is    a  report,  the  body   of  Enceladus  half  consumed  by  lightning 

urgeri  hac  mole,  que  ingentem  jEtnam     -    impositam 

is  pressed  under  this    mass,      and     ponderous       .£tna  being  placed 

insuper,  expirare  flammam         ruptis  caminis;  et      quoties 

upon  Aim,       casts  up        flames    from  its  burst      apertures;  and         as  often 

mutat         fessum  latus  omnem  Trinacriam  intremere 

as  he  changes  his  weary       side     that  all  Trinacria  trembles  with  the 

niurmure,'  et  subtexere  ccelum         fumo.    Illam        noctem 

uproar,  and       hides       the  heaven    with  smoke.    That  night 

tecti       sylvis     preferimus  immania  monstra:  nee  videmus 

sheltered  by  the  woods     we  sufler  frightful       prodigies:    nor  do  we  discern 

quae  causa    det     sonitum.    Nam  neque  erant  ignes 

what    cause  can  produce  the  sound.       For       neither    were  there  lights 

astrorum,  nee  lucidus  polus    siderea-  aelhra;         sed 

of  the  stars,    nor    a  bright    heaven  in  the  starry  firmament;         but  there  were 

nubila   obscuro  ccclo,  et  intempesta  nox  tenebat  lunam     in 

mists       in  the  dusky  sky,     and       profound  darkness   kept       the  moon        in 

nimbo.     Jamque  postera  dies  surgebat  primo    Eoo         que 

a  cloud.          And  now    the  next    day        arose       at  the  first  dawn,  and 

Aurora  dimoverat  humentem  umbram    polo:  cum       subitc 

Aurora      had  dispelled      the  humid        '  shade  from  the  sky:  when       suddenly 

nova    forma   viri   ignoti  confecta    supremo"        macie, 

a  strange  form  of  a  man  unknown  to  us  wasted  away  with  extreme       leanness. 

que  miseranda    cultu,  procedit   e    sylvis,  que          supplex 

%ud    to  be  pitied  for  his  dress,    advances  from  the  wood?,  and  a  suppliant 


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tendit  manus  ad  htora.    Respiclmus.        Dira  illuvies, 

stretches  AM  hand*  10  the  shore*.    We  look  back.  Horrible  filth  KXU  M  A.m. 

que  barba  immissa,  tegmen      concertum  spinis: 

and    a  beard  hanging  down,  and  kit  covering  was  fastened  together  with  thorn* 

at      cetera       Graius,    et  quondam  missus  Trqjam      in 

but  as  to  the  rest  ht  wot  a  Greek,  and    formerly         sent         to  Troy  in  Au 

patriis  armis.     Isque  ubi  procul    vidit    Dardanios  habitus 

country's  arms.         And  he  when     afar  off  he  l»»«  seen    the  Trojan     garment* 

et  Troi'a    arma,    paulum     haesit   - territus    aspectu  que 

and  Trojan      arm?,         a  little    he  has  hesitated  affrighted       at  the  sight    and 

continuit  gradum:  mox  praeceps  tulit       sese   ad  litora  cum 

has  checked    kit  steps:    next       swift  he  has  brought  himself  to  the  shores  with 

Hetu    que  precibus:      Teucri  tester  per  sidera,  pe. 

weeping  and         prayers:       O  Trojans,  he  says,  I  implore  you  by  the  stars,     by 

superos,    atque  hoc  spirabile  lumen    cceli  tollite  me 

the  powers  above,  and       this  Vital  light    of  heaven  take     me  henct: 

abducite    quascunque    terras:          hoc  erit    sat.          Scio 

transport  mt     to  whatsoever        land  you  please:  this  shall  be  enough.       I  know 

me          unum  e  Danais  classibus,  et  fateor  petiisse 

myself  to  b«   one    from  the  Grecian    fleet,         a nd -I  confess  that  /have  attacked 

Illiacos  Penates  bello.     Pro  quo  si,  injuria  nostri  sceleris  est 

the  Trojan    abodes      in  war.     For   which  if,  the  injury  of  my       crime          is 

tanta,  spargite  me  in  fluctus,  que  immergite   vasto  ponto. 

•o  great,   scatter       me  upon  the  waves,  and       plunge  me    in  the  vast  ocean. 

Si    pereo,    juvabit        periise         manibus         hominum. 

If       I  perub,  it  will  delight  me  to  have  perished  by  the  bands  of  men. 

Dixerat;    et  amplexus    genua,  que  volutans          genibus, 

He  bad  raid;  and   embracing  our  knees,       and     throwing  himself  on  his  knees, 

hzerebat.        Hortamur      fan       qui    sit,          quo  sanguine 

be  clung  to  us.      We  exhort.  Aim   to  sa^      who  he  may  be,  from  what       family 

cretus;  deinde  fateri  quae  fortuna  agitet       Pater  Anchises 

sprung;         then    to  confess  what  fortune  may  trouble  him.  Father      Ancbises 

ipse  moratus  haud  multa,  dat     dextram      juveni,  atque 

himself  delayed         not        much,    gives  his  right  hand       to  the  youth,       and 

firmat     animum      praesenti  pignore.      Ille  fatur  haec 

eonfinna  his  mind       vithtiicrcnAy  pledge.  He     speaks  these  words, 

formidine    tandem     deposita:     sum    ex     patrifi.    Ithaca, 

fear  at  length    being  laid  aside:    I  am   from  the  country         Ithaca, 

comes      infelicis  Ulyssei,  nomen  Achemenides:  profectus 

a  companion  of  unfortunate  Ulysses,  my  name     is  Achemenides:  I  went  to 

Trojam,  genitore  Adamasto    paupere,  que  utinam  fortuna 

Troy,  my  parent       Adamastus  being  poor,  and     O  that          fortune 

mansisset!         Hie         socii,      immemores,       deseruere 

could  have  remained!     Here   my  companions,       forgetful,  have  left 

me  in  vasto  antro     Cyclopis,  dum  trepidi  linquunt  crudelia 

me    in  the  vast  cavern     of  the  Cyclop,  whilat  I remblirig  they  quit         At*  cruel 

limina.      Domus   intus    opaca,    ingens  sanie,     que 

.koA-     m,  habitation  w.thin       » d&rk         vaat        andfM  of  gore.         and 


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crucntis  dapibus:  ipse         arduus,  que    pulsat    alta    sidera; 

bloody  meats:  tie  himself  is  tall,        and  he  touches  the  lofty        stare; 

Di  avertite  talem  pestem         terris!  Nee     facilis     visu, 

ye  gods   avert   such        a  pest  from  the  earth!     Nor  «»  he  easy  to  Ke  looked.upon, 

nec  affabilis      dictu         ulli.       Vescitur        visceribus 

nor       easy       to  be  spoken  to  by  any  one.  He  feeds  on  the  .entrails  of  the 

miserorum,     et  atro  sanguine.  Egomet  vidi,  cum  resupinus 

wretched  victims,  and  black      blood.  I  myself   have  seen,  when     lying  on 

in  medio         antro,   frangeret   duo  corpora  de   nostro 

bis  back  in  the  middle  of  his  cavern,  he  would  dash  two    bodies       of  our 

numero,  prensa    magna  manu  ad  saxum,    que  limina 

number,       caught  by  his  great     hand  against  a  rock,         and     the  threshhold 

aspersa    sanie  natarent:      vidi,  cum       manderet 

sprinkled  with  blood  would  swim:  I  have  seen  him  when     he  would  devour  their 

membra  fluentia         atro  tabo,  et         tepidi  artus    tremerent 

membeis       dripping  with   black  gore,  and  their   warm   limbs    would  tremble 

sub     Jentibus.     Haud  impune  quidem:  nec  Ulysses 

under  his    teeth.  Not    with  impunity    indeed:        nor  Ulysses 

passus  talia,         ve  Ithacus    oblitus  est     sui  tanto 

suffered    such  things,    or    Ithacus          has  forgotten    himself      «ra  so  important 

discrimine.     Nam  simul  expletus  dapibus,  que  sepultus  vino 

a  crisis.  For     as  soon    as  gorged     with  food,    and        buried  in  wine 

posuit  inflexam  cervicem  que  immensus  jacuit  per  antrum, 

be  reclined  his  bent  neck        and       immense         lay     along  the  cavern, 

eructans  saniem  ac  frusta  commixta        cruento 

belching  up     gore       and   pieces  of  human  bodies       mingled  with  bloody 

mero  per  somnum;  nos,     precati      magna  numina,        que 

wine       in  his  sleep;  we,  having  implored  the  great       gods,  and 

sortiti  vices,  una       circum  fundimur  un- 

having  drawn  by  lota  our  parts,  at  once  we  are  scattered  around  Aim          from  all 

dique,   et     acuto       telo    terebramus  ingens  lumen,     quod 

quarters,  and  with  a  sharp  weapon    we  dig  out       his  vast         eye,  which 

latebat      solum  sub     torva  fronte,  instar  Argolici  clypei  aut 

lay  concealed  alone  under  his  stern  forehead,    as  big  as  a  Grecian    shield       or 

lampadis  Phoebeae:  et  tandem  laeti  ulciscimur    umbras 

the  lamp       of  Phoebus:    and   at  length  joyful     we  avenge       the  shades  of  our 

sociorum.     Sed  fugite,  0  miseri,  fugite,  atque       rumpite 

companions.       But       fly,         O  ye  wretched,  fly,  and  break  your 

funem   ab  litore.     Nam,  qualis  que  quantus     Polyphemus 

cable       from  the  shore.      For,         such       and     so  great  Polyphemus 

claudit  lanigeras  pecudes,  in      cavo  antro  atque     pressat 

shuts       his  fleecy  flocks,       in  his  hollow  cavern        and  nulka,tAnr 

ubera;  centum  alii  infandi  cyclopes  vulgo  habitant  ad    hagc 

dugs;       an  hundred  other  horrible       cyclops  commonly     dwell  upon        these 

litora,  et  errant  altis  montibus.     Cornua      lunae  jam 

shores,    and  wander  upon  these  lofty    mountains.       The  horns  of  the  moon  now 

complent     se       lumine    tertia        cum  traho       vitam     in 

ve  filling    themselves  with  light  the  third  time  since  I  drag  out    my  life  in 


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sylvis,    inter    deserta  lustra  que  doraos  ferarum,  que 

ihe  wooJs.  aoiong  Ihedencrled   haunl*  and    abode*  of  wild  beast»,  ant 

nrospicio  vastos  Cyclopas  ab  rupe,  que  tremisco      sonitum 

I  view  the  vast      Cyclop*      from    •  rock,    and    I  tremble        at  the  sound 

pedum  que    vocera.    Kami  dant  infelicem          victum, 

of  U«ir  feet -aniUAey- voice.    The  boughs  afford  w«   scanty  sustenance 

baccas,  que  lapidosa  corna  et  herb®  pascunt  vulsis 

berries.       and       stony       cornels  and  the  herbs    feed  n«        with  their  torn  up 

radicibus.     Collustrans  omnia    primum   conspexi          hanc 

toots.  Surveying  all  things,  first      I  have  discovered  this 

classem  venientem  ad   litora:  addixi  me  huic, 

licet  approaching     to  the  shore:  I  have  surrendered  myself  to  it, 

qusecunque       fuissefc         satis  effugisse       nefan- 

whatsoever       it  might  have  been:  it  is  enough  for  me  to  have  escaped  the  execra- 

dum  gentem.     Vos  potius  absumite  hanc  animam  quocunque 

ble          race.  You     rather    take  away      this         life  by  any 

leto.     Vix    fatus  erat    ea,          cum  videmus      summo 

death.   Scarcely  bad  lie  spoken  those  wards,  when  we  behold  on  the  highest  part 

monte     pastorem  Polyphemum  ipsum  moventem    se 

Df  the  mountain  the  shepherd      Folyphemus       himself          moving        himself 

vast!  jnole  inter  pecudes,  et  petentem       nota     litora: 

with  his  vast    bulk  among     his  flocks,     and     seeking     the  well  known  sbotea 

horrendum  monstrum,  informe,  ingens,  cui  lumen       ademp- 

u  horrid  monster,         deformed,      huge,    whose     eye  has  been 

turn.       Trunca  pinus  regit  manum,  et  firmat      vestigia: 

taken  out.     A  cut       pine      guides  his  hand,     and  strengthens  his  steps:       Ai* 

lanigerse  oves  comitantun     ea        solavoluptas,  que  solamen 

fleecy  sheep    accompany  Aim:  this  is  hit  only      pleasure,  and  solace  of  Au 

mali:        fistula  pendet         collo.     Postquam    tetigit     altos 

misfortune:  his  pipe     hangs  from  hit  neck.  After    he  has  touched  the  high 

fluctus,  et    vemt  ad  sequora,  inde   lavit    fliiidum    cruorem 

waves,      and  has  come    to      the  sea,      then  he  has  washed  the  flowing       blood 

luminis  efibssi  infrendens  dentibus  gemitu:  jamque  graditur 

of  Au  eye   dugout      gnashing    with  his  teeth  with  a  groan:  and  now    lie  stalk* 

per    medium  aequor,  nee  dum  fluctus  tinxit   ardua    latera 

through  the  middle  of  the  sea,  jior    yet    the  wave  hath  wet  his  lofty  sides. 

Nos  trepidi         celarare  fugam  procul   inde,  supplied 

We      fearful  begin   to  hasten  our  flight       far      from  thence,         our  suppliant 

recepto     sic  merito,  que  taciti         incidere  funem:        et 

being  received  thus  deserving,    and    silent  toe  hegm  to  cut       the  cable:          and 

proni        verrimus  asquora  certantibus  remis.     Sensit, 

bending  forward  we  s weep       the  sea  with  struggling    oars.      He  has  perceived 

et    torsit    vestigia1  ad  sonitum  vocis.     Verum  ubi  nulla 

Mt.  and  ha*  turned  his  steps     at  the  sound  of  a  voice.        But        when  no 

potestas  datur     affectare  dextra,  nee     potis    aequare 

power        is  given  Aim  to  grasp  us  with  his  njht  hand,  nor  he  is  able          to  equal 

lonios  fluctus  sequendo;    tollit  immensum  clamorem,      que 

ilif  Ionian  sea        HI  pursuing  tu;  he  sets  up    a  vast  clamor,        by  which 


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pontus  et  omnes  undos  intremuere,  que  tellus  Italia?  penitus" 

the  sea.     and    all     the  waves    have  trembled,    and  the  land    of  Italy    entirely 

exterrita,      que  ./Etna  immugiit      curvis  cavernis.        At 

h;is  been  affrighted,  and     yEtna    has  roared  in  its  winding     caverns.  But 

genus  Cyclopum  excitum   e  sylvis    et  altis  montibus    ruit 

the  race  of  the  Cyclops     roused      from  the  woods  and  lofty     mountains    rushes 

ad  portus,  et  complent  litora.     Cernimus  JEtnaeos        fratres 

to    the  port,  and       fill         the  shores.        We  see        the  /Etman          brothers 

nequicquam  adstantes    torvo  lumine,  ferentes     alta     capita 

ia  vain  standing  with  a  stern    eye,         bearing  their  high  heads 

coelo,  horrendum  concilium:  quales  cum  asriae  quercus     aut 

to  heaven,  a  horrid  assembly:         such  as   when  the  aerial    oaks  or 

coniferas  cyparissi     constiterunt  celso  vertice,    alta 

cone-bearing  cypresses     have  stood  together  with  their  lofty    top,       the  stately 

sylva  Jovis,  ve  lucus  Dianse.     Acer  metus  agit 

wood    of  Jove,  or  the  grove  of  Diana.      Violent  fear     forces      my  companion! 

pracipites  excutere  rudentes  quocunque,  et 

swift  to  let  out        the  sheets  what  way  soever  they  may  be  able,         and 

intendere  vela    secundis  ventis.         Contra,  jussa 

to  spread      the  sails  to  the  favorable  winds.    On  the  other  hand,  the  orders 

Heleni  monent     Scyllam  atque  Charybdim;  ni  teneant 

of  Helcnns  warn  them    of  Scylla        and        Charybdis;     Mat  they  may  not  hold 

cursus  inter  utramque  viam,  parvo  discrimine  leti; 

their  course  between        either          way,  at  a  little     distance  from  death; 

certum  est    dare    lintea   retro.     Autem  ecce  Boreas 

it  is  determined  to  spread  the  sails  backward.    But  lo!  the  north  wind 

missus  a  angusta  sede  Pelori     adest:  prsetervehor      ostia 

sent        from  the  narrow  seat  of  Pelorusis  present:  I  am  wafted     by  the  mouths 

Pantagiae    vivo  saxo,  que  sinus  Megaros,  que  Tapsum 

of  Pantygia  of  living  rock,      and  the  bay   of  Megara,    and  Tapsus 

jacentem.     Achemenides      comes         infelicis         Ulyssei 

lying  low.  Achemenides         the  companion  of  unfortunate  Ulysses 

monstrabat  talia  relegens  retrorsum  litora        errata. 

pointed  out        these  things  to  us  coasting      backward  the  shores  wandered  over. 

Insula  jacet  prsetenta         Sicanio  sinu  contra          undosum 

An  island  lies          situated  before  the  Sicilian    bay  over  against  boisterous 

Plcmmyrium:     priores     dixere  nomen  Ortygiam.  Est 

Plemmyriuirr  the  ancients  have  called  its  name        Ortygia.  ,There    is 

fama  Alpheum,  amnem  Elidis,     egisse  occultas  vias        hue 

*  report  that  A I  plums,  a  river-     of  Elis,  has  worked       secret     channels   hither 

subter  mare;  qui  nunc  confunditur    Siculis     undis          tuo 

beneath  the  sea;  which  now        is  mingled  with  the  Sicilian  waves  by  thy 

ore,  Arethusa.     Jussi,     veneramur  magna  numina         loci; 

mouth,  O  Arcthiifa.  Commanded,  we  worship    the  great  divinities  of  the  place; 

et  inde  exsupero  praepingue  solum  stagnantis  Helori.     Hinc 

and  thence    I  pass  by  the  very  fertile      soil        of  stagnant      Helorus.        Hence 

radimus   altas  cautes  et  projecta  saxa  Pachini;    et  procul 

we  coast  along  the  high    cliffs     and  projecting    rocks  of  Pachynus;  and  afar  of! 


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apparel  Camarina  nunquam  concessa   fatis        moveri,   que 

•ppcan        Camarina         never  permitted  by  tbe  fates  to  be  movuJ,     and 

Geloi  campi,  que  immanis  Gela  dicta  cognomine      fluvii. 

the  Geloian  plains,     and      immense     Gela     called    by  the  name    of  the  river. 

Indc    arduus  Agragas  quondam  generator     magnanimQm 

From  thence  lofty        Agragas       formerly       the  breeder  of  iiigh  mettled 

equorum  ostentat    longe        maxima  moenia.       Que  ventis 

horses  shows  at  a  distance  its   most  stately    walls.  And  the  winds 

datis      linquo  te  palmosa  Selinus:  et     lego          Lilybeia 

being  given  I   leave  thee    O  palmy    Selinus:       and  I  coast  along  the  JLilybeiuu 

vada       dura      caccis  saxis.     Hinc  portus  et     illaetabilis  ora 

•hallows  dangerous  with  latent  rocks.     Hence   the  port  and          unjoyous  coast 

Drepani  accipit  me.     Hie,  actus    tot    tempestatibus  pelagi, 

of  Drcpanus  receives    me.       Here,  tossed  by  so  many  tempests      of  the  ocean, 

heu!  amitto  genitorem  Anchisen,  levamen  omnis  cnrae    que 

alas!       I  lose       my  parent        Anchises,        the  solace   of  every    care         and 

casus:     Hie      optime      pater,    deseris    me  fessum,  heu! 

misfortune:       Here,  O  most  excellent  father,  thou  forsakest  me    wearied,        ah! 

erepte    nequicquam  tantis    periculis.  Nee     vates   Helenus 

rrscued  in  vain       from  so  great  perils.         Nor  has  the  prophet  Helenus 

cum  moneret    me  multa  horrenda,         prsedixit  hos  luctus 

whf  n  he  might  warn  me  of  many    dreadful  things,     predicted    these  afflictions 

mihi;  non  dira     Celaeno.    Hie         extremus  labor,         haec 

tome;      not  the  dreadful  Celcno.      This     teas  my  last         calamity,  this 

meta  longarum  viarum.    Deus  appulit  me  vestris  oria 

the  bound  of  my  long    voyages.        A  god  has  driven  me    to  your  coasts 

digressum         hinc.     Sic  pater  ./Eneas,  omnibus  intentis, 

having  departed  from  hence.    Thus  father    .'Km  us.  all        being  attentive 

imus  renarrabat    fata      Divflm,  que  docebat  cursus 

alone        related    the  purposes  of  the  gods,  and     declared  his  wandering! 

tandem    conticuit,      que  fine    facto      hie,  quievit. 

at  length  be  has  been  silent,    mid  «n  end  being  made  here,  he  has  rested. 


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BOOK  FOURTH. 


AT  Regina  jamdudum  saiicia    gravi      cura,  alit     vulnus 

BUT  the  queen    long  since       wounded  with  painful  care,  cherishes  the  wound 

venis,      et    carpitur     caeco     igni.  Multa  virtus          viri, 

in  her  veins,  and  is  consumed  by  the  unseen  flame.  The  great  virtue  of  the  man, 

que  multos  honos  gentis  recursat  animo;       vultus  que 

and   the  great    honor  of  his  race      recur    to  her  mind;  bis  countenance        and 

verba  hserent  infixi  pectore,  nee  cura   dat  placidam  quietem 

his  words  dwell       fixed  in  her  heart,  nor  does  care  allow  peaceful  rest 

membris.  Postera  Aurora  lustrabat  terras    Phcebea  lampade, 

to  her  limbs.    Returning  Aurora     illumined  the  earth  with  the  solar          lamp, 

que  dimoverat  humentem  umbram    polo;     cum      malesana 

and    had  scattered       the  dewy         shade   from  the  sky;   when       the  love-sick 

sic  alloquitur  unanimem  sororem:  "  Soror  Anna,     quse 

queen  thus     addresses    her  affectionate      sister:  "O  sister  Anna,        what 

insomnia  terrent  me  suspensam!  quis  novus  hospes  hie 

dreams  terrify      me        disturbed!        what  wonderful  guest  is  this     who 

successit  nostris  sedibus?  quern  ferens  sese         ore! 

hascome        to  our     habitation?   what  dignity  displaying  itself    in  his  counte- 

quam  forti  pectore  et  armis!  Credo,    equidem,       nee 

nance!  how      brave    in  heart  and  in  arms!  I  believe  Aim,     indeed,  nor 

fides      vana,  esse   genus  Deorum.    Timor* arguit  degeneres 

is  the  belief  vain,  to  be  the  offspring  of  the  gods.      Fear      argues       degenerate 

animos.  Heu!  quibus  fatis    ille  jactatus!  quas  bella  exhausta 

souls.  Alas!     by  what  fates  has  he    been  driven!    what  wars  undergone  by 

canebat!  Si  non  sederet    mihi  fixum'  quq         immotum 

him  did  he  sing!    If  it  might  not  remain  to  me     fixed      and  steadfast 

animo,     ne  vellem  socian;  me      cui  jugali 

in  my  mind,  that  I  should  not  be  willing  to  unite  rnyscl.*'  to  any  one  in  the  nuptial 

vinclo,  postquam  primus  amor      fefeU\t    deceptam    morte: 

bond,  after          my  first      love  has  disappointed  me  deceived      by  death; 

si  not  fuisset  pertassum  thalami  que    Isedaa,          forsau 

if  it  had  not  been  unpleasant  to  think  of  marriage  and  the  nuptial  torch,  perhaps 

potui  succumbere  huic  uni  culps.    Anna,      (enim  fatebor) 

I  could         '  yield  to  this  one     fault.  Anna,  (for  I  will  confess) 

post  fata       Sichasi   miseri  conjugis,  et  Penates 

since  the  fate  of  Sicheeus  my  unhappy  husband,   and      since  the  household  gods 

sparsos        fraterna  caede,  hie  solus   inflertf     pensus, 

were  stained  with  fraternal  blood,  this  stranger   alone    has  moved  my  feelings, 

que  impulit     labentem  animum;  agnosco  vestigia      vetp.ri* 

and  has  intfirested  my  wavering     mind;          I  know  the  symptoms  of  my  fonrej 


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flammae.  Sed  optcm      ve!  ima  tellus  prius    dehiscat 

flame.  But  I  would  wish  either  that  the  deepest  earth    first  may  yawn  open 

mihi,  vel  omnipotcns  pater  adigat  me  fulmine    ad  umbras, 

for  me,   or  that  the  almighty    father  may  hurl  me  by  his  thunder    to  the  shades, 

pallcntes  umbras  Erebi  que  profundam  noctem,      antequam 

to  the  palo       shades  of  Erebus  and        profound  night.  before 

violo    te,    pudor,    aut  resolvo  tua  jura.     Hie  qui       primus 

1  violate  thee,  O  modesty,   or       break       thy    laws.       He    who  first 

junxit  me    sibi        abstulit      meos  amores;  ille          habeat 

united      me  to  himself  has  borne  away     my    affections;  may  he      retain  tht-in 

secum,      que          servet       sepulchre.      Effata  sic, 

with  himself  and  may  he  preserve  Mem  in  his  grave.    Having  spoken  thin 

implevit      sinum   obortis  lacrymis.  Anna  refert:    "  0  rnagis 

•he  hai  filled  her  bosom  with  flowing  tears.  Anna      replies:  "  O  more 

dilecta  sorori   luce,         ne    sola  moerens  carpere   perpetua 

dear     to  thy  sister  than  light,  will  you  alone  mourning  waste  away  througlicntire 

juventa,  nee  noris  dulces  natos,  nee  proemia  Veneris? 

youth,  nor    know       dear   children,   nor   the  rewards  of  Venus? 

Credis        cinerem  aut  sepultos  manes  curare  id?          Esto, 

Do  you  believe  that  ashes    or     the  buried      dead         regard  that?  Bo  it  BO, 

nulli  mariti  quondam  flexere        aegram,  non  LibyS,         non 

that  no  suitors      formerly  have  moved  you  mourning,  not    in  Libya,  not 

Tyro  ante;       larbas     despectus,  que  alii  ductores,        quos 

in  Tyre  before;  that  lurbas  has  been  slighted,  and  other    princes,  whom 

Africa  terra  dives  triumphis    alit,    ne   pugnabis  etiam 

Africa      aland    rich       in  triumphs  maintains,  will  you  contend  also 

placito     amore?       Nee    venit    in  mentem  quorum     arvis 

with  a  pleasing  passion?    Nor  does  it  come  into  your  mind  upon  whose  territories 

consederis?     Hinc  Getulae  urbes  genus  insuperabile     bello, 

you  are  settled?     Here     Getulian    cities,     a  race      unconquerable       in  war, 

et    infnEni  Numidae,    et  inhospita   syrtis     cingunt.      Hinc 

and  the  untamed  Numidians,  and  inhospitable  quicksands  surround  you.       Here 

regio     deserta  siti,  que    Barcaei  furentes        late* 

a  region  made  desert  on  account  of  thirst,    and  the  Barca-ans  raging  far  and  wide 

Quid      dicam         bella  surgentia  Tyro,        que 

turround  you.       Why  should  I  mention  the  wars       rising     from  Tyre,         and 

tninas    germani?     Equidem  reor     Illiacas   carinas  tenuisse 

the  threats  of  your  brother?    Indeed    I  think  that  the  Trojan  ships       have  held 

cursum     hue    vento,  Dfs    auspicibus  et          Junone 

their  course  hither  with  the  wind,        the  gods  favouring    and  Juno 

secundS.          Soror,  quam  urbem  tu  cerneshanc!  quaeregna 

being  propitious.    O  sister,    what    a  city  shall  you  behold  thisl  what  kingdoms 

eurgere   tali  conjugio!       quantis  rebus  Punica 

to  rise    from  such  a  marriage!  by  what  great  exploits       shall  the  Carthagenian 

gloria  attollet  se,    armis    Teucrum  conntantibus!  Tu   modo 

glory         exalt     itself,  the  arms  of  the  Trojans  accompanying!    Do  you       only 

posce  veniam  Deos,    que      sacris       litatis,  indulge 

entreat  the  favour  of  the  gods,  and  the  sacred  rites  being  performed,          indulge 


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hoepitio,     que  innecte  causas  morandi,  dum    hiemg 

in  .Kispjtality,  and      devise       causes  for  detaining  your  guest,  while        winter 

desjevit  pelago,  et  Orion  aquosus,  que  rates  quassatae,        et 

rages       on  tlie  sea,  &nd  Orion      is  rainy,       and  his  ships  are  shattered,     ana 

ccelum    non  tractabile.    His    dictis  inflammavit      anirnum 

the  weather  nut     endurable.         By  these  words  she  has  inflamed          tier  mind 

incensum  amore,  que  dedit  spem    dubiae     menti,  que 

evci'ed          with  love,    and  has  given  hope  to  her  doubtful   mind,  and 

solvit          pudorem.     Principio  adeunt  delubra,  que  exqui- 

has  banished  her  modesty.  First  they  go  to  the  temples,  and  en- 

runt  pacem   per     aras;     mactant  lectas  bidentes 

treat      favour  through  the  altars;  they  sacrifice  chosen  victims          two  years  old 

de      more,  legiferse  Cereri,  que  Phoebo,  que    patn 

according  to  custom.  To  the  law  giving     Ceres,       and  to  Phoebus,    and  to  father 

Lyaso;  ante  omnes  Junoni,    cui    jugalia  vincla  curse. 

Bacchus;  above       all        to  Juno,  to  whom  the  nuptial  bonds  are  objects  of  care. 

Pulcherrima  Dido  ipsa  tenens  pateram   dextrd,  fundit 

I'he  most  beautiful  Dido  herself  holding      the  cup  in  her  right  hand,         pours  it 

inter       media       cornua-  candentis  vapcee,  aut  spatiatur  ad 

between  in  the  middle  of  the  horns  of  the  white     heifer,      or         walks  to 

pingues  aras  ante    ora       Deum,   que  instaurat  diem 

the  rich      altars  before  the  images  of  the  gods,  and     renews  the  day 

donis,        que  inhians  reclusis  pectoribus  pecudum,  consulit 

with  offerings,  and  examining  the  opened,    breasts       of  the  victims,      consult! 

spirantia  exta..     Heu!     ignarae  mentes  vatum!  quid       vota, 

their  panting  entrails.    Alas!  the  ignorant  minds'  of  augurs!    what       do  vows, 

quid  delubra  juvantfurentem?  Intere£  mollis 

what   do  temples    avail       a  raging  lover?    In  the  meantime  the  gentle 

flamma  est    medullas,  et  taciturn  vulnus  vivit  sub  pectore. 

flame       feeds  upon  her  vitals,  and  the  silent   wound       lives    in        her  breast. 

Infelix      Dido  uritur,          que  furens  vagatur    tota     urbe; 

The  unhappy  Dido    burns  with  love,    and    frantic      roams  over  the  whole    city; 

qualis  cerva,  sagittd  conjectS,,     quam  pastor  agens 

as  a  deer,    an  arrow       being  shot,        which  a  shepherd  pursuing 

telis,  fixit        incautam  procul    inter    Cressia 

with  weapons  has  wounded  unsuspecting  at  a  distance  among  the  Cressian 

nemora,  que  liquit  volatile  ferrum  nescius;  ilia 

groves,         and  has  left  the  winged     steel      unconscious  of  its  success;          she 

fugS.         peragrat  sylvas  que  Dictaeos  saltus;  lethalis  arundo 

in  her  flight  bounds  over  woods     and   the  Dictsan  lawns;     the  fatal         arrow 

hasret  lateri.    Nunc   ducit  vEnean   secum       per        media 

slicks  in  her  side     Now  she  conducts  ^Eneas  with  her  through      the  midst 

moenia,      que  ostentat  Sidonias  opes,  que  urbem 

of  the  fortifications,  and  shows  him  herSidonian  wealth,  and  the  city  which  she  had 

paratam.     Incipit    effari,  que-  resistit  in   media  voce. 

laid  out.  She  begins  to  speak,  and  stops  short  in  the  middle      of  her  speech. 

Nunclabente     die,  quaerit  eadem   conviviaj  que      iterura 
Now  at  the  declining  day.  she  longs  for  the  same  banquets;      and  again 


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oemcns  exposcit  audire  Iliacos  labores,  que  iterum    pendit 

madly  Toad    ihe  bcgi      to  bear  the  Trojan    disasters,    and     again  hang* 

ab    ore   narrantis.        Post      ubi          digressi,  que        luna 

on  the  lips  ol"  him  relating.    Afterwards  when  they  had  retired,    and       the  moon 

vicissim         obscure  premit  lumen,  que  cadentia          sidera 

in  her  turn grotoinf  dim       suppresses  her  light,    and  the  setting  rtars 

suadent  somnos,  maeret  fola     vacua1  domo,  que       incubat 

invite  sleep,    she  mourns  alone  in  the  vacant  hall,       and  presses 

stratis  reliclis;         absens,  que  audit  que      vide< 

the  couch  left  by  JEntas;  absent,  she  in  imagination  boib   In  ar.-  and  seei 

ilium  absentem;  aut  detinet  Ascanium  grcmio,  capta 

him  absent,  or       holds          Ascanius  to  her  bosom, captivated  with  hit 

imagine   genitoris,      si       possit        fallere  infandum 

resemblance  a/his  father,  as  if  she  could  be  able  lo  beguile  her  unutterable 

amorem.     Turres  coeptae  non  assurgunt;  juventus  non 

love.  Hrr  towers  which  toere  begun  do  not          rise;        her  youth        do  not 

exercet    arma  ve  parant  portus,  aut  tuta  propugnacula  bello; 

exercise  their  arms    or  construct  harbours,    or  protective  bulwarks         for  war 

opera  interrupta  pendent,  que  ingentes    minae      murorum, 

the  works  interrupted         stop,          and    the  great    battlements     of  the  walls, 

que  machina  aequata  coelo.  Quam  simul          ac 

and  the  machinery  equalling  the  sky  are  discontinued.    Whom    as  soon  as 

Saturnia  cara  conjux  Jovis     persensit      teneri  tali 

Juno  the  dear    wife  of  Jupiter  has  perceived  to  be  possessed          with  such 

peste,  nee   famam  obstare  furori,   aggreditur 

a  passion  of  lore,  nor  that  her  honour  was  able  lo  oppose  its  fury,      she  addresses 

Venerem  talibus  dictis.     Que  tu  vero  que  tuus  puer  refertis 

Venus  with  such  words.         Both  thou  indeed  and      thy        boy        acquire 

egregiam  laudem  et  ampla  spolia,  magnum  et    memorabile 

distinguished    praise    and    ample      spoils,        a  great        and  memorable 

nomen,  si  una  femina  est  victa       dolo       duorum     Divum. 

name,         if    one     woman      is  overcome  by  the  artifice  of  two  deities. 

Nec  adeo     fallit      me    te    veritam  nostra  mcenia,  habuisse 

Nor  entirely  does  it  escape  me  that  you    fearful        of  our    walls.         bave  held 

domos       altas  Carthaginis  suspectas;  sed  quis   erit     modus? 

the  buildings  of  lofty    Carthage         suspected;        but  what  shall  be  the  bound  ? 

aut    quo"  tanto  certamine?      Qum        potius 

or  whither  ore  ice  hastening  ant*  so  great  a  contention?      Why  not  rather 

exercemus  seternam  pacem  que  pactos  Hymenaeos?       habeg 

bring  about         a  lasting       peace        and      firm  marriage?       you  possess 

quod          petisti  tot&  mente;      amans  Dido 

lh«  which  you  have  sought  teith  your  whole    mind;  the  affectionate  Dido 

ardet,          que  traxit  furorem  per   ossa.       Ergo     regamus 

burns  iwtt  love,  and  has  drawn  its  fury      into  her  bones.   Therefore  let  us  govern 

huncpopulum  communem,  que  paribus  auspiciis;    liceal 

this  people          in  common,         and  with  equal      favour;    let  it  be  lawful 

servire  Phrygio  marito,  que  permittere  tuae          dextra? 

ftrktr  to  yield  to  a  Trojan  husband,   and     to  give  up     into  your  hand 


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Tyrios     dotales.     Olli  Venus       contra      sic    ingressa  est; 

the  Tyrians  as  a  dowry.  To  her  Venus  on  the  other  hand  thus  replied; 

(enim  sensit  locutam    simulata   mente  quo 

(for  she  has  perceived  that  Juno  spoke    with  a  deceitful     mind  that 

averteret    regnum  Italise  Lybicas  oras.)      Quis    demens 

she  might  transfer  the  empire  of  Italy  to  ihe  Lybian  coasts.)    Who  mad 

abnuat  talia      aut  malit      contendere  tecum  bello?  Simodd 

can  reject  such  terms  or  choose  rather  to  contend    with  thee  in  war?    If      only 

fortuna  sequatur      factum     quod  memoras.     Sed      feror 

fortune       may  follow  the  undertaking  which  you  mention.      But   I  am  inclined 

incerta  fatis          si     Jupiter  velit          unam  urbem  esse 

lc  be  doubtful  by  the  fates  whether  Jupiter  be  willing  that  the  same  city  should  be 

Tyriis,    que          profectis     Troja,        ve  probef 

to  the  Tyrians,  nnd  to  those  who  are  come  from  Troy,  or  whether  he  approve 

populos       misceri,  autfoedera  jungi.     Tu         conjux; 

that  the  people  be  mingled  together, or  alliances  be  joined.    Thou  art      his  wife; 

fas     tibi     tentare    animum  precando.     Perge,       sequar. 

it  belongstoyou  to  work  upon  his  mind  by  entreating.         Go  on,     I  will  follow. 

Turn  regia  Juno  sic   excepit:  Iste  labor  erit  mecum;  nunc 

Then     royal     Juno  thus     answered:    That  labour  shall  be  with  me;         now 

adverte,  docebo          paucis         quS.  ratione  quod     instat 

attend,    I  will  instruct  you  in  a  few  words  in  what  manner  that  which  concerns  ui 

possit   confieri.     ^Eneas  que  miserrima    Dido,  una 

can  be  accomplished.      ^Eneas     and  the  most  unhappy  Dido,  together 

parant       ire  venatum  in  nemus,  ubi  crastinus  Titan      extu- 

are  preparing  to  go  to  hunt       in  the  grove,  when  to-morrow's  sun       shall  have 

ierit     primos  ortus,  que    retexerit  orbem       radiis. 

brought  forth  the  first  dawn,    and  shall  have  enlightened  the  world  with  his  rays. 

Dum        alae    trepidant,  que  cingunt  saltus  indagine,       ego 

Whilst  the  horsemen  hurry,  and  surround  the  lawns  with  nets,  I 

desuper  infundam  his     nigrantem  nimbum,  grandine 

from  above    will  pour  upon  4hem  a  blackening       storm,  with  bail 

commixtd,  que    ciebo  omne  coelum  tonitru.  Comites 

intermingled,     and  I  will  shake  all       heaven  with  thunder.     Their  attendants 

diffugient,  et  tegentur  opaca  nocte;  Dido  et    Trojanus   dux 

shall  fly,  and  be  covered  with  dark  night;       Dido   and       the  Trojan  leader 

devenient  eandem  speluncam;      adero      et  si  tua  voluntas 

shall  come       to  the  same       cavern;       /  will  be  present  and  if  your       consent 

certa  mini,  jungara      stabili  connubio,  que        dicabo 

be  sure  to  me,  I  will  unite  them  in  firm     wedlock,        and     I  will  consecrate  her 

propriam.     Hie  erit  Hymenaeus.  Cytherea,  non     adversata, 

as  bis  own.        This  shall  be   marriage.  Venus,         not  opposed, 

annuit  petenti,  atque  risit    dolis     repertis.  Interea 

agreed  to  her  requesting,  and    smiled  at  the  fraud  discovered.  Meanwhile 

Aurora  surgens  reliquit  Oceanum.    Delecta  juventus      it 

Aurora        rising         has  left     the  Ocean.        The  chosen      youth        proceed 

portis,  exoilo  jubare.      Kara  retia,    plagae,  venabula 

from  the  gates,  with  the  rising  day-star.    The  wide  nets,  the  toils,  hunting  spears 


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ato  ferro,  que  Massili     equitea  et          odora       vis 

With  broad  pointtd  itcel.  and  the  Ma*  syllan  hornemen  and      a  quick-scented  pac« 

ranum  ruunt.       Primi        Pcenorum        ad  limina 

of  dogs    pour  forth.    The  chiefs  of  the  Carlhaptniangbefniu  (he  lhn*hi>hl 

expectant  reginam  cunctantem  thalamo;       que         sonipes 

•  wait  the  queen          delaying         in  her  chamber,    and  ArrMred 

stat    insignis   ostro      et  auro,  ac  ferox  mandit      spumantia 

stand*  decorated  with  purple  and  gold,      and  fierce     champ*  the  foaming 

fra-na.      Tandem  progreditur,  magnS.  caterva        stipante, 

bit*.  At  length     *ke  advances,      a  great       crowd  surrounding  Atr, 

circumdata  Sidoniam  chlamydem       picto       limbo;        cui 

enveloped  in          a  Sidonian        mantle    with  an  embroidered  fringe;         whnxe 

pharetra  ex  auro,  crines  nodantur  in   aurum,      aurea  fibula 

quiver  was   of     gold,      her  hair    was  tied      in  a  golden  knot,  a  golden     clasp 

eubnectit  purpuream  vestem.     Et  nee  non  Phrygii  comites. 

binds  ker  purple  robe.  And        also        the  Trojan         bamU, 

et     laetus  lulus  incedunt;  ^Eneas  ipse    pulcherrimus     ante 

and  the  joyous  lulus        advance;        Ericas  himself     the  most  beautiful      above 

omnes  alios,  infert    se      socium,      atque  jungit      agmina: 

all  others,     adds    himself  as  a  companion,   and         joins  the  bands: 

qualis  ubi  Apollo  deserit  hibernam  Lyciam.  que          fluenta 

•uch  as  when   Apollo       leaves      the  wintry        Lycia        and       the  streams  of 

Xanthi,  ac  invisit  maternam  Delum,  que  instaurat      chores; 

Xanthus,    aud  revisits    his  maternal    Delos,         and    •    renews         the  dances; 

que  Cretes,  que  Dryopes,  que    picti    Agathyrsi,  misti 

and  the  Cretans,  and  the  Dryopes,    and  the  painted    Agathyrsi,  mingled 

circum  altaria  fremunt;    ipse  graditur     jugi.s     Cynthi,  que 

around    the  altars      shout;    he  himself  moves  over  the  heijhts  of  Cynthus,  and 

fingens  fluentem  crinem  premit       molli  fronde, 

adjusting    his  flowing       hair       presses  it      with  a  soft  wreath  of  leaves, 

atque  implicat       auro.  Tela       sonant          humeris. 

ana         entwines   it    with    gold.      His    arrows      rattle        on    his    shoulders. 

./Eneas   ibat    baud    segnior   illo;         tantum  decus  enitet 

£2neas         moved      not         inferior     to  him;  so  much     grace  shines  forth 

egregio         ore.         Postquam    ventuni       in        altos 

from  his  handsome  countenance.     After  they  were  come  among    the  lofty 

monies,     atque   invia     lustra,  ecce!    ferae  caprae 

mountains,      and    the   pathless  haunts,       lol      the    wild  goats 

dejectae     vertice        saxi      decurr£re     jugis;     de          alii 

driven    from  the  summit  of  the  rock  have  run  down  the  heights;  from     the  other 

parte  cervi  transmittunt  patentes  campos     cursu,  atque 

part     the  deer        pass  over         the  open        plains     in  their  course,  and 

fugi   glomerant  pulverulenta  agmina,  que          relinquunt 

in  their  flight    collect  their  dusty  herds,         and  leave 

montcs.         At  puer  Ascanius  gaudet        acri       equo      in 

•be  mountains.    But  the  boy   Ascanius        exults  with  his  sprightly  steed  IP 

nediis  vallibus,  que  jam  preterit  hos,  jam  illos   cursu;    que 

ibtmid      vaJleyi,       and     now    puses  by  these,  now   th»M  in  his  course;  and 


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outat  spumantem  aprum      dari          votis      inter        inertia 

desires  tliat  a  t'uaming      boar  might  be  given  to  his  wishes  among         the  feeble 

pecora,  aut    fulvum  leonem  descendere  monte. 

herds,  or    that  a  tawny  lion         would  descend  from  the  mountain. 

Interea      coelum  incipit   misceri  magno  murmure; 

In  the  mean  time    the  air    begins  to  be  disturbed  by  a  great  roaring 

nimbus  insequitur  grandine  commista;  et  Tyrii        comites 

ruin  follows          with  hail        intermingled;  and  the  Tyrian      attendants 

el  Trqjana  juventus,  que  Dardanius  nepos  Veneris      passim 

and  (he  Trojan      youth,          and  the  Dardanian  grandson  of  Venus  everywhere 

petiere    diversa  tecta  per     agros    metu:  amnes  ruunt    de 

have  sought  different  shelters  through  the  fields  for  fear;        rivers       pour      from 

montibus.     Dido  et  Trojanus  duxdeveniunt  ad         eandcm 

tli,,-  mountains.    Dido  and  the  Trojan  leader       come  to  the  same 

speluncam:  et  Tellus  prima  et  Juno      pronuba  dant 

cavern:  and  the  earth    first,    and  Juno  the  goddess  of  marriage        give 

signum;  ignes     fulsere    et  aether  conscius 

the  signal;  lightnings  have  flashed  and  the  sky  brightened  as  conscious 

connubiis;    que  Nymph.33  ulularunt   summo  vertice. 

to  the  nuptials;  and    the  nymphs  have  shrieked  from  the  highest     mountain  top. 

Tile  dies  primus   fuit  causa  lethi,  que  primus 

That  day      first    has  been  the  cause  of  death  to  Dido,  and      first  the  cause 

malorum;  enim  Didoneque  movetur    specie  ve 

of  her  woes;      for         Dido    neither    is  moved  by  the  appearance  of  her  crime  or 

fama,     nee  jam  meditatur  furtivum  amorem;  vocat       conju- 

by  honour,  nor   now  does  she  meditate  a  secret          love;        shecalisit  mar 

gium;  hoc   nomine  praetexit  culpam.     Extempld  Fama  it 

riuge;    with  this  name        she  screens    her  fault.         Immediately    Fame     goes 

per  magnas  urbes  Libyas;  Fama,  malum  quo 

through  the  great    cities   of  Lybia;     Fame,      an  evil  being-  than  whom  there  is 

non  ullum  aliud  velocius;   viget     mobilitate,  que      acquirit 

not         any        other    more  swift;  she  increases  by  motion,      and  acquires 

vires       eundo;    primo  parva  metu,    mox  attollit   sese      in 

strength  by  advancing;  at  first  small  through  fear,  soon  she  raises  herself     into 

auras,  que  ingreditur  solo,        et  condit  caput     inter  nubila. 

the  air,   and         stalks    oti  the  ground,  and    hides      her  head  among  the  clouds. 

Parens  Terra,  irritata        ira      Deorum,  progenuit  illara,  ut 

Mother       Earth,    provoked  by  the  anger  of  the  Gods,  brought  forth     her,        aa 

perhibent,  extremam  sororem   Cceo  que  Encelado,    celerem 

they  say,  the  last  sister        to  Cceus  and       Knccladus,  quick 

pedibus  et  pernicibus  alis;  monstrum  horrendum,      ingens, 

on  feet       and   with  swift    wings;    a  monster,  hideous,  huge, 

cui  tot     vigiles  oculi  subter,  (mirabile  dictu) 

.o  whom  there  are  as  many  watchful     eyes     beneath,  (wonderful  to  be  told 

tot  linguae,  totidem   ora  sonant,  subrigit  tot  aures,  quot 

as  many  tongues,  as  many  mouths     sound,  sliu  pricks  upas  many  ears,    HA  there 

sunt  plumae  corpore.     Nocte  volat          medio         cceli,  que 

arc        feathers  on  her  body.    By  night  she  flies  through  the  midst  of  the  air,  and 


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per  umbram  ten*  stridens,  nee   declinat  lumina      dulci 

through  th«  shade  of  ihe  earth  buzzing,    nor    does  she  close  her  eyes      In  sweet 

soinno.  Luce  sedet  custos,  aut    culmine    summi   tecti,    aut 

sleep.         By  day  she  sin   a*py.    either  on  the  roof  of  a  very  high  building,  or 

altis  turribus,  et  terrilat  magnas  urbes,  tarn  tenax     nuncia 

»pon  lofty  towers,    and  terrifies       great        cities.       as   constant  a  metsengei 

ficti         quc  pravi,  quam  veri.     Hsec  turn  gaudens,  replebat 

of  falsehood  and   error,        as       of  truth.    She      then    n-joicing,  filled 

populos  multiplici  sermone,  et  pariter  canebat  facta       alque 

the  people  with  various      reports,      and   equally    uttered       facts  an 

infecta:  uEnean   cretum  a  Trojano  sanguine,  venisse,    cw 

untruths:  That  /Eneas  descended  from  Trojan  blood.        had  come  to  which 

viro  pulchra  Didodignetur  jungere  se;  nuncluxu          inter 

man  the  beautiful   Dido  thought  fit     to  wed  herself;  DOW  in  luxury         among 

se      fovere      hiemem  quam  longa,      immemores 

themselves  they  enjoyed  the  winter  however     long,  unmindful     of  their 

regnorum,  que  captos    turpi  cupidine. 

kingdom*,          and  captivated  by  a  base  passion. 

Fceda     Dea  passim  diffundit  haec         in     ora       virflm. 

The  cruel  goddess  every  where  scatters     these  reports  in  the  mouths    of  men 

Protinus  detorquet  cursus  ad  regemlarbam;  que        incendit 

Forthwith      she  turns   her  course  to     king        larbas;       and  inflames 

animum  dictis      atque  aggerat    iras.    Hie  satus    Ammone, 

bis  mind  with  her  words  and    aggravates  his  rage.    He     sprung   from  Ainnion, 

raptd       nympha"  Garamantide,  posuit     Jovi     centum  im- 

by  the  ravished  nymph       Oaramanlis,  placed  to  Jupiter  an  hundred  spa- 

mania  templa .  latis  regnis,  centum  aras,  que         sacraverat 

eious       temples  in  his  wide  realms,  a  hundred  altars,   and         had  consecrated 

vigilem  ignem,  zeternas  excubias  Divfim,  que  solum 

the  wakeful  Are,         the  eternal    watch  -of  the  gods,    and         a  spot  of  ground 

pingue   cruore     pecudum,  et  limina  florentia  variis 

.rich         with  the  blood  of  victims,    and  the  gates   blooming  with  various 

sertis.     Que  is  amens  animi  et  accensus  amaro        mmore, 

garlands.    And    he   frantic     in  mind  and  inflamed  by  the  bitter  tiding*, 

dicitur  supplex     orasse      Jovem  multa  supinis      manibus, 

is  said       suppliant  to  have  prayed  to  Jupiter     much  with  uplifted  hands. 

ante    aras    inter  media    numina"  Divum:          Omnipotent 

before  the  altars  amid  the  immediate  statues  of  the  gods:  O  omnipotent 

Jupiter,  cui  Maurusia  gens  epulata  pictis   toris  nunc     libal 

Jupiter,  to  whom  the  Moorish  nation  feasting  on  painted  couches  now  pours  out 

Lenaeum  honorem,     aspicis     haec?  An,  genitor, 

wine          as  an  offering,  dost  thou  behold  these  things?  Or,       O  father. 

horremus  te  necquicquam,  cum         torques     fulmina?  que 

do  we  dread  thee      to  no  purpose.        when      thou  hurlesl  the  thunderbolts?  ;uirf 

cseci      ignes     in  nubibus  terrificant,  et  inania          murmura 

do  blind  lightnings     in   the  clouds         terrify,      and  do  vain  thundering! 

miscent  animos.      Femina,  quae  errans   in  nostris      finibus 

our  minds.        A  woman,    who  wandering  in       our  territorie* 


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posuit  exiguam  urbera  pretio,      cui    dedimus"  litus 

has  settled  a  small       city      by  purchase,  to  whom  we  have  given  land 

arandum,  que   cui  leges      loci,  repulit  nostra 

for  tillage,        and  to  whom  ve  gave  the  laws  of  the  country,  has  rejected        our 

connubia,  ac  recepit  ^Enean  in     regna    dominum,  et  nunc 

alliance,         and  has  taken  ^Eneas      into  her  kingdom  as  her  lord,    and     now 

ilie  Paris  cum  semiviro  comitatu,  subnexus  mentum        que 

this    Paris    with  his  effeminate     train,  bound       as  to  his  chin  and 

madentem  crinem  Masonid  mitri,  potitur     rapto;        quippe 

bis  moistened      hair     with  a  Lydian  bonnet,  possessed  the  ravished  prize;     truly 

nos  ferimus  munera  tuis  templis,  que  fovemus  maneni 

\ve       bear  gifts        to  thy  temples,      and       cherish  a  vain 

famam 

fame.  •  •  . 

Omnipotens         audiit     orantem  talibus  dictis,  que 

The  almighty  Jupiter        heard  him  praying  with  such  words,  and 

tenentem   aras,    que      torsit    oculos  ad  regia  mcenia         et 

grasping        the  altars,  and  turned  his  eyes    to  the  royal  towers  and 

amantes   oblitos    melioris  famse.  Tune  sic  alloquitur      Mer- 

to  the  lovers  forgetful  of  their  better  fame".      Then     thus  he  addresses          Mer 

curium,  ac  mandat  talia.       Nate,  age,  vade  voca  Zephyros, 

cury,  and  commands  such  things.   O  yon,  haste,     go        call        the  Zephyrs, 

et  labere  pennis;    que  alloquere  Dardanium  ducem,         qui 

and   glide  on  (Ay  \vm»s;  and        address          the  Trojan          leader,  who 

nunc  expectat  Tyrid  Carthagine,  que  non  respicit         urbes 

now          loiters       inTyrian    Carthage,        and  does  not  regard  the  cities 

datas       fatis,          et  defer  mea  dicta  per         celeres 

allotted  Aim  by  the  fates,  and  carry       my    words  to  him  through  the  swift 

auras.    Pulcherrima  genetrix  non  promisit  nobis  ilium 

air.  His  beautiful         mother      has  not  promised    to  us   that  he  should  be 

talem,       que  ide6    bis   vindicat  armis  GraiOm; 

such  a  man,     and    thus   twice  does  she  rescue  Aim  from  the  arms  of  the  Greeks. 

sed       fore  qui  regent  Italiam  gravidam  imperiis  que 

but  that  he  should  be  one  who  should  rule  Italy         pregnant      with  empires   and 

frementem  bello,       proderet     genus     a      alto     sanguine 

fierce  in  war,  toAo  should  evince  his  descent  from  the  high  blood 

Teucri,   ac  mitteret  totum  orbem  sub  leges.    Si  nulla  gloria 

of  Teucer,  and  should  send  the  whole  world  under  his  laws     If       no  glory 

tantarum  rerum  accendit,     nee  ipse  molitur  laborem    super 

of  such  great  things        inflame  Aim,    nor     he    undertakes  the  labour  f«t 

su&    laude,  ne  pater  invidet  Ascanio  Romanas  arces? 

Ills  own  fame,  does  he  a  father  envy         Ascanius     the  Roman  towers? 

Quid    struit?       aut  qui      spe        moratur   in          inimi  cS 

Wh;it  does  he  purpose  or  in  what  expectation  does  he  delay  among  a  hostile 

gente,  nee  respicit  Ausoniam  prolem   et    Lavinia         arvar 

nation,      nor      regards    the  Ausonian        race        and  the  Lavinian  fields? 

Naviget.     Hsec  est  summa;       hie  esto  nuncius  nostri. 

Let  him  sail.     This     is  the  substance;  let  this  be    the  message  of  ours. 


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Dixcrat;    ille  parabat  parere  imperio      magni  patns;         et 

lie  had  Raid;    be     prepared    tu  obey  the  command  of  his  great  father;  mid 

primum  ncctit  aurea  talaria  pedibus,  qua;  portant  subnmem 

In. -i  he  binds  the  golden  sandals  to  his  fuel,  which  bear  Aim  aloft 

alls,        sive   super  aequora,  seu      terram,  pariter  cum 

on  wings,  whether  above       seas,         or  above  land,         equal  in  speed       with 

rapido  flamine;  turn  capit  virgam;    hdc     cvocat     pallentes 

lite  rapid    wind:  then  he  takes  his  wand;  with  this  he  calls  fortli        the  pale 

animas  Oreo,  mittit  alias  sub    tristia    Tartara,  dat  que 

(hosts    from  Orcus,  sends   others  undcr'tlic  gloomy  Tartarus,  gives  and 

adimit  somnos,  et  resignat  lumina  morte;         fretus     illd 

takes  away  sleep,       and      closes  eyes       in  death;  relying  upon  this 

agit  ventos,  et   tranat     turbida  nubila.      Que       jam 

he  manages  the  winds,  and  skims  along  the  turbid    clouds.  And  now 

volans  cernit  apicem  et  ardua  latera  duri  Atlantis,  qui  fulcit 

flying       he  sees     the  top    and  the  lofty  sides   of  rugged  Atlas,        who  props  up 

ccr.lum  vertice;    Atlantis  cui  piniferum  caputassiduecinctum 

the  sky  with  his  summit;  of  Atlas  whose  pine-bearing  head         always     encircled 

atris     nubibus  pulsatur   et    vento     et  imbri;  nix        infusa 

with  dark  clouds         is  beaten    both  by  the  wind  and  rain;     snow      spreadover 

tegit  humeros;  turn  flumina  precipitant  mento       senis, 

cover*  his  shoulders;   also        rivers  roll       from  the  chin  of  the  aged  man, 

et  horrida  barba  riget  glacie.     Hie  Cyllenius  nitens  paribus 

and  his  rough  beard    still'ens  with  ice.        Here    Mercury  poising  upon       equal 

alis  primum  constitit;   hinc  prscceps    misit  se 

wings  first         has  alighted;    hence    headlong  he  has  thrown  himself 

toto    corpore  ad  undas,  similis  avi     quac  volat    humilis 

with  his  whole  body         to  the  waves,    like  to  a  bird      which    flics  Ion 

juxta          requora    circum  litora,  circum  piscosos   scopulos. 

near  the  surface  of  the  sea  around  the  shores,  around      the  fishy  rocks 

Proles  Cyllcnia,         veniens     ab  materno     avo,  baud 

The  son  of  Cyllenian  Maia,    coming        from  his  maternal  grandsire,  just 

aliter  legebat  arenosum  litus  Lybiae    inter  terras  que  coelum, 

to  chose         the  sandy     shore  of  -Lybia  between  the  earth  and      heaven( 

que  secabat  ventos.     Ut  primum    tetigit    magalia 

and         cut        the  winds.    When    first  he  has  touched  the  buildings  of  Ca.rt.hagt 

alatis       plantis,  conspicit  ./Enean  fundantem  arces       ac 

with  his  winged    feet  he  beholds    .ft'.neas  founding        towers        and 

novantem  tecta;  atque  ensis  erat  illi  stellatus  fulva  iaspide, 

making  new  edifices;      and    a  sword  was  to  him  gemmed  with  yellow      jasper, 

que  lacna  demissa  ex   humeris  ardebat  Tyrio   murice;    qua 

and    a  robe     flowing    from  liis  shoulders    glowed  with  Tyrian  purple;       which 

munera  dives  Dido  fecerat,        et      discreverat  telas 

presents     wealthy  Dido     had  made  Aim,  and  she  hari  interwoven  the  web 

tenui  auro.     Continue  invadit:         Tu    nunc  locas    funda 

with  flue  gold.        Forthwith  he  accosts  him:        Do  you  now      place    tilt  foil nd.i- 

tm>.n*a  alia;  Carthaginis,  que    uxorius        extruis    pulcbram 

lions      of  lofty      Carthage,         and  devoted  to  a  wife  do  you  raise   a  beautiful 


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urbem?  heu!  oblite  regni  que  tuarum  rerum. 

city?  alas!    forgetful  of  your  kingdom  and  of  your  own  concern*, 

Regnator  Deum   ipse,   qui  torquet  coelum  et  terras  numine. 

The  ruler  of  the  gods  himself,  who       turns        heaven  and    earth     by  his  will, 

dcmittit  me  tibi          claroOlympo;  ipse  jubet  me  ferfe 

sends  me  to  you  from  the  bright  heaven;      be        orders  me  to  bear  to  you 

haec  mandata   per    celeres  auras:  Quid    struis?  aut 

these   commands  through  the  swift       air:          What  do  you  propose?  or 

qua  spe  teris  otia  Lybicis      terris? 

with  what  expectation  do  you  waste  away  your  leisure  in  the  Lybiao  land:? 

Si  nulla  gloria  tantarum  rerum  movet  te,  nee  ipse       moliris 

If     no      glory      of  such  great  things      moves    thee,  nor  yourself       undertake 

laborem  super  tua   laude,  respice  surgentem  Ascanium     et 

labour  for     thy  own  fame,        regard          the  rising         Ascanius  and 

spes       lull  haeredis,  cui       regnum    Italia  que         Romana 

the  hopes  of  lulus  thy  heir,  to  whom  the  kingdom  of  Italy    and  the  Roman 

tellus  debentur.     Cyllenius  locutus       tali  ore, 

land  are  due.  Mercury  having  spoken  with  such  discourse, 

reliquit     mortales  visus         medio    sermone  et  procul 

relinquished  his  mortal  appearance  in  the  midst  of  his  speech  and  afar 

evanuit      ex   oculis   in  tenuem  auram.     At  vero      ^Eneas 

vanished  from  his  eyes  into        thin  air.  But  indeed  Aineas 

amens      aspectu      obmutuit     que  comae  arrectas 

confounded  at  the  sight    was  speechless       and   his  hair  stood  upright 

horrore,         et  vox    haesi't  faucibus.  Ardet 

through  horror,  and  his  voice  clung  to  his  jaws.  He  burns  with  impatience 

abire  fuga,  que  relinquere  dulces  terras  attonitus 

to  go  away  by  tii^'lit,  and        to  leave        the  sweet  lauds,  thunder-struck 

tanto      monitu   que  imperio  Deorum.     Heu!  quid        agat? 

at  so  great  warning    and    command    of  the  gods.        Alas!       what    can  he  do? 

quo     affatu  nunc  audeat   ambire  furentem  reginam?  Quaa 

with  what  language    now  can  he  dare  to  address  the  raving        queen?        What 

prima  exordia  sumat?        Atque  dividit        celerem 

first        introduction  of  Ike  subject  can  he  take?  And        he  turns  his  rapid 

animum  nunc  hue,      nunc  illuc,  que  rapit  in  varies 

mind  now  on  this  side,  now  on  that,     and  hurries  it  into  various 

partes,  que  versat    per     omnia. 

directions,  and  changes  through        all. 

Haec  sen.tentia  visa  est  potior         alternanti:  vocat 

This    determination  seemed   preferable    to  him    fluctuating:  he  calls 

Mnesthea  que  Sergestum,  que  fortem  Cloanthum,     ul  taciti 

Mnestheus        and     Sergestus,         and    the  brave        Cloanthus,        that  silent 

aptent        classem,  que  cogant    socios      ad  litora,  parent 

they  may  prepare      the  fleet,      and  collect  their  comrades    at  the  shore,  provide 

arma,  et  dissimulent  quae    sit        causa    novandis         rebus; 

anna,     and      dissemble        what  may  be  the  cause  of  their  changed  affairs; 

interea    quando      optima      Dido       nesciat,    et    non 

di  the  mean  lime    while    the  most  excellent  Dido  may  not  know,  and         not 


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speret  tantos  amores     rumpi,      sese        tentaturum  adit  us, 

suspect  such  great     love      to  be  broken  off,  that  he  would  try  to  find  the  avenue* 

et  qua;  mollissima  tempora  fandi;      quis 

Ukirktart,  and  what  might  be  the  moct  favourable    limes  .for  speaking;     what 

dexter  modus      rebus.     Omnes  ocius    laeti    parent 

migkt  be  a  suitable    plan    for  his  ail'airs.  All        speedily  joyful      '      obey 

imperio,  ac  facessunt  jussa.   At  regina  praesensit     dolos 

kis  command,    and   execute  At'j   orders.     But  the  queen  has  perceived  the  frauds 

tquis    possit   fallere  amantem?)    que     prima          excepit 

(>'bo  may  bo  able  to  deceive    a  lover?)  and  «Ac  first  has  conjectured 

futures  motus,  timens  omnia  tuta;          eadem 

tfieir     future     motions,    fearing   all  things  when  seeming  safe;  the  same 

impia  fama    detulit  furenti,    classem         armari, 

w>rKed     fame  has  conveyed  the  news  to  her  frantic,  that  the  fleet  was  equipping 

que  cursum     parari.         Saevit  inops   animi,  que    incensa 

and   a  voyage  was  preparing.      She  rages  destitute  of  reason    and  furious 

bacchatur  per  totam  urbem:  qualis  Thyas  excita   commotis 

roams  wildly  over  the  whole   city;       like  a    Bacchanal  excited  by  the  agitated 

sacris   ubi  trieterica  orgia  stimulant,         Baccho  audito, 

sacred  rites  when  the  triennial  orgies  arouse  her,  the  name  of  Bacchus  being  heard 

que  nocturnus  Cithaeron  vocat    clamore.  Tandem      ultro 

and      the  nightly       Cithzron   calls  her  with  clamour.  At  length,  spontaneously 

compellat  JEnezn  his  vocibus:  Perfide  sperasti  etiam 

she  addresses  ./Eneas  with  these  words:  O  treacherous  man  hast  thou  hoped  even 

posse  dissimulare  tantum   nefas,     que   tacitus     decedere 

to  be  able    to  dissemble    such  great  wickedness,  and      silent  to  depart 

mea"  terra?  nee  noster  amor,  nee    dextera  quondam  data, 

from  my   land?      nor  can  our       love,      nor  thy  right  hand       once  given 

nec  Dido  moritura  crudeli  funere  tenet    te? 

in  pledge  of  faith,    nor     Dido     about  to  die  by  a  cruel      death       detain    thec? 

Quin  etiam    moliris  classem  hiberno  sidere,  et  properas  ire 

But          even   you  prepare  your  fleet  in  the  wintry  season,  and  you  hasten  to  go 

per    altum      mediis    aquilqnibus.      Crudehs'     quid?      si 

through  the  deep  in  the  midst     of  tempests.       O  cruel  man!     what?         if 

non  peteres  aliena  arva  que  ignotas  domos,   et  antiqua  Troja 

you  did  not  seek  foreign  lands  and  unknown  habitations,  and  «/ ancient     Troy 

mcneret,        Troja  peteretur  classibus  per          undosum 

might  yet  remain,  would  Troy  besought  by  your  fleet  through    this      boisterous 

sequor?  Fugis  ne  me?  ego  oro    te  per  has  lachrymas,      que 

sea?      Do  you  fly  from  me?    1  besrech  thee  by  these       tears,  and 

tuam  dextram  (quando  ipsa  reliqui  jam  nihil  aliud         mihi 

thy       right  hand      (since  I     nave  left   now  nothing    else  to  me 

miseraA  per  nostra  connubia,  per  Hymenseos      inceptos,  si 

miserable)    oy       our          wedlock,        by    our  conjugal  loves  just  begun,       it 

merui        quid    bene  de  te,  aut  quicquam    meum   fuit 

I  have  deserved  any  thing  well    of  thee,  or  if        any  quality  of  mine  lias  been 

dulce   tibi;    miserere    labentis   domus,   et  exue        istam 

pleasing  to  tbee.        pity  a  falling         family,     and  put  off  that 


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mentem,  si         quis  locus  adhuc  precibus.     Propter      te 

determination,  if  there  is  any    room       yet  for  prayers.          On  account  of  thea 

Libycse  gentes,  que  tyranni     Nomadum   odere,  Tyrii 

the  Lybian  nations,    and  the  kings  of  the  Numidians  have  hated  me,  the  Tyrians 

infensi:  propter  eundejn  te  pudor  extinctus,  et    prior 

are  displeased  with,  me:  on  account  of  thy  same  self  my  honour  is  lost  and  my  former 

fama  quS.    sola  adibam        sidera;     cui         deseris         me 

fame  by  which  alone  I  was  raised  to  the  stars;  to  whom  dostthou  abandon     me 

moribundam,  hospes?  quoniam  hoc  nomeu  solum  restat  mihi 

about  to  die,        my  guest?     since  this       name      alone    remains  to  me 

de         conjuge.    Quid   moror?     an  dum  frater     Pygmalion 

oi  that  of  husband.       What  do  I  wait  for?  is  it  until  my  brother        Pygmalion 

destruat  mea  moema,  aut  Getulus  larbas  ducat  me    captam? 

shall  destroy  my     walls,       or  the  Getulian    larbas  shall  lead  me      a  captive? 

Si  saltern  qua  soboles  fuisset  suscepta  mihi   de   te          ante 

If      only       any    offspring    had  been  begotten     to  me      of  thce  before 

fugam,  si  quis  parvulus  ^Eneas  luderet  mihi      auld         qui 

thy  flight,  if  any  little         /Eneas    might  sport  for  me  in  my  hall,         who 

tantum     referret         te    ore,  equidem  non  viderer 

only  might  represent     thee    in  countenance,     indeed      I  should  not  seem 

omnino  capta  aut  deserta.         Dixerat.     Ille  monitis 

entirely       bereft    or    abandoned.    She  had  spoken.     He         by  the  commands 

Jovis    tenebat  lumina  immota,  et  obnixus  premebat 

of  Jupiter     held        his  eyes     unmoved,    and  struggling  suppressed 

curam  sub  corde.    Tandem  refert     pauca:     Regina,  ego 

the  anxiety  in  his  breast.     At  length    he  replies  a  few  words:    O  queen,  I 

nunquam  negabo  te      premeritam   plurima,  qua 

never  will  deny  that  thou  hast  conferred  very  many  favours  on  me,  which 

vales       enumerare   fando;  nee  pigebit   me   meminisse 

you  may  be  able  to  enumerate  by  speaking;  nor  shall  I  be  unwilling  to  remember 

Elisae,  dum  ipse  memor  mei,  dum  spiritus   reget  hos 

Elisa,      whilst  I  am  mindful  of  myself,  whilst      a  soul    shall  govern  these 

artus.   Loquar        pauca  pro  re:   ego  nee  speravi  abscondere 

hmhs.    I  will  speak  a  few  words  on  tkis  subject:  I  have  not  hoped          to  conceal 

hanc   fugam   furto,  ne   finge;   nee  unquam  praetendi 

this         flight  by  stealth,   suppose  it  not;     nor         ever  have  1  pretended 

taedas        conjugis,  aut    veni     in  haec  faedera.   Si  fata 

to  the  ceremonies  of  marriage,  or  have  I  come  into  those    bonds.         If  the  fates 

paterentur  me  ducere  vitam   meis     auspiciis,  et  componere 

would  permit    me  to  conduct  my  life  by  my  own  directions,   and  to  quiet 

curas       mea  sponte,  primum  colerem  Trojanam  urbem,  que 

my  cares  by  my  own  inclination,    first    I  would  cherish  the  Trojan    city.       and 

dulces  reliquias    meorum,    alta    tecta   Priarm     manerent, 

the  dear    remains      of  my  country,  the  lofty  buildings  of  Priam      should  remain, 

et    •       manu   possuissem        victis  Pergama  recidiva. 

and  tot'CA  this  hand  I  would  have  placed  on  its  ruins  Pergamus  rebuilt. 

Sed  nunc  Grynaeus  Apollo  ,      magnam 

Bat       now       Gryneean     Apollo   has  command"*.  ir.«  to  occupy  great 


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Italiam,  Lyciae  sortes    jussere      capessere  Italiam 

Italy,         the  Lycian  oracles  have  ordered  me  to  occupy  Italy. 

Hie  amor,  haec  est    patria.     Si   arces  Carthaginis,      qua 

This  u  my  love,  this    is  my  country.     If  the  towers  of  Carthage,  aud 

aspectus  Lvbicae  urbis  detinet  te   Phopnissam,  tandem   quas 

the  sight       ota  Libyan  city       detain   thee       a  Phoenician,        then          what 

mvidia  est  Teucros  considere  AusoniS.  terra? 

displeasure  is  (Acre  to  you  for  the  Trojans  to  settle       in  Ausoriian  land? 

fas         et   nos  quaerere  extera  regna.     Quoties  nox 

let  it  be  right  also  for  us    to  seek       foreign    realms.         As  often          as  ni^ht 

operit      terras  humentibus  umbris,  quoties  ignea          astra 

o'erspreads  the  earth  with  its  damp       shades,     as  often  as  the  bright  stars 

surgunt,  turbida   imago  patris  Anchisae  admonet  et       terret 

arise.  the  troubled  ghost  of  my  father  AnchUes    admonishes  and     aflrights 

me  in  somnis;  puer  Ascanius  que  injuria         cari 

me    in  my  dreams;  the  hoy  Ascanius  admonishes  me     and  the  injury  of  Ais  dear 

capitis,  quern  fraudo     regno     Hesperiae  et   fatalibus  arvis. 

person,       whom  I  defraud  of  the  kingdom  of  Italy       and  the  destined     lands. 

Nunc  etiam  interpres    Divfim  missus  ab    Jove  ipso 

Now        even    the  messenger  of  the  gods  sent     from  Jupiter  himseli 

tester    utrumque  caput)  detulit  mandata  per 

(I  call  to  witness  each         divinity)  has  brought  to  me  his  commands        through 

celeres  auras.     Ipse      vidi  Deum,  ia  manifesto         lumine. 

the  swift      air.       I  myself  have  seen  the  god,  iu      the  clear  liphl, 

intrantem  muros,  que  hausi  vocem    his  auribus.       Desine 

entering       your  walls,  and  I  received  his  voice  in  these     ears.  Cease 

incendere  que  me  que  te     tuis    querelis;  sequor     Italiam 

to  torment       both    me    and  thyself  with  thy  complaints;  I  pursue  Italy 

non    sponte.          Jamdudum  aversa  tuetur  dicentem 

not  of  my  own  accord.    For  some  time          Dido  averse    views    him  spending 

talia,      volvens  oculos  hue        illuc,  que  pererrat        totum 

such  words,  rolling     her  eyes  hither  and  thither,    and     surveys  his  whole 

tacitis  luminibus,  et  accensa  profatur  sic:  Perfide 

person  with  silent       looks,         and  inflamed       speaks     thus:  O  perfidious  man 

Diva      nee  parens,  nee  Dardanus  auctor      generis,       sed 

a  goddess  it  not  thy  parent,  nor  is  Dardanus    the  founder  of  thy  race,  but 

horrens  Caucasus   genuit    te  duris  cautibus,  que  Hyrcanaa 

frightful       Caucasus  brought  forth  thee  on  its  bard  rocks,         and        Hyrcanian 

tigres  admdrunt  ubera.     Nam  quid  dissimulo?  aut  ad       quse 

tigers  administered     suck  to  thte.  For      why  do  I  dissemble?  or     to  what 

majora         reservo  me?      Num   ingemuit  nostro        fleiu? 

greater  injuries  do  I  reserve  myself?  Whether  has  he  sighed  at  my  weeping; 

num       flexit      lumina?  num  victus    dedit  lachrymas?  aut 

whether  has  be  turned  his  eyes?  whether  overcome  has  he  shed    tears?  01 

miseratus  est  amantem?  Quae  anteferam          quibus? 

has  he  pitied  me       loving?       What  complaints  shall  I  put  before  these; 

jam  jam   nee   maxima  Juno,  nee  pater  Saturnius       aspicif 

even     now  neither   greatest      Juno,     nor     father     Jupiter  regards 


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L«BC         aequis  oculis.  Tuta  fides  nusquam.       Excepi 

these  Mngs  with  just  eyes.         Firm  faith    is  no  where.       I  have  received  Aim 

ejectum  littore,  egentem,  et  demens  locavi         in         parte 

cast  on '.he  shore,  needy,       and  /  foolish  have  placed  him  in  part 

regni:  reduxi     classem          amissam,      socios      a 

of  my  kingdom:  I  have  recovered  his  fleet  which  was  lost,  and  Ms  companions  from 

morte      Heu!       feror         incensa  furiis;    nunc  augur 

dealh.  Alas!  I  am  carried  away  inflamed  with  fury;    now          the  prophetic 

Apollo,  nunc  Lyciae  sortes,  et  nunc  interpres  Divum  missus 

Apollo,        now   the  Lycian  oracles,  and  now    the  messenger  of  the  Gods      sent 

ab  Jove  ipso    fert  horrida  jussa       per  auras.     Scilicet     is 

from  Jove  himself  bears  the  horrid  commands  through  the  air.      Indeed        this 

est  labor  Superis,  ea  cura  solicitat    quietos!    Neque    teneo 

is    labour   for  the  Gods,  this  care     disturbs  them  peaceful!        Nor        do  I  detain 

te,  neque    refello         dicta.     I,  sequere  Italian      ventis, 

thee.    nor        do  I  dispute  your  words.     Go,   pursue        Italy        with  the  winds 

pete  regna  per     undas;  equidem  spero  hausurum 

seek      realms  through  the  waves;      indeed       I  hope  that  you  will  draw 

supplicia  mediis  scopulis,  si      pia  numina       possunt 

punishment  upon  you  in  the  midst  of  rocks,  if  the  just  deities  can  do 

quid,       et      vocaturum  ssepe   Dido  nomine;  absens 

any  thing,  and  that  you  will  call     often  on  Dido      byname:  though  absent 

sequar          atris  ignibus,  et  cum  frigida  mors      seduxerit 

I  wilt  pursue  thee  with  dark  dames,     and  when     cold        death  shall  have  sepa- 

artus   anima,       umbra         adero         omnibus  locis. 

rated  these  limbs  from  the  soul,        a   shade  I  will  be  present  to  you  in  all     places. 

Improbe         dabis         pccnas;  audiam,        et  hsec         fama 

O  wicked  man  you  shall  suffer  punishment;  /shall  hear  it,  and  this  report 

veniet  mihi  sub    imos  Manes.          His  dictis         abrumpit 

*nall  come  to  me  under  the  lowest  shades.    With  these  words         she  breaks  off 

medium  sermonem,  et    aegra       .fugit  auras,  que        avertit, 

iii  the  midst  of  her  speech,  and  distressed  she  avoids  the  air,  and  she  turns  away, 

ct  aufert  se      ex  oculis,  linquens  cunctantem  multa 

and  throws  herself  from  his  eyes,  leaving  him       hesitating  much 

metu,  et  parantem  dicere  multa.     Famulae    suscipiunt 

through  (car,    and     preparing        to  say        much.         Her  maids        raise  her  up 

que  referunt  collapsa  membra  marmoreo  thalamo,  que 

and        bear       her  fainting       limbs        to  her  marble      chamber,  and 

repommt  stratis.     At  pius  ./Eneas  quanquam  cupit    solando 

lay  her  upon  the  couch.      But  pious    JEneas        although     he  d*sires  by  consoling 

lonire  dolentem,  et   avertere      curas  dictis,          gemens 

her  to  soothe  her  grieving,  and  to  turn  away  her  cares  by  words,  groaning 

multa,  que  labefactus  animum  magno  amore,  tamen     exse- 

much,        and    weakened    as  to  his  mind  by  great  love,  ret  fol 

quitur   jussa       Divum,  que  revisit  classem.     Turn       verd 

lows     the  commands  of  the  Gods,  and    revisits     his  fleet.         Then        Indeed 

Teucri    incumbunt,  et  deducunt  celsas  naves  loto 

Dm  Trojans  ply  earnestly,    and      launch      the  lofty    ships         along  tbe  whole 


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litore;  que      ferunt       sylvis  frondentes  remos,  et       robora 

•liore;       and   a«y  bring  from  the  woods       leafy  oars,      and          timber 

infabricata,  studio       fugae.     Cernas         migrantes,    .     que 

unfushionocl,  through  desire  of  flight.  You  may  see  them  moving,  and 

ruentes  ex    totS.    urbe;  ac  veluli  cum  formic®       memorcs 

rushing     from  the  whole  city;      and     as       when     the  anta  mindful 

liyemis  populant  ingentem  acervum  farris,  que        reponunt 

of  whiter      plunder         a  great  heap       of  corn,    and  lay  it  up 

fecto,      nigrum  agmen    it         campis,  que          convectant 

in  their  cell,  the  black     troop    moves  oner  the  plains,  and  they  carry 

prsedam   per     herbas  angustocalle;  pars  obnixa     humeris 

their  booty  through  the  grass  in  a  narrow  path;  a  part  pushing  with  their  shoulders 

trudunt    grandia  frumenta;    pars  cogunt  agmina,  que 

shove  along  the  heavy  grains  of  corn:    part     collect     the  bands,  and 

castigant  moms;  omnis  semita  fervet  opere. 

chastise        the  slow;  the  whole   path       stirs  with  the  work. 

Dido,  quis  sensus  tune       tibi  cernenti  talia?       ve     quos 

O  Dido,  what  emotion    then  vfas  to  you  beholding    such  things'  or         what 

gemitus   dabas,    cum  prospiceres   ex   summa"  arce      litora 

groans    diJ  you  utter,  when  you  might  behold  from    the  lofty    tower  the  shores 

late     fervere,  que  videres  ante  oculos  totum  a;quor 

far  and  wide  to  stir  with  bustle,  and         see         before  your  eyes  the  whole      sea 

misceri    tantis  clamoribus.         Improbe   amor,  quid     non 

confused  with  such  great        shouts.  O  cruel         love,     what  do  you  not 

cogis  mortalia  pectora.     Iterum  cogitur      ire   in  lachrymas, 

compel    mortal       hearts  to  do.     Again  she  is  compelled  to  go  in  tears. 

iterum  tentare       precando,  et  supplex  submittere      animos 

again        to  assail  Aim  with  entreaty,  and  suppliant         toyield  her  soul 

amori,  ne    relinquat   quid  inexpertum  moritura         frustra. 

to  love,    lest  she  might  leave  any  thing,  untried,  and  be  about  to  die  rashly. 

Anna  vides         properari  toto  litore  circum; 

O  Anna  you  see  them  to  be  hurrying  over  the  whole    shore  around; 

convene"re          undique;  carbasus  jam  vocat  auras,  et 

Uiey  have  assembled  from  all  sides;  the  canvass  jiow    invites  the  air,  and 

heti  naute  imposu£re  coronas  puppibus.  Si    potui 

the  joyful  sailors    have  placed      garlands  on  the  sterns  of  the  skips.  If  I  had  been 

sperare  hunc  tantum  dolorem — et  soror,  potero 

able  to  anticipate  this     so  great  grief— and  O  sister,  I  will  be  able 

perferre:  Anna,  tamen  exsequere  hoc  unum    mihi     miserse; 

to  bear  it:     O  Anna,      yet  perform        this    one  thing,  for  me       wretched; 

nam  ille  perfidus  colere  te  solam.etiam  credere  arcanos 

for    that  perfidious  man  was  wont  to  respect  thee  alone,  even  to  entrust  his  secret 

sensus  tibi;         sola,    n6ras      molles  aditus,  et 

feeling*  to  tbee;  tkou alone,  hast  known  the  gentle  avenues  to  his  heart,          and 

tempora         viri.     Soror,    I,  atque  supplex       affare 

tue  accessible  times      of  the  man,    O  sister,  go,     and      suppliant  address 

superbum  hostem;  ego  non  juravi  Aulide  cum  Danais 

U.!  proud          foe;  I  have  not  sworn   at  Aulis    with  the  Gt eeks 


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cxscindere  Trojanam  gentem,  ve  misi  classem  ad  Pergama, 

lo  extirpate       the  Trojan       nation,       or   sent       a  fleet       to       Pergamus 

nec   revelli       cineres  ve  manes     patris  Anchisse.        GUI 

nor  have  I  disturbed  the  ashes  or  ths  manes  of  his  father  Anchises.  Why 

negat  demittere  mea  dicta  in  duras  aures?  Quo     ruit? 

does  he  refuse  to  admit         my     words  into  his  cruel  ears?  Whither  docs  be  rush) 

det        hoc  extremum  munus  miserae    amanti;    exspectel 

«t  liim  grant  this  last  favour  to  a  miserable  lover:  let  him  wait 

facilem  fugam  que  ferentes  ventos.     Jam  non  oro  antiquum 

for  an  easy  flight       and  favourable   winds.  Now  I  do  not  plead  our  former 

conjugium  quod  prodidit;     nec  ut  careat 

wedlock  which  he  has  betrayed;  not  that  he  should  deprive  himself 

pulchro  Latio,   que  relinquat  regnum;     peto  inane  tempus, 

of  beautiful  Latium,  and     relinquish    his  kingdom;     I  beg  a  trifling  time, 

requiem  que  spatium  furori,  dum  mea  fortuna         doceat 

a  rest  and      a  space  for  my  fury,  until    my       fortune       may  instruct  mt 

victam  dolere.     Oro  hanc  extremam  veniam          (miserere 

overcome    to  mourn.    I  beg    this  last  favour  (pity 

sororis)  quam  cum  dederit  mihi,  remittam,  cumulatum 

thy  sister)  which   when  he  shall  have  granted  to  me,  I  will  dismiss  him,     gratified 

morte.     Orabat      talibus,          que  miserrima    sororfert 

In  my  death.    She  entreated  with  such  words,  and  her  most  wretched  sister  bears 

que  refert    tales   fletus;  sed  ille  movetur     nullis 

and  bears  again  such  lamentations  to  JEneas;     but    he       is  moved  by  no 

fletibus,    aut  tractabilis    audit    ullas  voces.       Fata  obstant: 

lamentations,  or    complying     does  he  hear  any    words.  The  fates  oppose. 

que  Deus  obstruit     placidas    aures  viri.      Ac  veluti    cum 

and  the  God       stops   the  compassionate  ears  of  the  man,  And       as  when 

Alpini     Boreae,    nunc   hinc,  nunc  illinc,  certant         inter 

he  Alpine  north-winds,  now  on  this  side,  now     on  that,       strive  among 

se        flatibus        eruere      annosam  quercum        valido 

themselves  with  their  blasts  to  overthrow  an  ancient  oak  of  sturdy 

robore;  stridor    it,          et  frondes  alte  consternunt      terram 

strength;    the  sound  goes  forth,  and  the  leaves  deeply        strew  the  ground 

stipite    concusso;  ipsa  haeret  jscopulis,    et  tendit         tantum 

the  trunk  being  shaken;      it      cleaves  to  the  rocks,  and   shoots  as  much 

radice  ad     Tartara,  quantum  vertice       ad       aetherias 

•with  its  roots  towards  Tartarus,  as          with  its  top  towards    the  etherial 

auras.     Haud  secus  heros  tunditur  hinc     atque  hinc 

air.  Just  so       the  hero  is  assailed  on  this  side  and          on  that  side 

assiduis      vocibus,    et  prsesentit  curas  magno          pectore; 

with  constant  intercessions,  and       feels          cares  in  his  great  breast; 

mens    manet  immota;  inanes  lachrymap.  volvuntur.       Turn 

his  mind   remains  unmoved;        vain  tears  roll.  Then 

verd   infelix    Dido  exterrita    fatis    orat  mortem;         tsede: 

indeed  the  unhappy  Dido       affrighted  at  her  fate  prays  for  death;  it  wearies  her 

tueri  convexa  coeli.     Quo"  magis      peragat      inceptum  que 

to  see    the  arch  of  heaven.    That     more  she  may  accomplish  her  design       and 


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relinuuat  lucera,  cum  imponeret  dona  aris          thure- 

relinq  ush       life,         when  she  would  lay  oflerings  upon  the  altars         burning 

cremis,      vidit  (horrendum  dictu)  sacros  latices  nigrescere, 

with  incense,  she  law   (horrible  to  re  told)       the  sacred  liquors         grow  black, 

que  vina      fusa  vertere  se  in  obsccenum  cruorem.     Effata 

and  the  wine  poured  out  change  iUfclf  Into    loathsome         blood.  She  told 

hoc  visum  nulli,  non   sorori     ipsi.    Preterea,        templum 

Una      vision  to  no  one,  not  to  her  sister  herself.        Besides,  a  shrine 

antiqui     conjugis  de  marmore  fuit  in  tectis,  quod        colebat 

of  her  former  husband      of       marble       was  in  the  palace,  which  she  reverenced 

miro        honore,  revinctum  niveis    velleribus  et       festa" 

with  wonderful  -honour,  bound    with  snowy  fillets  of  wool  and  with  festive 

fronde.    Hinc          voces  et  verba        viri  vocantis 

leaves.       From  this  shrine  voices  and  the  words  of  her  husband          calling  her 

visa    exaudiri,  cum  obscura  nox  teneret   terras;  que 

teemed  to  be  heard,  when       dark       night  would  possess  the  earth;  and 

sola    bubo  saepe  queri      ferali    carmine  culminibus, 

the  solitary  owl     often  teemed  to  complain  with  a  dismal  song  on  the  house-tops, 

et  ducere     longas  voces  in  fletum;     que  preterea,      multa 

and  to  draw  out  his  long      notes    in  lamentation;    and       besides,  many 

predicta  piorum  vatura  horrificant    terribili  monitu.   .ffineas 

predictions   of  pious    prophets       terrify  her  by  their  terrible  warning.      .£neaa 

ipse    ferus  agit    furentem  in  somnis;  que  semper     videtur 

himself  cruel  disturbs  her  raving         in   her  sleep;     and     always        she  seems 

sibi     relinqui  sola,  semper  ire     longam  viam  incomitata, 

to  herself  to  be  left  alone,    always  to  be  going    along    journey       unattended, 

et  quaerere     Tyrios    deserta  terra1 ;  veluti  demens  Pentheus 

and  to  be  seeking  her  Tyrians  in  a  desert   land;  as         frantic        Pentheus 

videt  agmina  Eumenidum,  et  geminum  solera,  et      Thebas 

tee*         troops  of  Furies,         and     a  two-fold.       sun,      and  Thebes 

ostendere   se   duplices;  aut  Orestes  Agamemnoniud  agitatus 

to  show  itself      double;         or  as  Orestes  the  son  of  Agamemnon  distracted 

scenis,      cum     fugit    matrem  armatum    facibus     et    atris 

on  the  stage,  when  he  flies  from  his  mother       armed    with  firebrands  and    black 

serpentibus,  que  ul trices     Dirae  sedent  in    limine.         Ergo 

serpents  and  the  avenging  F.uries       sit         in  the  threshold.  Then 

ubi  evicta    dolore     concepit      Furias,  que  decrevit    mori» 

when  overcome  with  grief  she  has  conceived  the  Furies,  and  has  determined  todie, 

ipsa  exigit  secum    tempus  que    modum;     et  agressa 

she     considers  with  herself  the  time     and  the  manner;      and  addressing 

mffistam  sororem         dictis,  tegit  consilium          vultu, 

ner  mournful  sister  with  these  words,  she  covers  her  design      by  her  countenance. 

ac  serenat  spem  fronte;  Germana,  gratare    sorori!       inveni 

a.id  brightens  hope  in  her  face;    O  sister,      congratulate  thy  sister!  I  have  found 

viam  quae    reddat  eum  mihi,  vel  solvat  me  amantem     eo. 

•  way  which  shall  restore  him   to  roe,     or    release   me       loving       from  him 

Juxta  finem        Oceani  que  cadentem  solem,  est       ultimus 

N«  sr  the  ejtremity  of  the  ocean  and    the  setting         gun,       it  the  as 


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locus  ^Ethiopum,  libi  maximus  Atlas    humero  torquel 

spot         of /Ethiopia,     where  the  mighty    Atlas    on  his  shoulder  whirls 

axem      aptum  ardentibus  stellis;  hinc   sacerdos     Massylia? 

the  heavens  studded    with  glowing    stars;  from  hence  a  priestess  of  the  Mas^ylian 

gentis  monstrata,          custos   templi  Hesperidum, 

nation       appeared  to  me,  the  guardian  of  the  temple  of  the  Hespendes, 

quaeque  dabat  epulas  draconi,    et  servabat  sacros          ramos 

and  who       gave        food     to  the  dragon,  and  watched    the  sacred  bOu;h£ 

in  arbore,  spargens  humida  mella  que  soporiferum  papaver: 

on    the  tree,    sprinkling       liquid       honey   and    ths  soporiferous  P°PPV: 

hsec  promittit    se  solvere  carminibus  mentes          quas 

she       promises  that  she  is  able  to  release       by  charms    the  minds  which 

velit,        ast  immittere  duras  curas   aliis;     sistere     aquam 

she  may  will,  and       to  throw      grievous  cares  upon  others;  to  stop     the  water 

fluviis,  et  vertere    sidera  retro;     que       ciet          nocturnas 

in  rivers,  and    to  turn     the  stars  backward;  and  she  can  call  up     the  nocturnal 

manes.   Videbis  terrain  mugire  sub  pedibus,  et          ornos 

ghosts.    You  shall  see  the  earth     bellow    under    her  feet,    and     the  wild  ashes 

descendere    montibus. 

comedown       from  the  mountains. 

Cara  germana,       tester        Deos   et  te,  que  tuum  dulce 

O  dear      sister,         I  call  to  witness  the  Gods  and  thee,  and      thy  dear 

caput,        invitam          accingier     magicas  artes.  Tu 

life,       that  against  my  will  I  have  recourse  to  these  magic  arts,  Do  you 

secreta  erige     pyram     interiore  tecto  sub   auras;  et 

secretly      erect     a  funeral  pile  in  the  inner  palace  under  the  air;  and 

superimponas  arma       viri,      quse  impius  reliquit  fixa 

place  upon  it  the  arms  of  the  man,  which    wicked    he  has  left  fixed 

thalamo,      que  omnes  exuvias,  que  jugalem  lectum       quo 

in  my  chamber,  and     all  his       clothes,      and  the  nuptial     couch        on  which 

perii.         Sacerdos  jubet     que  monstrat  abolere     cuncta 

I  was  undone.  The  priestess  commands  and       directs  me  to  destroy  all 

inonumenta      viri.          Effata       base  silet; 

the  memorials    of  the  man.    Having  spoken    these-  words  she  is  silent; 

simul        pallor  occupat        ora.        Anna          tamen 

at  the  same  time  paleness    seizes     her  countenance.  Anna  nevertheless 

non     credit  germanam  pnetexere    funera  novis 

does  not  believe  that  her  sister  conceals  her  own  death  under  these   new 

sacris;   nee      ooncipit    tantos   furores        mente,        aut 

eacred  rites;  nor  does  she  conceive  such  great   fury  to  be  in  her  mind,  or 

timet     graviora    quam  morte         Sichasi. 

does  she  fear  worse  things    than    those  which  happened  at  the  death  of     Sichtcus. 

Ergo    parat  jussa.    At  Regina,  ingenti      pyr& 

Therefore  she  prepares  the  things  ordered.    But  the  queen,     a  great   funeral  pile 

e  recta1     sub  auras  in  penetrali  sede,  tcedis     atque    sects' 

being  erected  under  the  air  in     the  inner      court,  of  pine- wood   and  cut 

ilice,  que  intendit  locum      sertis,      et  coronat          funered 

oak,       both  encircles   the  place  with  garlands,  and  crowns  it          with  funeral 


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fronde;  super    local        toro      ejus  exuvias,  que        ensem 

leaves;        above  ike  place*  on  the  couch     bis       clothes,       and          the  sword 

relictum,  que  effigiem, :haud  ignara        futuri.  Araa 

left  by  Aim,    mid    Ait  image,        not     ignorant  of  what  was  to  come.          Altars 

stant  circuin;  et  sacerdos     effusa  crines  tonat 

stand      around;    and  the  priestess  dishevelled  at  to  her  hair  thunders 

ore       tercentum        Deos,  que  Erebum,  que       Chaos, 

with  her  voice  on  the  three  hundred  Gods,     and        Erebus,      and  Chacs, 

que  tergeminam  Hecaten,     tria        ora        virginis    Diane. 

and  threefold  Hecate,     the  three  appearances  of  the  virgin       Diaua. 

Sparserat    et  simulates  lalices      fonlis        Averni;        et 

Ske  had  sprinkled  al?o  counterfeited  waters  of  the  fountain  of  Avernus;          an 

Eubentes  herbaemessseahenisfalcibus  ad  lunam   quseruntur, 
ill-grown       herbs       cut  with  brazen     sickles      by  moon-light  are  sought  for, 

cum  lacte   nigri  veneni;  et       amor    revulsus  de      fronte 

with  the  juice  of  black    poison;      and  the  love-knot     torn         from  the  forehead 

nascentis  equi,  et  praereptus  matri,  quasritur. 

Of  a  new  foaled  colt,  and  snatched  away  from  the  mother,  is  sought  for. 

Ipsa    moritura,     exuta  unum  pedem  vinclis,  in  recinctd 

Slu  herself  about  to  die,  having  stripped  one     foot     of  it*  sandal,  in         a  loose 

veste,  juxta  altaria,  mold  que  piis  manibus    testatur 

robe,        near    the  altars,  v>itkthe  Fait  cake  and  pious      bands       calls  to  witness 

Deos,  et  sidera  conscia  fati;  turn  precatur  numen,  si 

the  Gods,  and  the  stars  conscious  of  fate;    then    she  prays  to  the  deity,  if  there  if 

quod    que  justum  que  memor      habet    curae  amantes  non 

•ny  deity  both      just         and    mindful    «Ao    has    any  care  of  lovers        in  an 

asquo   fcedere.     Erat  nox,  et  fessa  corpora    per  terras 

unequal     union.      It  was   night,  and  weary    bodies       through  the  earth 

carpebant  placidum  soporem,  que   sylvae  et    saeva    aquora 

enjoyed  placid  sleep,         and  the  woods  and  the  raging          seas 

quicrant;  cum  sidera  volvuntur  medio          lapsir,          cum 

were  calm;     when  the  stars    are  rolling  in  the  midst  of  tkeir  course;  when 

omnis  ager  tacet;  pecudes,  que  pictae  volucres,        quaeque 

every       field     is  still;      beasts         and    variegated    birds,  which 

lat£     tenent  liquidos  lacus,  quaeque  tenent  rura     aspera 

far  and  wide  occupy    the  liquid     lakes,    and  which   occupy  the  fields       rough 

dumis,    positae   sub  silenti  nocte  lenibant     curas  scmno; 

with  brambles,  stretched  under  the  silent  night      soothed    their  cares  with  sleep, 

et     corda         oblita    laborum.       At  non    Phaenissa 

and  their  hearts  were  forgetful  of  their  labours.    But  not  so  the  Phoenician    Dido 

infelix  animi;  neque  unquam      solvitur  in  somnum,         ve 

unhappy  in  mind;     nor  ever       ia  she  relaxed    in        sleep,  or 

accipit    noctem    oculis   aut  pectore:   curae  ingeminant, 

does  she  receive  nightly  rest  to  her  eyes  or       breast:      her  cares  redouble 

que  amor  resurgens  rursus  saevit,  que  fluctuat   magno    ffistu 

and      love      rising  afresh     again     rages,     and    fluctuates  with  a  great      tide 

irarum.    Sic  adeo  insistit,  que  ita    volutat  secum      corde: 

of  passions.  Thus  then  she  persists,  and  thus  the  revolves  with  herself  in  her  heart 


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En  quid    ago?    irrisa  ne  experiar  rursus  prioies      procos? 

Lo    what  am  I  doing?  scorned  shall    I  try  again    my  former  suitorst 

que  supplex  petam  connubia  Nomadum,    quos  ego     jam 

and    suppliant    shall  I  seek  the  alliance  of  the  Nuraidians,  whom   1         already. 

toties  dedignata  sum  maritos?   Sequar    igitur  Illiacas  classes 

so  often     have  disdained    as  husbands?  Shall  I  follow  then  the  Trojan          fleet 

atque  ultima    jussa  Teucrorum?     quia  ne    juvat         ante 

and      the  lowest  commands  of  the  Trojans?    is  it  because  it  delighted  me  formerly 

levatos  auxilio,  et          gratia  veteris 

that  they  should  be  assisted  by  my    aid,     and  does  the  thankfulness  for  my  former 

facti   stat   apud       bene   memores?  Autem  quis  (fac . 

action  remain    with    them  well  remembering?      But         who  (grant  me 

velle)      sinet,    que  accipiet  invisam    superbis      ratibus. 

to  be  willing)  will  allow,  and      receive      me  detested  in  their  proud  ships? 

heu!  perdita  nescis,  necdum       sentis    perjuria 

alas!      undone  Dido  dost  thou  not  know,  nor  yet  dost  thou  perceive  the  perjuries 

gentis  Laomedonteae?  Quid  turn?  sola      fuga      comitabor 

of  the  race   ofLaomedon?         What    then?  alone  in  my  flight  shall  I  accompany 

ovantes   nautas?  an  insequar         stipata       Tyriis,  que  omni 

the  exulting  sailors?    or  shall  I  follow  them  surrounded  by  my  Tyrians,  and         all 

manu  meorum?     et  rursus      agam       pelago,  et    jubebo 

the  band  of  my  people?  and    again  shall  I  lead  them  to  the  sea,  and  command  then 

dare   vela     ventis,    quos       vix         revelli  Sidonia 

to  spread  sails  to  the  winds,  whom  with  difficulty  I  have  torn  from  the  Sidoninii 

urbe?  Quin  morere,  ut    merita    es,    que  averte       dolorem 

city?        But  die,  as  you  have  deserved,  and     avert  thy  grief 

ferro.      Germana,    tu  prima  evicta    meis  lachrymis,    tu 

by  the  sword.  O  sister,         thou    first       overcome     by  my        tears,  thou 

oneras    furentem    his     mails,  et  objicis  hosti. 

dost  load  me    distracted  with  these  woes,    and  exposes!  me  to  my  enemy. 

Non    licuit  sine   crimine  degere  vitam       expertem 

Was  it  not  lawful  for  me  without    crime         to  pass     my  life  free 

thalami,  more  ferae,     nectangere  tales 

from  the  marriage  bed,  after  the  manner  of  the  wild  beast,  nor      feel  such 

curas?    Fides   promissa    cineri    Sichaeo    non  servata.    Ilia 

cares.       The  faith    promised    to  the  ashes  of  Sichaeus  is  not  preserved.       She 

rumpebat    tantos    questus.  ^Eneasjam   certus  eundi, 

broke  out  into  such  great  complaints.    ^Eneas     now  determined  ongoing 

carpebat    somnos  in  celsd  puppi,  rebus  jam  rite       paratis. 

was  enjoying      sleep       in  his  lofty   ship,      things     now  rightly  being  prepared. 

Forma        Dei  redeuntis    eodem         vultu     obtulit      se 

The  figure  of  the  God     returning   with  the  same  countenance  presented     itself 

liuic  in  somnis,  que  visa  est  rursus  ita  monere;  similis 

to  him  in  Ais  sleep,       and      seemed      again    thus  to  warn  him;  like  to 

Mercuric   omnia,    que  vocem,  que  colorem,  et  flavos  crines, 

Mercury         in  all  things,  both  in  voice,      and  complexion,  and  yellow        hair 

et  decora  membra  juventae:  Nate   Dea,   potes  ducere 

and  graceful      limbs         of  youth:      O  Goddess-born,  can  you  prolong 


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somnos  sub  hoc    casu?     nee  cernis  qusB  pericula   deinde 

•Iccp  under  this  conjuncture?  nor  do  you  sec  what   dangers  thcnca 

circumstent  te?    demens       nee      audis  secundos 

may  iturround     thee?  thoughtless  man/ nor    do  you  hear  the  favourabla 

Zephyros  spirare? 

Breezes  blow? 

Ilia  versat  dolos  que  dirum  nefas   in  pectore,  certa 

She  meditates  wiles    and     dire   wickedness  in   her  breast,          determined 

mori,  que  fluctuat  vario       aestu  irarum.  Non       fugis 

odie,    and     fluctuates  with  a  various  tide  of  passions.     Why  do  you  not        fly 

hinc  praeceps,  dum  potestas  prsecipitare?  Jam    videbis 

hence     hastily.        whilst  I  he  power  is  yourt  to  hasten  away?    Now  you  shall  see 

mare      turbari  trabibus  que  saevas  faces  collucere;  jam 

(he  ocean  to  be  disturbed  with  oars  and  fierce  torches      to  glare;  now  you  shall  ste 

litora    fervere  flammis,  si  Aurora    attigerit  te      morantem 

the  shores  to  glow   with  flames,  if  the  morning  shall  reach  thee  delaying 

his   terris.     Eia,  age,  rumpe      moras:  fernina         semper 

on  these  lands.    Away,  come,  break  off  your  delay:       woman  always  fj 

varium  et  mutabile.     Sic    fatus,   immiscuit  se  atrro 

variable    and  changeable.      Thus  having  said,  he  mingles  himself          with  dark 

nocti.    Turn  verb  ./Eneas,  exterritus      subitis  umbris, 

night.         Then    indeed    ./Eneas,        affrighted  at  this  sudden  shadow, 

corripit     corpus  e  somno,  que  fatigat  socios:  Viri, 

raises  suddenly  his  body  from   sleep,       and     rouses  his  companions:       Omen, 

vigilate  proecipites,  et  considite      transtris;  citi    solvite 

awake  hastily,        and  seal  yourselves  on  the  benches:         quick        loosen 

vela;   ecce!  Deus  missus  ab   alto  sethere  iterum      stimulat 

the  sails;     lo!      a  God      sent      from  the  high  sky  again  urges  me 

festinare  fugam,  que  incidere  tortos  funes.  Sancte 

to  hasten  my  flight,        and       to  cut    the  twisted  cables.  O  sacred  power 

Deorum,  sequimur  te,  quisquis   es,  que  ilerum         ovantes 

of  the  Gods,   we  follow    thee,  whoever  thou  art,  and       again  rejoicing 

paremus  imperio.  0   adsis,  que  placidus   juves, 

we  obey       thy  command.    Omayst  thou  be  present,  and     friendly        assist  u», 

et  feras   dextra   sidera  ccelo.        Dixit,    que  eripit 

and  give    propitious       stars  in  heaven.    He  has  said,  and  snatches 

fulmineum  ensem     vagina,     que  ferit  retinacula        stricto 

its  flashing          sword  from  its  scabbard,  and  strikes  the  haisers  with  the  drawn 

ferro.     Idem  ardor      simul        habetomnes;  que    rapiunt 

steel.       The  same  ardour  at  the  same  time  possesses     all;          and      they  sieza 

que  ruunt;     deseruere  litora;    aequor  latet-sub         classibus; 

•nd  hurry  about;  they  have  left  the  shores:  the  sea    is  hid  under  their  fleet: 

adnixi  torquent  spumas,  et   verrunt  caerula.         Et          jam 

labouring  they  dash    the  spray,  and  sweep  over  the  azure  sea.    And  now 

Aurora,  linquens  croceum  cubile  Tithoni,  prima     spargebat 

Aurora,         leaving       the  saffron        bed    of  Tithonus,    first  sprinkled 

terras    novo  lumine:  ut  primum  Regina  e  speculis 

Ihe  earth  with  new  light:      when     first       the  queen  from       her  watch- lower* 


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vidit    lucem  albescere,  et  classetn  procedere  aequatis    veils, 

has  seen  the  light     to  dawn,      and   the  fleet       to  proceed  with  balanced     sails 

que   sensit       litora  et  portus  vacuos   sine  remige;      que 

and  has  perceived  the  shores  and  the  ports      empty      without  a  rower;          and 

percussa  decorum  pectus    manu       ter  que  quater,          que 

striking     her  beautiful     breast  with  her  hand  thrice  and   four  times,  and 

abscissa  flaventes  comas;  Pro  Jupiter,    ait,     hie  ibit,        et 

tearing         her  yellow       hair;  O  Jupiter,    she  says,  shall  he  go,  and 

advena        illuserit      nostris  regnis?     Non  expedient 

a  stranger  shall  he  have  mocked  our        realms?    Will  they  not  bring  forth 

arma,  que  sequentur  ex    tota    urbe?  que  alii  diripien 

arms,      and       pursue  Aim  from  the  whole  city?       and  will  not  others  tear 

rates       navalibus?  ite,  citi  ferte  flammas,  date  vela, 

my  ship?  from  the  docks?    go,   quick  bring       flames,        spread  sails 

impellite  remos.  Quid  loquor?    aut  ubi  sum?  quse      insania 

ply  oar?.       What   am  I  saying?  or  where  am/?      what         madness 

mutat  mentem?     Infelix  Dido!  nunc       impia  facta  tangunt 

turns       my  mind?        O  unhappy  Dido!      now  do  thy  wicked    deeds  touch 

te?    Turn   decuit,  cum    dabas  sceptra.    En 

thee?    Then  it  had  become  t/iee,  when  thou  didst  give  to  him  thy  sceptre.    Is  this 

dextra    que  fides          quern      aiunt  portare  secum   patrios 

the  honour  and  the  faith  of  him  whom  they  report    to  carry   with  him  his  paternal 

Penates!         quern  subiisse     humeris,       parentem 

household  Gods!     whom  they  report  to  have  borne  on  his  shoulders,       his  father 

confectum  aetate!       Npn     potui  divellere  abreptum  corpus, 

worn  out       with  age!    Have  I  not  been  able   to  tear     his  mangled  body 

et  spargere    undis?  Non          absumere  socios, 

and  to  scat  ter  it  to  the  waves?    Have  I  not  been  able  to  destroy    his  companions, 

non  Ascanium  ipsum       ferro,  que  opponere 

have  I  not  been  able  to  destroy  Ascanius  himself  icith  the  sword,  and    to  place  him 

epulandum  patriis  mensis?     Veram  fortuna  pugnse      fuerat 

to  be  eaten  at  his  father's   tables?  But        the  fortune  of  battle      had  been 

anceps:         fuisset:      moritura  quern  metui? 

doubtful:    it  might  have  been,  about  to  die  whom  have  I  feared?        I  might  have 

tulissem  faces  in  castra,  que     impl£ssem    foros       flamrhis; 

thrown  firebrands  into  his  camp,  and  I  might  have  filled  the  hatches  with  flames; 

exstinxem     que  natum  que  patrem  cum  genere; 

I  might  have  extirpated  both     son  and      father      with  the  race; 

ipsa  dedissem  memet  supra.       Sol,  qui  lustras  omnia  opera' 

I  might  have  cast      myself      upon  them.  O  Sun,  who  surveyest       all  the  works 

terrarum     flammis,      tuque  et  Juno,  conscia         interpres 

of  the  earth  with  thy  beams,  and  thou  also  O  Juno,  the  conscious  witness 

harum  curarum,  que  Hecate  ululata  per  urbes      nocturnis 

of  these    my  cares,       and     O  Hecate    bowling  through  the  cities  in  the  nightly 

triviis,    et    ultrices  Dirse,  et  Di  morientis  Elisae.      accipite 

erossways  and  ye  avenging  Furies,  and  Gods  of  the  dying    Elisa!  receive 

haec,  que  advertite  meritum  numen  malis,  et      audit*- 

these  my  words,  and       turn  a  deserved      regard    to  my  woes,  and        ho* 


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nostras  preces.    Si    necesse   est  infandim  caput      langere 

my  prayers.       If  it  is  necessary     for  the  wicked     person  to  touch 

portus,  et  adnare  terris,  et  sic  fata       Jovis  poscunt,        hie 

harbours,  and  to  reach    lands,    and  thus  the  fates  of  Jupiter  require,          if  this 

terminus     haeret;      at  vexatus  bello  et  armis  audacis 

determination  shall  remain;  but  harassed    by  war  and  the  arms  of  a  bold 

populi,  extorris  finibus,  avulsus  complexu  liili, 

people        banished  from  His  own  territories,     torn    from  the  embrace      of  lulus, 

imploret      auxilium,  que  videat  indigna     funera     suorum; 

may  he  implore  assistance,      and      Bee    the  dishonourable  deaths  of  his  fritnds; 

nec  fruatur       regno  aut  optatS.  luce,       cum        tradideri 

nor  may  he  enjoy  his  kingdom  or  tbo  desired  light  of  life,  when  he  shall  have  sub- 
SB    sub    leges  iniquae     pacis;  sed  cadat 

milted  himself  to  the  conditions  of  a  disadvantageous  peace;    but        may  he  fall 

ante  diem,  que  inhumatus  mediS.  aren&.  Precor 

before  his  time,  and  be  unburied  in  the  midst  of  the  sandy  shore.  I  pray 

haec;  fundo  hanc  extremam  vocem  cum     sanguine. 

for  these  things;  I  pour  forth  this  last  speech    with  my  blood. 

Turn  vos  O  Tyrii    odiis   exercete  stirpem,  et  omne         ejus 

Then     ye       Tynans  with  hatred  harass  hia    offspring,    and    all  his 

futurum  genus,  que  mittite  haec  munera  nostro  cineri;  sunto 

future  race,       and      send       these   offerings     to  my      ashes;  let  there  be 

nullus   amor  nec  fcedera  populis.  Exoriare       aliquis 

no  friendship  nor     leagues  between  the  nations.        Arise  some 

ultor  ex  nostris  ossibus,  qui  sequare  Dardanos  colonos 

avenger  from  my  remains,  who  shall  pursue  these  Trojan  colonists 

face     que  ferro,  nunc,  olim    quocunque  tempore          vires 

with  fire  and    sword,      now,  hereafter  and  at  whatever     time  means 

dabunt    se.        Imprecor        litora      contraria     litoribus, 

shall  afford  themselves.    I  pray      that  our  shores  may  be  opposed     to  their  shores, 

undas       fluctibus,    arma        armis:  que  nepotea 

o*r  waters  to  their  waters,      our  arms  to  their  arms:        and  may  our  descendants 

ipsi    pugnent. 

themselves  contend. 

Ait    haec,       «et  versabat  animum  in  omnes  partes, 

She  says  these  irords,  and    turned        her  mind    in      all  directions, 

queerens  quam  primum  abrumpere  invisam   lucem.        Turn 

seeking        as  aoon  as  possible    to  throw  off     her  hated       life.  Then 

breviter      aftata  Barcen  nutricem  Sichaei,  namque  ater  cinis 

briefly   she  has  addressed  Barce    the  nurse  of    Sichieiis,      for  dark    ashes 

habelat  suam         antiquS.    patria":  cara  nutrix,  siste      hue 

pnsAesaod  her  own  nurte  in  her  ancient  country:  O  dear  nurse,       send       hither 

sororem  Annam  mihi;  die        properet      spargere      corpus 

my  sister       Anna       to  me;   tell  that  (he  may  hasten  to  sprinkle        her  body 

fluviali   lymphd,  et  ducat  pecudes  secum,  et 

With  running    water,        and  bring    (he  victims  with  her,  »ivd 

monstrata        piacula;      sic  veniat;  tuque    ipsa 

ihe  thing*  shown  her  for  expiation;  thus  let  her  come:  and  you  yourself 


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tempora        pia        vitta\     Animus  est  preficere         rite 

your  temples  with  the  pious    fillet.         My  mind     .is      to  perform       the  rightly 

inccpta  sacra  quae      paravi        Stygio  Jovi,  que  imponere 

begun        sacrifices  which  I  have  prepared  to  Stygian  Jove,     and  to  put 

finem   cuns,     que  permittere  flammae  rogum          Dardanii 

an  end  to  my  cares,  and  to  commit  to  the     flame        the  pile  of  the  Trojan 

capitis.      Sic  ait.      Ilia  celerabat  gradum       anili       studio. 

pniice.        Thus  she  said.    She     quickened     her  step  with  an  old  woman's  zeal. 

At  Dido  trepida  et    effera   immanibus  cceptis,  volvens 

But    Dido    trembling  and  distracted    at  her  horrid     designs.  rolling 

sanguineam  aciem,  que  interfusa     trementes  genas 

her  bloody  eyes,      and      marked      as  to  her  trembling  checks 

maculis,     et  pallida    futura     morte,  irrumpit     interiora 

With  spots,      and      pale      at  thc.coining    death,       bursts       through  the  inner 

limina   domus,    et  furibunda  conscendit  altos   rogos,      que 

gates       of  the  palace,  and       raving  ascends          the  lofty   pile,  and 

recludit  Dardanium  ensem,  munus  non  quaesitum  in        hos 

unsheaths       the  Trojan       sword,        a  gift        not         designed      for  these 

usus.  Hie,  postquam  conspexit   Illiacas   vestes,  que 

uses.        Here,       after         ske  has  viewed  the  Trojan  vestments  and 

notum      cubile,  paulum  morata  lachrymis  et  mente,  que 

the  well  known   couch,    a  linle  while  delaying  through  tears  and  meditation,  and 

incubuit        toro       que  dixit  novissima  verba:  Dulces 

reclined        upon  the  couch  and    spoke       her  last         words:  Ye  deal 

exuviae,  dum  fata  que  Deus  sinebant,  accipite  hanc  animam, 

remains,  whilst  the  fates  and  the  God  permitted,     receive        this  soul 

que  exsolvite  me     his    curis.     Vixi,       et  peregi 

aud        release       me  from  these  cares.    I  have  lived,  and  I  have  finished 

oursurn  quern  fortuna  dederat;    et  nunc  mei  magna     imago 

the  course  which     fortune  had  given  me;  and  now      my       great  shade 

ibit    sub   terras.      Statui     praclaram  urbem;  vidi 

shall  go  under  the  earth.     I  have  built     a  glorious       city;  I  have  seen 

moenia  mea;         ulta  virum,        recepi          pcenas    a 

walls      of  my  own;  having  avenged  my  husband.  I  have  executed  punishment  on 

inimico     fratre;  felix,  heu!  nimium  felix,  si  tantum 

an  unfriendly  brother;    happy,     ah!  too         happy,    if  only 

Dardaniae  carinte  nunquam  tetigissent  nostra  litora.  Dixit;     ef. 

the  Trojan        ships  never         had  touched     our       shores.    She  said;  and 

impressa    os       toro,         ait,    Moriemur  inulta?  sed 

pressing      her  face  to  the  couch,  she  says,  shall  I  die    unrevenged?  but 

moriamur:  sic,  sic    juvat        ire  sub  umbras.  Crudelis 

let  me  die:         thus,  thus  it  delights  me  to  go  under  the  shades.  Let  the 

Dardanus  hauriat  oculis  hunc  ignem  ab   alto,     et  feral 

sruel       T-ojan  behold  this         flame  from  the  deep,  and    bear 

secum  omina  nostrae  mortis.         Dixerat;  atque          comites 

with  him  the  signs  of  my       death.       She  had  spoken;     and          her  attendants 

aspiciunt  illam  collapsam       ferro    inter  media  talia,       que 

behold  her          fallen        upon  the  sword  in  the  midst  of  such  toot  ds,  and 


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cnsem  spumantem,  que  cjus  manus  sparsas  cruore.    Clamor 

thcsword        reeding,  and       licr  hands        sprinkled  with  blood.  The  outcry 

it  ad   alia  alria,  fama  bacchatur    per     concussam   urbem; 

goes  to  (he  lofty  hall.-;  the  report  flics  wildly  through       the  agitated  city; 

tecta   fremunt     lamentis,     que  gemitu,  et  femineo  ululatu; 

the  house*  ring    with  lamentations,      and      groans,    and  with  female     shrieks; 

ffilhpr  resonat  magnis  plangoribus:  non  aliter  quam  si  omnis 

Hie  air    resounds  with  great       screams:  not     otherwise  than  if  all 

Carthago,  aut  antiqua  Tyros         ruat,        hoslibus    immissis, 

Carthage,         or      ancient      Tyre         should  fall  down,  enemies      being  let  in, 

que  furentes  flamma;  volvantur  per  que  culmina    hominum 

and    the  furious      flumes>       should  roll    over  both  the  buildings  of  me  a 

que  per  Dcoru'm. 

and    over  the  temples  of  the  Gods. 

Soror    audiit  exanimis,  que  exterrita  trepido  cursu, 

Her  Bister  has  heard  it  breathless,  and    affrighted  with  trembling  haste, 

Aedans     ora     unguibus  et  pectora  pugnis,      ruit  per 

disfiguring  her  face  with  her  nails  and  her  breast  with  blows,  rushes          through 

medios,  ac  clamat  morientem  nomine:    Germana,  fuit    hoc 

the  midst,  and     calls        her  dying  sister  by  name:  O  sister,      was          this 

illud?  petebas    me  fraude?  iste  rogus,  ignes,  que  arse 

it?     did  you  approach  me  by  fraud?  did  this  pile,  these  fires,    and  altars 

parabant  hoc  mihi?  Deserta  quid  primum  querar?      moriens 

prepare         this    for  me?    Deserted      what        first       shall  I  complain?     dying 

ne  sprevisti  sororem   comitem?     vocasses  me  ad     eadem 

hast  thou  despised  thy  sister  as  a  companion?  had  you  railed  me     to        the  same 

fata,  idem  dolor  atque  eadem  hora  tulisset  ambas 

fate,  the  same  pain        and  the  same     hour  had  taken  off  both  of  ua 

ferro.  Struxi  etiam   his  manibus,  que     vocavi 

by  the  sword.    Have  I  raised  the  pile  even  with  these  hands,         and     have  I  in- 

patrios     Deos     voce,      ut  crudelis  abessem  te 

voked  the  paternal  Gods  wih  my  voice,  that     cruel     I  should  be  absent  thou 

sic    positd.  Soror,         extinxti      me  que  te,         que 

thus  being  placed  upon  it.  O  sister,  thou  hast  destroyed  me    and  thyself,  aud 

populum  que  Sidonias  patres,  que  tuam  urbem.  Date, 

thy  people       and  the  Sidonian  fathers,     and     thy         city.  Give, 

abluam     vulnera  lymphis;  et  si  quis  extremus      halitus 

that  I  may  wash  her  wounds  with  water;  and  if  any         last  breath 

errat    supra,  legam  ore.  Sic  fata, 

may  linger  above,  I  may  catch  it  rrit  A  my  mouth.  Thus  havingsaid, 

evaserat     altos  gradus,  que  amplexa  semianimem  germa- 

•he  had  mounted  the  lofty  steps.        and    embracing  her  expiring  sister 

nam          sinu,  fovebat     cum  gemitu,  atque  siccabat     atros 

in  her  bosom,  cherished  her  with      a  groan,      and        driedtip       the  black 

cruore,s         veste.     Ilia  conata     attollere  graves        ocuios, 

Wood       nilhhtr  robe.          She  endeavouring  to  raise     her  heavy  eyes, 

rursus  deficit;         infixum  vulnus  stridet  sub  pectore.     Ter 

•gain       sinks  dcivn:  the  deep-fixed  wound        hisses      in    her  breast.     Thric« 


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attollens  que  adnixa    cubito     levavit      sese;  ter    revoluta 

arousing       and     leaning  on  her  elb.owshehasraisedherself;  thriceshe  has  fallen 

est       toro;         que  errantibus  oculis  qusesivit  lucem      alto 

oack  upon  the  couch;    and  with  wandering  eyes     has  sought  the  light  of  the  high 

ccelo,  que  ingemuit  reperta.       Turn  omnipotens  Juno 

heaven,  and       groaned    having  found  it.  Then       omnipotent  Juno 

miserata  longum  dolorem  que  difficiles  obitus,  demisit    Trim 

pitying  her  long         pain         and      uneasy       death,       has  sent         Iris 

Olympo,   quse  resolvent  luctantem  animam  que  nexos  artus. 

from  heaven,  who  might  separate  her  struggling      soul         and     united     limbs. 

Nam  quia  peribat     nee    fato  nee  merits,  morte,         sed 

For       since  she  perished  neither  by  fate  nor  by  a  merited  death,  but 

misera  ante   diem,  que  accensa  subito  furore,     Proserpina 

miserable  before  her  time,  and     inflamed  with  sudden  fury,  Proserpine 

nondum  abstulerat  illi      flavum  crinem        vertice         que 

not  yet          had  taken  to  herself  the  yellow  hair  from  the  crown  of  her  head  and 

damnaverat  caput  Stygio  Oreo.  Ergo  roscida  Iris  devolat  per 

condemned          her  life  to  Stygian  Orcus.  Therefore  dewy     Iris       flies  through 

cffilum  croceis  pennis,  trahens   mille   varies  colores 

the  sky     on  saffron    wings,       drawing  a  thousand  various  colour* 

adverso      sole,  et  astitit  supra  caput:        Ego        jussa 

from  the  opposite   sun,  and  has  stood  above  her  head.  I  being  commanded 

fero    hunc   sacrum  Diti,  que  solvo  te         isto  corpore.  Sic 

bear  away  this  hair  sacred  to  Pluto,  and  I  release  thee  from  this  body.  Thus 

ait,      et  secat  crinem          dextr&;    et    una  omnis     calor 

she  says,  and   cuts      her  hair  with  her  right  hand;  and  at  once    all  heat 

dilapsus,  atque  vita  recessit  in  ventos. 

is  dissipated,  and      life  has  vanished  into  the  air. 


jENEID. 
BOOK  FIFTH. 


Interea       ^neas  certus  jam  tenebat  medium  iter 

In  the  meantime  jEneas   resolved  now       held    the  intermediate  way 

classe,    que  secabat  fluctus    atros        aquilone,    respiciens 

with,  his  fleet,  and      cut         the  waves  blackened  by  the  north  wind,  looking  back 

moenia,  qua  jam  collucenl  flammis        infelicis     Elisae. 

upon  the  walls,  which  yet  glow      with  the  flames  of  the  wretched       Dido. 

Causa    quae  accenderit  tantum  ignem   latet:  sed  duri 

The  cause  which  had  enkindled  so  great       a  fire   is  concealed  but          the  cruel 

dolores   magno  amore  pollute,  quidque  furens  femina  possit 

torments  from  great     love    .  violated,     and  what  a  raging   woman      can  do 


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*iotum,        ducunt  pectora  Teucrorum  per  tnste    aup>irium 

bring  known,  lead    ihe  hearts  of  ihc  Trojans     to       sad  «bnjecture. 

Ut  rates  tenuere    pelagus,  nee  ulla  tellus  jam  ampliua 

As  the  ships  have  reached  the  sea,       nor    any     land      now  more 

occurrit,  undique   coelum,  et  undique    maria;        caeruleus 

appears,       on  every  side  the  sky,    and  on  every  side  the  ocean;  an  azure 

imber  astitit  supra  olli  caput,  ferens  noctem  que        hiemeu, 

cloud        stood      above      his     head,      bearing      night        and  tempest, 

et    unda    inhorruit    tenebris.    Ipse  gubernator     Palinurus 

and  I  be  wave  grew  dreadful  by  darkness.      The        helmsman  Palinurus 

ab       altdpuppi,  Heu!  quianam   tanti  nimbi 

from  the  high  stern  exclaimed,  Alas!          why       have  so  great  clouds 

cinxerunt  asthera?   ve  quid     paras,          0  pater    Neptune? 

overspread    the  heavens?  or     what  do  you  prepare,         O  father  Neptune? 

Deinde  locutus    sic,       jubet      colligere  arma,  que 

Then       having  spoken  thus,  he  commands  to  gather  up  the  sails,  and 

incumbere  validis  remis;  que  obliquat  sinus  in  ventum,     ac 

to  press  on       the  strong  oars;       and       turns      the  sails  to  the  wind,        and 

fatur  talia:       magnanime  ^Enea,     non  sperem     contingere 

speaks  these  words:  O  high-minded  VEncas,  I  could  not    hope  to  reach 

Italiam  hoc     coelo,   si  Jupiter  auctor  spondeat  mihi. 

Italy       with  this  weather,  if    Jupiter  tour  patron  should  promise  it  tome. 

Venti     mutati  fremunt   transversa,      et  consurgunt          ab 

The  winds  changed       rage      in  opposite  directions,  and         rise  from 

atro  vespere;  atque     aer          cogitur  in  nubem.  Nos  nee 

the  gloomy  west;         and  the  atmosphere  is  collected  into  a  cloud.      We  neither 

sufficimus  obniti  contra      nee  tantum  tendere:       Quoniam 

are  able  to  strive  against  them,  nor       even        to  advance:  Since 

Fortuna  superat,  sequamur;  que  vertamus   iter  qub 

Fortune       conquers,  let  us  follow;       and   let  us  change   our  course          where 

vocat:  nee  reor       fida      fraterna  litora  Erycis,  que  Sicanos 

•he  calls:  nor  do  I  think  the  faithful  fraternal  shores     of  Eryx,    and  the  Sicilian 

portus         longe,  si  modo  memor  rite     remetior  astra 

harbours  are  far  distant,  if   only       mindful  rightly  I  measure  back       the  stars 

servata.   Turn  pius  ./Eneas,  Equidem  cerno  ventos    poscere 

observed.      Then    pious    /Eneas  said,  Indeed      I  observe  the  winds       demand 

sic  jamdudum,  et  te  frustra  tendere  contra.      Flecte    viam 

thus    long  since,      and  you  in  vain       steer       against  them.  Guide  yourcourse 

veils.  An        ulla  tellus  sit  gratior  mihi,  qubque 

'by  the  sails.  Whether  can  any    land      be  more  grateful  to  me,  and  where 

magis  optem  demittere   fessas   naves,  quam  quas      servat 

/can  more  desire         to  lay  up   my  wearied  ships,       than      which     preserve* 

mihi  Dardanium  Acesten  et  gremio   complectitur        ossa 

to  me         Trojan  Accstea     and  in  its  bosom       embraces  the  bones 

patris     Anchisffi?   Ubi  haec         dicta,       petunt       portus, 

of  my  father  Anchises?    When  these  tear*  were  spoken,  they  seek  the  harbours, 

et    secundi  Zephyri  intendunt  vela:    classis  cita         fertur 

and  the  favouring   breezes          awell       the  sails:  the  fleet   swift  is  born* 


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gurgite;    et    tandem  Iseti  advertuntur      notae  arenas- 

on  the  deep;  and    at  length  joyful  they  are  turned  to  the  well-known  sand. 

At  Acestes  excelso    verUce  mentis     procul  miratus 

But    Acestes    from  the  high  summit  of  a  mountain  from  afar  admiring 

adventum,  que  socias  rates,  occurrit,  horridus         in 

their  approach,  and  knowing  the  friendly  ships,    meets  them,  roughly  adorned  with 

jaculis,  et  pelle  Libystidis  ursae:  quern  Troi'a  mater  genuit 

arrows,      and  the  skin  of  a  Lybian      brar:      whom  a  Trojan  mother  had  borne 

eonceptum  Criniso     flumine.  Ille  non  immemor     veterum 

conceived         fromCrinisus      a  river.        He      not       unmindful    of  his  ancient 

parentum  gratatur        reduces,  et  ketus  excipit  agresti 

jmrents         congratulates  them  returned,  and  joyful  receives  them       with  rustic 

gaza,       ac  solatur       fessos    amicis    opibus.    Cum  postera 

abundance,  and  consoles  them  wearied  with  friendly  assistance.       When  the  next 

clara  dies  fugarat     stellas    primo  oriente,  ./Eneas     advocat 

bright   day  had  scattered  the  stars  with  the  first  dawn,     /Eneas     calls  together 

socios        in  ccetum  ab  omni  littore,  que  fatur  ex 

nis  associates  to  a  meeting  from    all    the  shore,   and  addresses  them  from 

aggere  tumuli:  Magni  Dardanidse,  genus    ab    alto  sanguine 

ihi;  mound  of  a  hill::  Ye  mighty    Trojans,  whose  race  is  from  the  exalted     blood 

Divfim,  annuus  orbis  completur  mensibus  exactis  ex 

of  Gods,       a  yearly    circle   is  completed     the  months  being  accomplished,  from 

quo  condidimus  terrS.      reliquias  que  ossa  divini 

which  lime  we  have  buried  in  the  earth  the  remains  and    bones       of  my  divine 

parentis,  que     sacravimus     moestas  aras.     Que  jam      dies 

parent,  and         have  consecrated  mournful  altars.        And    now     the  day 

adest,      ni          fallor    quern  ego  semper  habebo     acerbum 

is  present,  unless  I  am  mistaken,  which     I         ever       shall  esteem       mournful 

semper  honoratum:     Di      sic    voluistis.         Si  ego      exsul 

ever  honoured:        Ye  Gods,  thus  have  you  decreed.     If     I  au  exile 

agerem  hunc      in      Getulis    syrtibus,  ve  deprensus 

should  pass  this  day  among  the  Getulian  quicksands,   or  overtaken 

Argolico    mari  et   urbe    Mycenss,  tamen  exsequerer  annua 

on  the  Grecian  sea     and  in  thecity  of  Mycenas,    yet         I  will  pay    my  annual 

vota,  que  solennes  pompas    ordine,  que  struerem        altaria 

•fows,    and       solemn    funeral  pomps  in  order,      and  I  would  spread     the  altars 

suis       donis.     Nunc   ultro       adsumus     ad  cineres    et 

with  their  own    gifts.        Now  unexpectedly  we  are  present  at  the  ashes      and 

ossa  ipsius  parentis,  equidem  reor,  haud   sine  mente, 

bones  of  this      my  father,      indeed    I  suppose,  not     without  the  purpose, 

sine    numine  Divfim,  et  delati  intramus          amicos  portus. 

without  the  will  of  the  Gods,  and  borne  on  we  enter  friendly  harbours. 

Ergo      agite,    et  cuncti  celebremus  Isetum  honorem: 

Wherefore  come  on,  and  let  us  all      celebrate       this  joyful  observance. 

poscamus  ventos  atque     velit  me    urbe  positl 

let  us  ask  for    winds       and   that  he  be  willing  that  I,  our  city       being  founded 

quotannis  ferre  base   sacra  templis  dicatis  sibi.          Acestes 

yearly  offer     these  sacrifices  in  temples  dedicated  to  him.  Acestei 


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generatus  Troja1    dat  vobis  in  naves  bina  capita  bourn 

descended     from  Troy  gives  to  you  for  the  ships  ««vo       heads  of  oxen 

numero:  adhibete     penates          et  patriots 

•tcordtng  to  the  number:  send  for  yoa<  household  Gods  and    then  of  your  country 

epulis,     et  quos  hospes  Acestes  colit.     Praeterea,  si      nona 

to  the  feasl,  and  whom  our  host     Acestes  honours.        Besides,         if   the  ninth 

aurora  extulerit  almum  diem  mortalibus,  que         retexerit 

morning  shall  introduce    a  fair       day         to  mortals,        and  shall  unveil 

orbem    radiis,        ponam      Teucris     prima  certamina  citas 

the  globe  with  its  rays.  I  will  propose  to  tin;  Trojans  the  first      trials   of  tlie  swift 

classis.     Que  qui  valet    cursu  pedum,  et  qui  incedit  audax 

fleet.  And    who   excels  in  the  race  on  foot,    and  who  advances      daring 

viribus,    aut      melior       jaculo,    que  levibus  sagittis,    seu 

in  strength,  either  more  excellent  with  the  dart,  and     light          arrows,  or 

fidit         committere  pugnam    crudo      csestu;  cuncti  adsint, 

has  confidence  to  engage       in  contest  with  the  cruo' gauntlet;    let  all  be  present, 

que  expectent  proemia  palmae  meritse.     Omnes  favete 

and         await       the  rewards  of  victory  deserved.  All  favour  us 

ore,          et  cingite  tempora      ramis.      Fatus  sic          velat 

with  prayer,  and  bind        your  temples  with  boughs.  Speaking  thus          he  veils 

tempora      materna"   myrto.     Elymus  facit  hoc..         Acestes 

his  temples  with  his  mother's  myrtle.        Elymus       docs    this.  Accstes 

maturus  aevi        hoc,  puer  Ascanius  hoc;  quos  caetera  pubes 

mature       in  age  does  this,  the  boy    Ascanius      this;     whom  the  other       youth 

sequitur.    Hie  ibat  medius      e  concilio  cum  multis  millibus 

imitate.  He    went  in  the  midst  from  the  council  with     iiiany      thousands 

ad  tumulum,  magna  caterva  comitante.     Hie   rite       libans 

to     the  tomb.         a  grcut       band        accompanying.     He    iri  order       offering 

fundit       humi     duo  carchesia  mero    Baccho,  duo       novo 

pours  out  on  the  ground  two       bowls         of  wine  to  Bacchus,   two         of  new 

acte  duo     sacro      sanguine,  que  jacit  purpureos       flores, 

milk,       Iwo  of  consecrated      blood.  and  scatters    purple  flowers, 

ac  fatur  talia:        Sancte  parens,  salve!  vos  Cineres 

and  speaks  these  vords:    O  holy      parent,        hail!  ye          ashes 

nequicquam  recepti,  que  animse  que  umbroe  paternae  iterum, 

In  vain  recovered,  and   thou  soul    and    ye  shades  of  my  father,     again 

salvete!  non    licuit       tecum  quaerere  [talos  fines,  que  arva 

hail!       it  has  uot  been  allowed  with  you  to  seek  the  Italian  confines,  and    fields 

fatalia,        nee  Ausonium  Tybrim,  quicunque  est. 

decreed  by  fate,  nor    Ausonian  Tiber,         whatsoever     it  is. 

Dixerat      hsec;      cum  anguis  lubricus,     ingens  septem 

He  had  spoken  these  words;  when    a  snake       shining,       huge  in  hit      seven 

gyros,      traxit       s.eptena     volumina    ab         imis     adytis, 

folds,       he  drew  along  his  seven  fold       coils  from      the  inmost    aiiriiics 

placide  amplexus  tumulum,  que  lapsus  per     aras:         cui 

peacefully  embracing       the  tomb,  and    gliding    over  the  altars^      wJitMe 

terga  cseruletB    notae  et  squamam    fulgor  maculosus     auro 

kAClc         of  azure       mark    and       scales       a  brightness      spcck'd     with  jpiJ 


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fmcendebat,  ceu  arcus     nubibus     trahit      mille        varies 

inflamed,  as       i  bow    in  the  clouds     draws       a  thousand  varied 

colores      -adverse       sole.  ./Eneas  obstupuit  visu. 

colours      from  the  opposing    sun.        /Eneas     stood  ainaz'd  at  the  Bight. 

Tandem    ille       serpens  longo  agmine    inter    pateras    et 

At  length     the  snake    creeping    in  along     path          within  the  gol lets    and 

levia  pocula,  que   libavit  dapes,  que  rursus  innoxius 

smooth    bowls,      both         sipped     the  feast,   and     again  harmless 

successit       imo      tumulo,     et   liquit  altaria  depasta. 

entered  the  bottom  of  the  tomb;  and        left     the  altars  he  had  (cd  on. 

Magis      hoc    instaurat  genitori   honores  inceptos,  incertus 

Thi1  more  for  this    he  renews  to  his  father  the  honours    begun,  doubtfu 

ne  putet      esse   genium     loci,       ne         famulum 

whether  he  should  think  it  to  be    the  genius  of  the  place,     or          an  attendant 

parentis;      caedit  quinas  bidentes    de         more,  que       tot 

of  his  father;     he  kills      five  sheep       according  to  custom,  and  as  many 

sues,  totidem  juvencos     nigrantes     terga;      que   fundebat 

twine,     as  many     bullocks  black    as  to  their  backs;    and    poured  forth 

vina  e    pateris,  que  vocabat  animam  magni  Anchisae,  que 

wine  from  goblets,      and      invoked    the  spirit  of     great       Anchises,       anu 

manes    remissos  acheronte.    Necnon  et  socii    laeti  ferunt 

his  remains  released       from  hell.  Likewise  his  associates  joyful        beai 

dona,  qu?B  copia  est  cuique;    que  onerant  aras,  que 

gifts,       which  plenty     is     to  each;         and      they  load  the  altars,  and 

mactant  juvencos.     Alii     locant     ahena       ordine,        que 

sacrifice         bullocks.  Others        place    brazen  vessels   in  order,  and 

fusi       per  herbam   subjiciunt  prunas  verubus,   et  torrent 

scattered  along    the  grasa       they  place         coals  under  the  spits,  and  roast  the 

viscera.     Dies   expectata  aderat,  que  equi  Phaethontis  jam 

entrails.       The  day    expected  had  arrived,  and  the  horses  of  Phaeton       now 

vehebant  nonam  auroram  serenS.  luce;  que  fama  et 

led  up  the  ninth     morning    with  clear      light;     and    fame  and 

numen    clari       Acestae  excierat  fmitimos.        Complerant 

thtname  of  renowned  Acestes  had  excited  the  neighboring  people.        Theyfill'd 

litora         laeto         co3tu,    visuri  JSneadas,  pars   et      parati 

the  snores  with  a  joyful     band,       to  see    theT/ojans,    apart   also       prepared 

certare.        Principio     munera    locantur  ante         oculos, 

to  contend.     In  the  first  place   the  rewards  are  placed      before          their  eyes, 

que  in  medio     circo:    sacri  tripodes,  que   virides     coronae 

and    in     midst     of  the  circle:  sacred  tripodes,       and       green  coronets, 

et  palmae,   pretium   victoribus;    que  arma,  et  vestes  perfusae 

unit  palms,    the  reward  to  the  conquerors;    and    arms,  and    dresses  dyed 

ostro,    talenta  argenti   que   auri:    et      tuba  canit 

with  purple,     talents    of  silver     and       .gold;    and    the  trumpet  sounds 

ludos     commissos  medio     aggere.     Quatuor       carins 

that  tht  games  arc  begun    in  the  midst  of  thn  mound.          Four  ships 

delectae  ex   omni  classe,  pares  gravibus  remis,  ineunt 

Mteoted      from       aP    the  fleet,    equal    with  heavy    oars,  entci 


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prima    certamina.  Mnestheus    agit    velocem        Pristin 

on  (be  first       contests.  Mnef  theus    coiinnands    the  swift  Pristif 

acri      remige,  Mnestheus       mox        Italus      a       quo 

with  a  strong    rower,        Mnestheus         presently  to  be  an  Italian    from    which 

nomine  genus   Memmi:  que  Gyas       ingentem  Chimziam 

name         the  race    of  Memmius:  and  Gyas  commands  '.he  great  Chimera 

ingenti      mole,    opus      urbis;    quam     Dardana    pubes 

•with  its  great         bulk,  the  work  of  the  city;     which      the  Trojan  youth 

impellunt  triplici  versu,  remi  consurgunt  terno  ordine:  que 

urge  on  in  triple      rank,    the  oars        rise  in  a  triple    order:         and 

Sergestus,   a  quo     Sergia  domus  tenet  nomen,  invehitur 

"ergestus,        from  whom  the  Sergian   family      derives    its  name,          is  homo 

magna  Centauro;  que  Cloanthus   ccerulei   Scylla,  unde 

in  the  great       Centaur,       and       Cloanthus     in  the  azure      Scylla,     whence 

tibi  genus,  0  Romane  Cluenti. 

your  descent,    O     Roman       Cluentius. 

Procul  in  pelago  contra  spumantia  litora  est  saxum    quod 

Far  off      in    the  sea     against  the  resounding  shores     is      a  rock        which 

submersum   olim    tunditur     tumidis  fluctibus,  ubi  hiberni 

sunk  sometimes   is  beaten    by  the  swelling  waves,      when  the  wintry 

Cori     condunt  sidera:    silet      tranquillo     que  ex     und& 

west  winds     hide       the  stars:  it  lies  still  in  the  tranquil  sea  and  from  the  wuve 

immotS.  attollitur  campus,  et        static  gratissima 

unmoved     it  is  raised  as  a  plain,    and  is  a  resting  place  most  grateful 

apricis     mergis.     Hie  pater  ^Eneas   constituit       viridem 

to  the  basking  cormorants.  Here   father      ./Eneas        placed  a  verdant 

metam  frondenti  ilice,  signum    nautis,    unde  scirent 

goal  of  budding      oak,      a  signal  for  the  sailors,  where       they  may  know 

reverti,  et   ubi  circumflectere  longos  cursus.  Turn      legunt 

to  return,  and  where     to  bend  around    their  long  circuits.     Then     they  chouse 

loca    sorter  que  ipsi  ductores  longe  effulgent  in  puppibus, 

their  places  by  lot:  and      the      leaders       far  off        shine         in       thuir  ship*. 

decori     auro   que  ostro.  Csetera  juventus  velatur    populed 

decorated  with  gold  and   purple.    The  other       youth    are  veiled  with  the  poplar 

fronde,  que    perfusa   nudatos  humeros   oleo  nitescit. 

leaf,  and  overspreading  their  naked  shoulder*  with  oil  they  shine. 

Consldunt    transtris,  que  brachia  intenta    remis:      intenti 

They  sit  on  the  benches,  and  their  arms  are  extended  to  the  oars:  attentive 

exspectant  signum,  que  pavor  pulsans,  que  arrecta  cupido 

they  await         the  signal,    and    fear     beating  high,  and  the  increase'!      desire 

laudum,  haurit  exsultantia  corda.  Inde  ubi    clara  tuba 

of  praise,  exhausts  their  throbbing  hearts.      Then  when  the  shrill  trumpe' 

dedit      sonitum,  omnes  prosiluere  suis   finibus,       baud 

bad  given  forth    a  sound,         all  leaped         to  their  stations,      then  is  no 

mora;  nauticus  clamor  ferit  jethera;    freta  versa       lacertis 

delay:      the  sailor's      shout     strikes  the  skies;    the  seas  upturned  by  (heir  arms 

adductis  epumant.  Pariter  infindunt    sulcos;  que          totum 

drawn  back      fonin.          Together  they  cleave  the  furrows;  and          the  whoU 


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aequor  convulsum   remis  que  tridentibus  rostris        dehlscit. 

ocean         convulsed        with  oars  and         trident          beaks  yawns. 

Currus  non  tarn  praecipites  corripuere  campuni 

Chariots      not      so  swift  have  scoured  the  plain 

bijugo          certamine,  que   ruunt  effusi        carcere. 

in  a  double  yoked  chariot  race,          and  rush  forth  let  loose    from  the  goal, 

nec    aurigae     sic  concussere  undantia  lora  jugis    immissis 

nor    do  charioteers  thus         shake        the  waving  reins  the  yokes  being  loosened 

que  pendent  proni  in  verbera.  Turn  omne  nemus    consonat 

and       hang       bending  over  the  lash.     Thea,tbe  whole    grove  resounds 

plausu      que  fremitu  virum,  que  studiis       faventum 

with  the  applause  and       noise      of  the  men,  and  the  anxiety  of  those  favouring 

que   litora   inclusa  volutant   vocem;  pulsati  colles  resultant 

and   the  shores    inclosed     roll  back    their  voice;  the  beaten  bills  re-echo 

clamore.  Gyas  effugit  ante  alios,  que  elabitur  primis  undis 

with  the  cry.    Gyas       flies       before  others,    and  glides  over  the  first      waves 

.inter  turbam  que  fremitum;  quern  Cloanthus,  melior 

amidst  the  crowd   and      the  noise;        whom     Cloanthus,  more  skilled 

remis,  deinde  consequitur,  sed  tarda  pinus  tenet     pondere. 

with  oars,    then  follows,  but  his  slow    boat    restrains  by  its  weight. 

Post  hos   Pristis  que  Centaurus  tendunt    superare    priorem 

After  these  the  Pristis  and       Centaur         attempt     to  pass  beyond        the  first 

locum,  aequo  discrimine:  et  nunc   Pristis  abit,  nunc  ingens 

place,       in  equal       distance:      and    now    the  Pristis  passes,     now     the  huge 

Centaurus  prseterit     victam;    que  nunc  ambze  feruntur 

Centaur  goes  before  her  conquered;  and     now       both  are  borne  on 

una    junctis   frontibus,  et  sulcant  salsa  vada  long£ 

together  with  united      fronts,       and  plough    the  salt  shallows  with  their  long 

carind;  que  jam  propinquabant  scopulo,  que  tenebant  metam; 

keel;  and    now     they  approached     the  rock,     and     reached         the  goal; 

cum  Gyas    princeps  que   victor  in  medio  gurgite, 

when   Gyaa         the  chief     and   conqueror  in    the  midst  of  the  sea 

compellat      voce      Menceten    rectorem   navis:  Quo 

addresses       with  his  voice    Menoetes      the  steersman  of  the  ship:'         Whether 

tantum     abis    dexter  mihi?  dirige  cursum   hue,         ama 

toiimcn    do  you  go  to  the  right  of  me?  direct    your  course  hither,         incline  to 

litus,    et  sine  palmula  stringat  Izevas  cautes:    alii    teneant 

the  shore,  and    let       the  oar  graze       the  left     cliffs;      let  others         hold 

altum.  Dixit:  Bed  Mencetes  timens  caeca  saxa,        detorquet 

the  deep.    He  said:  but      Menoeles       fearing    hidden   rocks,  turns 

proram  ad   undas   pelagi.    Quo   abis      diversus?          Gyas 

his  prow     to  the  waves  of  the  sea.    Why  do  you  go  a  different  wayf  Gyas 

iterum  revocabat  cum  clamore,  0  Menoste,  pete  saxa;       et 

again          called  out       with      a  shout,      O    Menoetes,      seek  the  rocks;     and 

ecce       respicit     Cloanthum  instantem      tergo,  et 

to       be  looks  back  upon    Cloanthus       pressing       on  bis  back,  and 

tenentem    propiora.     Hie  interior  radit  Isevum  iter        inter 

balding        a  nearer  course.     lie       withic,     grazes   the  left  path       between 


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que  navem  Gy?E  que  sonantes    scopulos,  que  subitus 

both    the  rhip   of  Gya«  and  the  resounding      rocks,        and  suddenly 

praeterit  priorem,  et  tenet  tuta  asquora,  metis 

be  goes  before  the  former,  and  holds  the  safe  water,  the  boundaries 

relictis.       Turn  verb  ingens  dolor  exarsit  ossibus   juveni; 

being  left  behind.    Then  indeed     great     grief    inflamed  the  bones  of  the  youth, 

nec     genae     caruere  lacrymis;  que  oblitus     sui       decoris. 

nor   did  hit  cheeks     want  tears;  and    forgetful  of  hi*  own        honour, 

que   salutis       sociflm,      deturbat  segnem   MenoDten     ab 

and    the  safety  of  his  companions,  he  hurled     the  slothful      Menoetcs          from 

alta  puppi  praecipitem   in  mare.  Ipse  subit     gubernaculo 

the  lofty    stern         headlong         into  the  sea.      He   succeeds  to  the  helm 

rector,  ipse  magister,  que  hortatur  viros,  que  torquet 

as  pilot,     he    as  commander,  and      exhorts     the  men,    and  turns 

clavum  ad   litora.     At  ut  Menoetes   gravis  tandem       vix 

the  helm     to    the  shores.    But  as    Menoetes       oppressed     at  last          scarcely 

redditus  est      imo      fundo,  jam  senior,  que  fluens  in. 

had    returned    from  the  deep  bottom,    now     old  and  streaming  in 

madida  veste,  petit  summa  scopuli,   que  resedit  in 

tils  wet         dress,    he  seeks  the  summit  of  the  rock,    and    sits  down  on 

siccd  rupe.    Teucri  risere  ilium  et  labentem,  et  natantem, 

the  dry    cliff.    The  Trojans  ridicule     him    both      falling,        and      swimming, 

et      rident         revomentem  salsos  fluctus    pectore.       Hie 

and  they  laugh  at  him     throwing  up      the  salt    waves   from  his  breast.       Here 

laeta  spes  accensa  est  duobus  extremis      Sergesto,         que 

joyous  hope      had  inflamed    the  two          last  Sergestus,  and 

Mnestbeo,  superare  Cyan  morantem.     Sergestus  ante  capit 

Mnestbeus,     to  overcome    Gyas       delaying.  Sergestus  anticipates 

locum,  que  propinquat  scopulo;  nec  tamen      ille          prior 

the  place,  and      approaches       the  rock;       not       such       as  he  was         before 

tota   carina  praeeunte;  parte          prior;  aemula        Pristis 

Ais  whole     keel       going  before;    in  part  he  wag  first;       his  rival  Fristis 

premit     partem     rostro.     At  Mneatheus  incedens       per 

presses  him   in  part     with  her  bow.  But      Mnestheus         walking  among 

ipsos    socios     media        nave    hortatur.  Hectorei 

his         companions  in  the  midst  of  bis  ship      exhorts      them.     O  my  Hectorea-n 

socii,    quos       delegi         comites      suprema  sorte 

associates,  whom  I  have  selected  as  companions         in  the  last  fortune 

Trojffi,  nunc,  nunc  insurgite     remis;    nunc  promite      illas 

of  Troy,     now,      now         rise          on  your  oars;     now    draw  forth        those 

vires,  nunc   animos  quibus       usi      in   Getulis     syrtibus, 

powers,    now     that  courage    which    you  exhibited  in  the  Getulian    quicksands. 

que  mart    lonio,  que  sequacibus  undis  Malese.     Mnestheus 

and    the  s*a  of  Ionium,  and  the  persecuting  waves  ofMalea.  Mncsthens 

jam  non  peto      prima,      que    ne      certo  vincere: 

now  do  not  seek  the  first  rewards,  and  neither  do  I  strive  to  conquer: 

qaanquam  6!  sed    superent,      Neptune,    quibus     dedisti 

Jet  O!  but  let  them  conquer,  O  Neptune,      to  whom  you  have  grunted 


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ooc:      pudeat        rediisse      extremes.      Gives,         vincite 

this:      let  it  shame  us  to  have  returned       last.  My  countrymen,     conquer 

et  prohibete  hoc  nefas.    Olli  procumbunt  suinmo 

and      forbid         this  disgrace.     They       press  on  with  the  greatest 

certamine;     aerea    puppis  tremit  vastis  ictibus,  que     solum 

Ethfe;  the  brazen     keel       trembles  with  vast  blows,       and         the  sea 

subtrahitur.        Turn  creber  anhelitus  quatit   artus   que 

is  drawn  from  under  them.    Then  frequent     panting        shakes  their  limbs  and 

arida    ora:    sudor  fluit    undique     rivis.     Ipse  casus  attuli 

parched  mouths:    sweat    flows  on  every  side  in  streams.    This    chauce    brougu 

viris    optatum  honorem:  namque  dum  Sergestus   interior, 

to  the  men  the  desired     honour:  for  while      Scrgestus  within, 

furens  animi  suburget  pcoram  ad   saxa     que  subit 

raging      in  rnind     urges  on      the  prow    to  the  rocks       and  enters 

iniquo      spatio,  infelix  haesit  in  procurrentibus       saxis. 

an  incommodious  space,     unhappy  he  hangs  on       the  projecting  rocks. 

Cautes  concussae  et    remi   obnixi  crepuere   in  acuto 

The  cliffs  are  shaken    and  the  oars   struggling      crash       upon  the  sharp 

murice,    que  prora          illisa          pependit. 

pointed  rock,   and  the  prow   dashed  against  it    is  suspended. 

Nautae    consurgunt,  et  morantur  magno   clamore,        que 

The  sailors  arise  together,  and    give  over     with  great    clamour,  and 

expediunt.ferratas  sudes  et  contos  acuti  cuspide,  que 

they  apply     iron-pointed  stakes  and  poles    with  sharp     points,  and 

legunt    fractos  remos  in  gurgite.     At  Mnestheus  laetus,  que 

they  gather  the  broken  oars      in      the  sea.         But    Muestheus        joyful,     and 

acrior      ipso  successu,  petit  prona  maria,    celeri       agmine 

more  active  by  this     success,       seeks  the  open   seas,       with  swift  motion 

remorum,  que  ventis  vocatis,     et  decurrit    aperto    pelago. 

of  oars,          and  the  winds  being  invoked,  and    runs       on  the  open  sea. 

Qualis  columba,  cui  domus  et  dulces  nidi      in        latebroso 

As  a  dove,       whose    home    and    sweet    young  are  in  a  dark 

pumice,  subitb  commota  speluncd,  volans  fertur      in    arva, 

cleft,  suddenly    aroused      from  the  cave,    flying    is  borne        to  the  fields, 

que  exterrita  dat    pennis    ingentem  plausum  tecto; 

and       terrified    gives  with  her  wings  a  great  beating       against  the  nest; 

mox      lapsa          quieto  sere  radit  liquidum  iter,  que         ne 

presently  gliding  through  the  still  air  she  grazes  the  liquid  way,      and    does  not 

commovet  celeres  alas:  sic  Mnestheus,  sic  ipse  Pristis 

move  her  swift     wings:  thus     Mnestheus,  -thus  the  Pristis 

fug£     secat  ultima    aequora;  sic  ipse  impetus  fert     illam 

in  her  flight   cuts  the  remotest  waters;       thus    the     impulse      bears  her 

volantem.     Et  primum  deserit  Sergestum  luctantem         in 

flying.  And      first        she  deserts     Sergestus       struggling  in 

alto  scopulo,  que  vadis    brevibus,    que  frustra        vocantem 

the  high  rock.        and  quicksands  and  shallows,  and       in  vain  invoking 

auxilia,  et  discentem  currere  fractis  remis.  Inde  consequitur 

aid.  and      learning         to  run    with  broken  oars     Then  be  puraues, 


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Cyan,  que  ipsam  Chimsram  ingenti  mole:  cedit,    quoniam 

Cya«.         and    the  Chimera    with  her  great  mass:    she  yields,  since 

est  spoliata  magistro,  que  jam  Cloanthus  solus  superest  in 

Oie  is      deprived  or  a  master,    and     now     Cloanthus      alone  remains        on 

ipso    fine;    quern  petit,  et  adnixus  urget   summis     viribus. 

the    boundary;  whom  he  seek*,  and   striving    presses  with  his  utmost   strength. 

Turn  verb  clamor  ingeminat,  que  cuncti  studiis    instigant 

Then    indeed  the  noise     redoubles,         and     all  with  anxiety       encourage  Aim 

sequentem,  que  aether  resonat  fragoribus.     Hi     indignantur 

pursuing.  and    the  sky    resou  ruls     with  noise.     These  are  angry 

ai  teneant  proprium  decus  et  honorem         partum; 

cst  they  should  not  hold  their  appropriate  glory  and    honour       already  obtained, 

jue  volunt  pacisci  vitam  pro  laude.     Sucessus    alit         hos: 

jtid  they  wish  to  bargain   life        for      praise.         Success       cherishes       these: 

possunt,      quia  videntur  posse.      Et    fors  cepissent 

they  are  able,  because   they  seem  to  be  able.    And  perhaps  they  had  taken 

praemia     aequatis  rostris,  ni  Cloanthus  tendens        utrasque 

the  rewards  with  equal    beaks,  unless  Cloanthus       extending  both 

palmas    ponto,    que  fudisset  preces,  que  vocasset         Divos 

his  hands  over  the  sea, and  had  uttered    prayers,    and  had  invoked          the  Gods 

in  vota:        Df,     quibus  est  imperium  pelagi,  quorum 

in  hia  vows:    YeGods,  to  whom    is      the  power  of  the  sea,          through  whose 

aequora  curro,  ego  lastus  constituam  vobis  ante  aras 

waters       I  run,        I    cheerfully    will  place      to  you    before  your  altars 

candenterri  taurum  in  hoc  litore,  reus     voti,    que  porriciam 

awhile  bull         on    this    shore,  obliged  by  my  vow,  and  I  will  scatter 

exta        in  salsos  fluctus,  et    fundam  liquentia  vina.  Dixit: 

the  entrails  on  the  salt    waves,      and  I  will  pour  out  the  liquid  wines.    He  said. 

que  omnis  chorus  Nereidum  que  Phorci,  que 

and       all        the  band     of  Nereids      and  the  train  of  Phorcus,  and 

Panopea  virgo  audiit  eum  sub      imis    fluctibus;  et         ipse 

the  Panopean  maid   heard    him  beneath  the.  lowest     waves;        and  the 

pater  Portunus      magnd    manu  impulit         euntem.       Ilia 

father      Portunus  with  his  powerful  hand      urged  on  the  boat  advancing.      She 

fugit  ad  terram  citius         Noto  que  volucri  sagittd,     et 

flies       to    the  land  swifter  than  the  south  wind  and       swift        arrow,       and 

condidit    se       alto      portu.     Turn  satus  Anchisi,    cunctis 

hid  herself  in  the  deep  harbour.      Then  the  son  of  Anchises,  all 

vocatis  ex       more,  declarat  Cloanthum        victorem 

being  summoned  according  to  custom  declares        Cloantbus  conqueror 

magnS.    voce  praconis,  que  advelat  tempora  viridi  lauro: 

with  a  loud   voice  of  a  herald,      and       veils       his  temples  with  a  green  laurel: 

que      dat    optare  ternos  juvencos,  que  vina,  et  ferre 

and  permits  Aim  to  choose  three         bullocks,        and    wine,    and  to  bear 

magnum  talentum  argenti,  munera  in  naves.  Addit 

•  great  talent         of  silver,       gifts        for  the  ships.  He  adds 

praecipuos  honores  ipsis  ductoribus;     victori  auratam 

distinguished    honours    IA  the       leaders;        to  the  conqueror  a  gilded 


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chlamydem,  circum    quam       plurima  MelibcEa     purpura 

cloak,  around         which  much  Melibean  purpla 

cucurrit  duplici   Maeandro;  que  regius  puer  intextus 

ran  in  a  double       maze;  and  the  royal    boy  Ganymede  interwoven 

jaculo     que  cursu      fatigat  veloces  cervos  in       frondosS. 

with  the  dart    and  in  the  chase  fatigues  the  swift       stags    upon  leafy 

[dd,  acer,  similis  anhelanti,  quern  praepes  armiger         Jovis 

Ida,      eager,     like       to  one  panting,  whom  the  swift  armour-bearer    of  Jove 

uncis     pedibus  rapuit  sublimem  ab  Ida:  longaevi  custodes 

with  crooked     claws         seized       on  high      from  Ida:        the  aged  guards 

nequicquam  tendunt  palmas    ad  sidera;  que  latratus  canum 

in  vain  extend      their  hands   to  the  stars;     and  the  barking   of  dogs 

saevit  in  auras. 

rages      to  the  skies. 

At  donat      huic  viro,  qui  deinde  tenuit  secumdum  locum 

But  he  presents  to  that  man,  who  afterwards  held         the  second  place 

virtute,     habere  loricam  consertam    levibus  hamis,     que 

by  his  courage,    to  have   a  corslet       set  about       with  smooth  rings,  and 

trilicem  auro,    quam  ipse  victor  detraxerat  Demoleo         sub 

triple.       with  gold,  which    the  conqueror  drew       from  Demoleua  under 

alto  Ilio  apud  rapidum  Simoenta,  huic  decus    et  tutamen  in 

lofty  Ilium    by       the  swift       Simois,  his    ornament  and  protection      ia 

armis.     Phegeus  que  Sagaris  famuli        vix  ferebant    illam 

war.  Phegeus      and     Sagaris   men-servants  scarcely  bore    *  it 

multiplicem,  connixi      humeris;         at  Demoleus,         olim 

many  fold,  struggling  with  their  shoulders;  but     Demoleus,  formerly 

indutus      cursu    agebat    palantes  Troas.         Facit  geminos 

clothed  in  it  in  the  course  drove    the  wandering  Trojans.    He  presents  two 

lebetas  ex  aere    tertia     dona,  que  cymbia  perfecta    argento, 

kettles       of  brass  for  the  third  gifts,     and      bowls         wrought          of  silver 

atque  aspera  signis,    que  jam  adeo  omnes  donati,  que 

and         rough  with  figures,  and    now    thus         all  being  rewarded,  and 

superbi    opibus,     ibantevincti    tempora    puniceis     tseniis: 

proud       of  their  wealth,  went  bound  as  to  their  temples  with  crimson  Ribbands: 

cum  Sergestus  agebat  irrisam  ratem   sine  honore,  vix 

when     Sergestus  brought  up  the  despised  boat    without      honour,          scarcely 

multa    arte  revulsam    e   saevo  scopulo,  remis  amissis, 

with  much  art         torn  from  the  cruel  rock,       his  oars  being  lost, 

atque  debilis      uno    ordine.  Qualis  ssepe         serpens 

and          weak      with  one       tier.  As  often  aserient 

deprensus  in  aggere       viae,  quern   aerea  rota  transiit 

overtaken        on  the  height  of  the  way,  which  a  brazen  wheel  had  passed 

obliquum,  aut  viator  gravis    ictu      liquit  seminecem       que 

across,  or  a  traveller  heavy  with  a  blow  has  left     half  dead  and 

lacerum    saxo:     nequicquam  fugiens  dat  longos  tortus 

mutilated  with  a  stone:       in  vain  flying      gives   long  wreaths 

corpore;  parte  ferox,  que  ardens    oculi?,     et          arduus 

with  bis  body;  in  part    fierce;     and    glowing  with  his  eyes,  and  high 


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attollens  slbila   colla,  pars  clauda  vulnere,  retenta 

ram DR       hit  hissing  neck,      a  part  lame  with  IMS  wound,  holds  Aim  hark 

nexantem  nodos,  que  plicantem    se    in  sua  membra:  tarda 

folding  his  knots,  and      winding       himself  in  his  own  limbs:        the  slow 

navis  movebat  se    tali   remigio;  tamen  facitvela,  et      subit 

•hip         moved    itself  with  such  rowing;        yet    he  makes  sail,  and       enters 

ostia    plenis  velis.  ./Eneas  Izetus  donat  Sergestum    promisso 

the  port  with  full  sails.        ./Eneas    rejoiced  presents   Sergestus  with  his  promised 

munere,     ob      navem   servatam  que     socios         reductos. 

reward,    on  account  of  the  ship    preserved     and  his  associates  restored. 

Serva          datur  olli,  baud  ignara    operum  Minervae. 

A  female  slave  is  given  to  him,  not      ignorant    of  the  labours  of  Minerva. 

Cressa    genus,         Pholoe,  que  gemini  nati   sub          ubere. 

A  Cretan  in  her  race,  naired  Pholoe,     and   her  two  children   at  her  breast. 

Hoc  certamine    misso,     pius  ^Eneas  tendit  in    gramineum 

This       contest    being  dismissed  pious  ./Eneas     marched  to  the  grassy 

campum,  quern  sylvae    curvis     collibus   undique  cingebant; 

plain,  which    woods  with  winding       bills       on  each  side      surrounded; 

que  in  medik   valle    erat  circus     theatri;      qu6          heros 

and    in  the  midst  of  the  vale  was  the  circuit  of  a  theatre;  whither          the  hero 

lulit      se      medium   cum  multis  millibus  que          resedit 

withdrew  himself  in  the  midst    with     many      thousands.,  and  sat  down 

consessu      extructo.     Hie  pretiis  invitat      animos 

in  the  assembly  on  a  high  seat.    Here  by  rewards  he  invites  the  attention  of  thost 

qui    forte    velint  contendere  rapido  cursu,  et  ponit  praemia. 

who  by  chance  may  wish  to  contend    in  the  swift  race,    and    places    the  prizes. 

Teucri      que  Sicani      misti    conveniunt  undique,      primi, 

The  Trojans  and     Sicilians    intermingled  assemble       on  every  side,  first, 

Nisus  et  Euryalus:  Euryalus  insignis      formd  que       vindi 

Nisus    and    Euryalus;         Euryalus    distinguished  for  beauty  and        blooming 

juventa;  Nisus    pio      amore  pueri;  quos  regius  Diores    de 

youth;  Nisus  by  the  pious  love    of  the  boy;  whom  the  royal  Diores     from 

egregiS.    stirpe  Priami,    deinde  secutus.     Salius,         simul 

the  renowned  race    of  Priam,          then         followed.         Salius,  at  once 

et  Patron  .          hunc;  alter  quorum      Acarnan;  alter 

and  Patron  followed    him;       one      of  whom  was  an  Acarnanian;      the  other 

ab  Arcadia,  sanguine   Tegeaeas  gentis.     Turn  duo  Trinacrii 

from  Arcadia,    of  the  blood  of  the  Tegean  nation.       Then   two  Sicilian 

juvenes,  Elymus  que  Panopes,      assueti  sylvis, 

youths,  Elymus      and       Panopes,       accustomed  to  the  woods, 

comites      senioris  Acestae;  preeterea  multi,  quos     obscura 

the  companions  of  the  elder   Acestes;       besides        many     whom          obscura 

lama  recondit. 

fame       hide*. 

In  mediis  quibus  ^Eneas  deinde  locutus  sic:    Accipite 

In  the      midst     of  whom     Eneas     afterwards     spoke       thus:  Receive 

haec      animis      que  advertite  laetas     mentes:         nemo 
ilteae  thing*  in  your  mind     and      turn     your  joyful    attention:  No  ou« 


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ex  hoc  numero  abibit    non  donatus  mihi  Dabo 

of    this       number  s.iall  depart     not    rewarded   by  me,          I  will  give  to  each 

ferre    biaa  Gnossia  spicula  lucida    levato    ferro        que 

to  bear  off    two     Gnossian        darts        bright    with  polish' d    iron  and 

bipennem  coelatam    argento.     Hie   unus  honos  erit 

an  axe  wrought     with  ,<i!vi-r         This       one      honour  shall  be 

omnibus.  Primi  tres  accipient    pragma,    que       nectentur 

to  all.  Tbe  first    three  shall  receive  their  rewards,    and  bind 

caput         flavS.       ohva     Primus     victor  habeto    equum 

their  heads  with  the  yellow  olive-    Let  the  first  conqueror     have  a  horse 

msignem     phaleris:     alter  Amazoniam  pharetram       que 

distinguished   for  trappings;  the  other  an  Amazonian         quiver  and 

pienam  Threcns  sagittis,  quam  balteus  circum   amplectitur 

full  ofTliracian        arrows,      which     a  belt       around  embraces 

lato     auro,  et   fibula  subnectit      tereti     gemma":  tertius 

with  broad  gold,    and  a  buckle       fastens  with  a  tapering  jewel;     let  the  third 

abito  contentus  hac     Argolica"  galea.    Ubi       haec      dicta, 

depart    contented  with  tils      Grecian      helmet.    When  these  things  were  said, 

capiunt    locum    que  corripiunt     spatia,      signo    repente 

they  take      the  place,     and  seize         the  open  space,  the  signal    suddenly 

audito,  que  efFusi  relinquunt  limen,     similes       nimbo; 

being  heard,    and   let  loose     they  leave       the  goal,  like  to  a  storm; 

simul   signant      ultima.       Nisus  abit  primus  que        longe 

at  once    they  mark    the  last  limit,        Nisus  starts      first         and  far  off 

emicat    ante  omnia  corpora,  ocyor  et        ventis  et 

he  springs    before    all  their     bodies,        swifter  even    than  the  winds  and 

alis     fulminis.     Salius  insequitur  proximus    huic,       sed 

the  wings  of  lightning.     Salius         follows  next  to  him.  but 

proximus     longo     intervallo.     Deinde  spatio    relicto    post 

next  with  a  long   space  between.       Then         a  space    being  left  behind 

Euryalus    tertius  que  Elymus  sequitur    Euryalum       Sub 

Euryalus  the  third    and      Elymus       follows  Euryalus  Next 

quo  ipso  ecce  Diores   deinde   volat;  que  jam  terit    calcem 

to      whom      lo       Diores    afterwards     flies;       and    now     wears        bis  heel 

calce,     incumbens       humero;       et   si  plura          spatia 

with  his  heel,     reclining         on  his  shoulder;       and    if    more  space 

supersint    transeat    elapsus  prior  ve  relinquat   ambiguum. 

had  remained  he  had  passed    gliding      before    or     bad  left  it  doubtful. 

Que  jam  adventabant  fere    extreme  spatio  que  fessi     sub 

And      now    they  approached    almost     the  last       space       and  wearied    near 

ipsum  finem  cum     infelix     Nisus  labitur    levi     sanguine, 

to  the  very   end     when    the  unhappy    Nisus       falls    in  the  slippery        blood, 

ut  forte    juvencis     csesis        fusus          super        humum 

as  by  chance    bullocks      being  slain    it  had  been  shed      upon  the  ground 

que  madefecerat   virides  herbas.  Hie  juvenis  ovans,  jam 

and      had  moistened      the  green     grass.         Here    the  youth    rejoicing     now 

victor    baud   tenuit  vestigia  titubata    presso  solo 

a  conqueror   did  not    restrain  his  footsteps  tottering  on  the  trodden       ground; 


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<»ed  concidit  pronus  in  que  ipso  immundo  fimo  que       sacro 

but       fell  headlong  upon  both      the  filthy        nnrc    and  consecrated 

cruore.  Ille     tamen     non    oblitus  Euryali,  noa    amorum; 

blood.         He    nevertheless  teas  not  forgetful  of  Euryalus,  nor       of  Ins  loves, 

nam    surgens  per  lubrica:  opposuit  sese  Saho;autem    ille 

for  rising     through  slimy  dirt,  he  opposed  himself  to  Salius;     but  he 

jacuit,     revolutus   in '  spissS.  arensu     Euryalus  emicat     ct 

fell,  rolling  back      on    the  thick    sand  Euryalus      sprang  up    and 

victor      munere      amici      tenet      prima      que      volat 

conqueror  by  the  favour  of  In?  friend    holds    the  first  space,    and  flies 

plausu     que  secundo  fremitu.     Post     Elymus  subit,    et 

with  applause    and    favouring      shout.      Afterwards    Elymus    comes  up,  and 

Diores   nunc  tertia   palma.      Hie   Salius  implet        totum 

Diores        now       the  third  victor.  Here      Salius        fills  the  whole 

concessum  ingentis  caveae  et   prima   ora  patrum     magms 

assembly      of  the  extensive  theatre  and  the  front  faces  of  the  fathers  with  great 

clamoribus;  que  poscit  honorem  ereptum   dolo  reddi 

cries,  and    demands  the  honour       sn.-itch'd    by  fraud   to  be  restored 

sibi.      Favor  tutatur  Euryalum  que  decora  lacrymae         et 

to  him.    Favour      guards       Euryalus         and    beautiful       tears  and 

virtus  veniens    gratior    in    pulchro      corpore.         Diores 

virtue       coming    more  grateful    in       a  beautiful          body  Diores 

adjuvat  et  proclamat    magni    voce,  qui    subiit        palms 

assists       and    proclaims       with  a  great    voice,    who     succeeds      to  the  palm 

que  venit     ad  ultima  praemia     frustra  si    primi      honores 

and  approaches  to    the  last    rewards          in  vain      if      the  first  honours 

redduntur  Salio.     Turn  pater  ^Eneas  mquit,  Pueri,  vestra 

are  given        to  Salius.      Then    lather        y£neas       said.        Boys,  your 

mumera  manent  vobis  certa,  et    nemo     movet     palmam 

ewards         remain        to  you      sure,    and    no  one        removes  the  prize 

ordine;  liceat  me         miserari  casus 

from  its  order;  it  may.  be  allowed    to  me          to  pity         the  misfortune 

insontis    amici.  Sic  fatus     dat      Salio  immane  tergum 

of  my  innocent  friend.    Thus  speaking  he  gives  to  Salius  a  huge  skin 

Getuli     leonis  onerosum    villis   atque  aureis     unguibus 

OfaGtetulian       lion  loaded       with  hair    and       golden  claws 

Hie  Nisus  inquit,  si   tanta  praemia  sunt  victis, 

Here    Nisus          says,       if  so  great   rewards  are  bcstoiced  on  the  vanquished. 

et  te  miseret  lapsorum,  quae    digna    munera  dabis 

and  you      pity  the  fallen,    what    appropriate  rewards  will  you  give 

Niso?'    qui    merui     primam  coronam    laude,  ni 

to  Nisus?  7  who  nave  deserved  the  first         prize       by  my  desert,  liad  not 

inimica   fortuna  quae          Salium  tulisset  me.  Et 

the  unhappy     chance    which  t>orr  off  Salius      borne  off  me.  Ann 

simul          his     dictis  ostentabat  faciem,  et        membra 

at  the  same  time  with  these  words      he  showed      his  face,   and  limbs 

turpia    udo    fimo.      Optimus      pater  risit  olli,      et 

diny     whfc  raoUt  din.    The  most  indulgent  father  JEncas  smiled  on  him,   aru> 


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jussit  *Iypeum     efferi,         artes       Didymaonis,    refixum 

•rdored      a  shield    to  be  brought,  the  skilful  work  of  Didymaon,       taken  down 

Danais     de    sacro  poste  Neptuni.    Donat          egregium 

l»y  ilii:  Greeks  from  llic  sacred  pillar    of  Neptune     He  rewards  the  worthy 

juvcncm    hoc     prastanti  munere.     Post       ubi          cursus 

youth  with  tins    excellent        present.      Afterwards  when  the  races 

confecti,    et     percgit         dona,      nunc  si    cui  est 

were  finished,  an. I  lit1  !i;til  bestowed  tliu  rewards,    now     if  in  any  one       there  if 

virtus,  que  animus  prresens  in     pectorc,       adsit,  et 

courage,    and  resolution      present      In  his    breast,     let  linn  advance,          and 

attollat  brachia,'  palmis  evinctis.     Sic    ait,    et         proponit 

raise          his  amis,     his  hands  being  bound     Thus  he  said  anil  proposes 

geminum  honorem   pugnte;     victor!       juvcncum   velatum 

a  double  honour     to  the  battle,  to  the  conqueror  a  b'.illock  adorned 

auro   que  vittis:       victo     ensem  atque  insignem  galeam, 

with  gold    and   fillets    tn  the  conquered  a  sword    and    a  splendid  helmet, 

solatia.  Nec  mora  continue  Dares  eflfert    ora  cum 

as  a  consolation.  There  is  no     delay    forthwith      Dares    presents  his  face  with 

vastis  viribus,  que  tollit    se      magno  murmure  virfim;    qni 

his  great  strength,    and    raises  himself  with  great    murmuring      of  men,      who 

solus      solitus     contendere  contra  Paridem;  que   idem     ad 

alone  was  accustomed    to  contend       against       Pans;          and    the  same     at 

tumulum  quo  maximus  Hector  occubat,  perculit      victorem 

the  tomb      where  most  heroic     Hector  lies,        struck  down        victorious 

Buten  immani  corpore,  qui  ferebat    se    veniens  de  - 

Uiltes         ofhuyu        body,         who    boasted     himself  proceeding  from 

Bebrycia  gente   Amyci,  et  extendit  moribundum  in   fulvS. 

the  licbryciari  race   of  Amycus,  and  stretched  Ami          dying         on  the  yellow 

arenS..  Talis     Dares       tolht     altum  caput  in  prima  prcelia, 

sand  Such  was  Dares    who  raised  Ais     lofty      head      in    the  first-  contest 

que  ostendit  latos   humeros,  que  protendens  jactat 

mid      showed    his  broad    shoulders,      and      extending  he  throws  about 

brachia  alterna,  et  verberat  auras   ictibus.    Alius     quaeritiu 

Ins  arms  alternately,  and     bents       the' air  with  blows.    Another         is  sought 

huic,  nee  quisquam  ex  tanto   agmme  audet  adire  virum, 

for  him,    nor     did  any  one    from  so  great     a  band    ,  dare     approach  the  man, 

que  inducere   crcstus     manibus.     Ergo   alacns  que  putans 

and         draw         the  {•nunllots  on  his  hands    Therefore  joyful      and    thinking 

cunctos  cxccdere      palma,       stctit  ante  pedes  jEneze;  nee 

that  all     Vliad  witudrawn  from  (he  prize,  lie  stood  before  the  feet  of  /Eneas;   nor 

moratus  plura,  turn        laeva        tenet  taurum  cornu,  atque 

dirt  he  (Inlay    more,    then  with  Ins  left  hand  he  holds  the  bull  by  tue  horn,     und 

ita   fatur:     Nate  Dea   si  nemogaudet  credere  se      pugnre. 

thus  hv  speak*  Son  of  <i  OmkU'ss,  if  no  one^tSares  "  to  trust  himself  to  tin- ri^-lu, 

quo?     firns    stand!-1      quo     usque      decet      me     teneri? 

*-liai  w  tin:  end  <•( siandin"'      how         long      donsit  hchoovc  me  to  be  detained? 

jube  ducere    dona.    Simul  cuncti  Dardanidte 

tommand  then  to  bring  out  ll.c  t'llts     At  oncu      all  «*P  Trojan* 


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fremebant  ore          quejubebant          promissa 

murmured  assent  wilh  their  mouths  and      ordered  the  promised  rtwanU 

rcddi      viro.      Hie  gravis  Acestes  castigat  Entellum 

to  be  paid  to  the  man.    Here    grave      Acesles       rebukes  Enulliu 

dictis,      ut  consederat  proximus       viridante  toro    herbae: 

In  these  words,  as       he  tat  nearest      on     the  green   couch  of  the  grass. 

Entelle  quondam   fortissime  heroiim,  frustra,  tamne 

O  Enicllus     formerly     the  most  brave  of  heroe».     in  vain,  will  you  so 

patiens  sines  tanta  dona       tolh        nullo  certamine?        ubi 

juticntly    cufler  »o  great  prizes  to  be  carried  off  with  no   opposition}          where 

nunc  nobis   ille  Deus  Eryx  nequicquam  memoratus 

iiitw       to  us    is  that    God      Eryx  in  vaiu  commemorated     a*  your 

magister?  ubi         fama  per  omnem  Tnnacriam,  et         ilia 

niasii-r  \\licrewyouriaun!  through        all  Sicily.  and         thuso 

spolia  pendentia    tuis    tectis?  Ille  sub     haec.  Nee 

spoils         hanging      from  your  roofs?      He      to    these  things  answers.  Neither 

amor  laudis,  nee  gloria  cessit     pulsa  metu:  sedenimgelidus 

love       of  praise,  nor     glory    has  left  me  banished  by  fear*         but          my  cold 

sanguis  hebet     tardante    senecta,  que     vires  effetee 

blood         is  chilled  by  debilitating       age,          and  my  strength  worn  out 

frigent    in    corpore.  Si  ilia  juventa  nunc  foret  mihi,  quie 

is  weakened  in  my    body.         If  thai     youth        now    could  be  to  me,   which 

quondam  fuerat,  que   qua  iste  improbus        fidens  exsultat, 

formerly         had  been,  and  in  which  this       wretched  boaster  trusting        exults, 

equidem  venissem  baud  mductus  pretio  que  pulchro 

indeed  I  had  come     not         led  on        by  the  prize  and  the  beautifu 

juvenco;  nee    moror   dona.  Deinde   locutus      sic  projecit 

bullock;  nor  do  1  wail  for  prizes.     Then        having  spoken  thus       he  cast 

in  medium  gemmos  caestus  rmmani  pondere,    quibus     acer 

in    the  midst         two         gauntlets     of  vast         weight,        with  which     brave 

Eryx         suetus        ferre   manum  in  prcelia,  que   intendere 

Ei'yx   had  been  accustomed  to  bear    his  hand     in    battle,      and  to  stretch 

brachia     duro  tergo.    Animi    obstupuere,  septem 

his  arms  in  th<j  hard  ski  a.       Their  minds  were  amazed;  ,-.  seven 

ingentia  terga  tantorum  bourn  rigebant      insuto  plumbo  que 

great  skins    of  such  huge    oxen  were  stiffi-ned  with  inserted      lead      and 

ferro.  Dares  ipse      stupet     ante  omnes,  que  longe  recusut, 

iron.       Dares  hinc-clf  stands  am.ized  b?fore      all,         and      utterly         refuse* 

que  magnanimus  Anchisiades   versat     hue  illuc 

tojight.  and    the  high  inimle'l    sou  of  Anchises    turns  over  this  way       and  tuat 

et  pondus,   et  ipsa  immensa  volumma    vinclorum.      Turn 

both  the  weight,  and   the        immense          folds  of  the  gauntlets.         Then 

senior      referebat  tales  voces    pectore:     Quid  si   quis 

the  aged  man  uttered       these    words  from  his  breast    What    if  any  one 

vidisset    caestus     et  arma  Herculis  ipsius  que  tnsten? 

had  seen    the  gauntlets  anil  armour  of  Hercules  himself    and  the  s.i.J 

pugnam  in  hoc  ipso  litore*    Tuus  germanus  Eryx  quondam 

eoalesi         on    ihi§    v.iry      *hor»t       V»ur        brother  Ery»  fonncrlr 


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gerebat  hoec  arma.  Cernis        adhuc  infecta  sanguine     que 

bore  these    anus.      You  see  them  even  no\v   stained      with  blood          and 

sparse  cerebro.     His        sletit  contra  magnum  Alciden;  ego 

.scattered    brains.      Will)  these  he  stood  against    the  great       Hercules;  I 

suetus  his,  dum  melior  sanguis  dabat       vires, 

have  been  accustomed  to  these,  when  my  better     blood        gave  strength, 

nec  dum  amiula  senectus      canebat        sparsa       geminis 

nor       yet    had  envious       age  tnrned  me  gray  being  sprinkled        on  both 

temporibus.  Sed  si  Troi'us  Dares  recusat  haec  nostra  arma,  que 

wy  temples.         But    if  Trojan     Dares      refuses     these     our         arms,   and 

id     sedet         pio      ./Eneae,  si  Acestes  auctor  probat, 

it  is  determined  by  the  pious  Kneas,     if     Acestes   our  adviser  approves 

sequemus  pugnas,  remitto  tibi    terga  Erycis;  solve     metus; 

Ct  us  equal    the  fight.      I  yield     to  you  the  skins  of  Eryx;     banish  fear; 

et     tu    exue  Trojanos  caestus.    Fatus   haec  rejecit 

and1  do  you  put  off  the  Trojan   gauntlets.    Speaking  those  words  he  threw  back 

ex    humeris  duplic'em  amictum,  et  exuit  magnos          artus 

from  his  shoulders   his  double         dress,         and  stript    the  groat  joints 

membrorum,  magna  ossa  que  lacertos,  atque  ingens  consistit 

of  hlstimr-s,  his  great  bones  and       arms,  and        great  he  stood  forth 

media       arena:    Turn   pater      satus        Anchisa  extulit 

in  the  midst  of  the  sand1     Then  the  father  descended  from  Anchisa  raised 

aequos    csestus  et  innexuit  palmas  amborum  paribus  armis. 

tile  equal  gauntlets  and     bound        the  hands        fboth        with  equal        arms. 

Extemplo  ulerque  constitit  arrectus  in  digitos,  que  interritus 

Forthwith  each  stood  erect       on    his  toes,     and      undismayed 

extulit  brachia  ad  superas  auras.    Retro  abduxere     ardua 

raised       his  arms    to     the  lofty      air.        Backward  they  drew  their  towering 

capita  longe  ab    ictu,    que  immiscent  manus  manibus,   que 

heads         far      from  the  blow,  and     intermingle      hands     with  hands,      and 

lacessunt  pugnam,  ille   melior     motu       pedum,  que  fretus 

provoke         the  contest,  the  one  better    in  the  motion  of  his  feet,      and  relying 

juventd;     hie     valens  membris  et  mole,  sed  tarda     genua 

on  his  youth;  the  other  powerful    in  limbs     and   size,     but   his  weak        kneea 

labant  trem^uti:  aeger   anhelitus  quatit  vastos  artus.      Viri 

fail  Aim    trembling      a  sickly      panting         shakes   his  vast  joints.     The  men 

jactant  multa  vulnera  inter     se      nequicquam;  ingeminant 

hurl  many       wounds    among  themselves       in  vain:  they  redouble 

multa     cavo      lateri,  et  dant  vastos  sonitus    pectore,     que 

many  on  their  hollow  sides,    and  cause    great      sounds  from  their  breasts,  an 

crebra   manus  errat   circum  aures  et  temporal          maloe 

tltc  frequent   hand     wanders  around   their  cars  and    temples:  their  jaws 

crepitant  sub    duro    vulnere.  Entellus  stat  gravis,         que 

crash  under  the  severe     blows.       Entrllus      stands  heavy,  and 

immotus  eodem    nisu,  modo    corpore    atque     vigilan(ibus 

unmoved     in  the  same  posture   only     with  his  body     aud  watchful 

uculis    exit       ,tela.        Ille  velut     qui  oppugnat       celsam 

eyes       he  avmns  tho  weapons.    He       as     o,ic  who     brrsiegcs  aloft; 


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urbem  molibus,   aut  seclet  sub  armis  circum          montana 

city         with  engine*,    or   sits  down  under    urnis     around  a  mountain 

castclla,  nunc    arte    pererrat    hos,  nunc  illos   aditus,     que 

lort.  now    with  art  wanders  over  th^se,   now     those  approaches,      and 

omnem  locum:  et  irritus  urget      variis  assultibus.  Entellus 

all  the  place;  and  baffled  presses  on  with  various    assaults.          Entellus 

insurgens  ostendit   dextram,    et    alte  extulit:  ille         velox 

rising  Eho\va       his  right  hand,  and  on  high  raises  it.    he  (Dares)  quickly 

pnevidit  ictum  venientem   a   vertice,  que     ccleri     corpore 

foresaw       the  blow    approaching    from    above,     and  with  his  active         body 

elapsus    ccssit. 

escaping     withdrawn. 

Entellus  efTudit    vires    in  ventum;  et  ipse  gravis        que 

Entellus          spent  his  strength  on     the  wind;  anil  hi  instil  heavy  and 

ultro  conciditgraviter  ad  terram   vasto    pondere;  ut 

forthwith    f.ills        heavily      to  the  earth  with  vast       weight;  as 

quondam     cava  pinus  eruta    radicibus    concidit         aut  in 

sometimes       a  hollow  pine     lorn  up      hy  the  roots  falls  either  on 

Erymantho,  aut  magna  Ida.     Teucri  et  Trinacria       pubes 

Erynianthus  or       grout        Ida.    The  Trojan  nnd     Sicilian  youth 

consurgunt   studiis:     clamor       it        ccelo;      que     Acestes 

jmse  with  anxiety;     a  shout  goes  forth    to  heaven;     and  Acnstes 

primus  accurrit,  que  miserans  amicum  requacvum  attollit   ab 

first  runs  up,        and       pitying       hisfricnd     of  equal  age      lifts  Aim  from 

humo.      At  heros,  non  tardatus  que  ne  territus  casu, 

the  ground.     B.ii  the  hero     not     retarded      and    not  frightened  by  the  fall, 

redit       acrior  ad  pugnam,  ac  ira  suscitat  vim:     turn    pudor 

returns  more  active  In  inn  contest,  and  rage  arouses  his  violence:  then        shame 

incendit   vires,    et  conscia  virtus,  que  ardens  agit       Daren 

inflame1?    his  strength  and  conscious  courage,    und  burning  he  drives  Dares 

prsecipitem     toto          cequore;  nunc  ille  ingeminans     ictus 

lii.-ndloii!;        through  tho  wholi:     plain;         now      he        redoubling       his  blows 

dextra,     nunc  sinistrd.     Nee         mora  nee  requies. 

an  the  right,      now    on  tin- left.        Nor  is  tlicre  di:lay    nor  rest. 

Quam   multa  grandine  nimbi  crepitant  culminibus,          sic 

As  with  much      hail  showers      rutile       on  the  house  tops,          thus 

densls     ictibus  hcros    crebcr  pulsat  que  versat  Dareta 

will)  thick    blows    the  horo  frequently    strikes    and      turns  Dares 

utraque  manu.     Turn  pater  ./Eneas  baud       passus          iras 

withcatlt    lianil  Then     failifr    yTm-as     did  not  suffer         his  anger 

procedere  longius,  et  Entellum  sacvire  acerbis  animis;      sed 

to  proceed         furtiier,    ami      Cntellus       to ra^e '  with  hitter  anger  but 

imposuit   finem   pugnae,  que  cripuit  Dareta  fcssum,  mulcens 

h-jii  an  end  to  tholinttle,  and    siiiiirhi.-il     Uares      wearied  soolliin™  liim 

dictis,    ac   fatur  talia:         Infclix!         quae  tanta  dementia 

with  words,  and  hr-  spraks  these  ik'nigs:  Unhappy  man!  wliat  great  madness 

cepit        animumr     non     sentis  alias  vires,    que   nuniina 

hath  possessed  your  mind?  do  you  not  perceive  other  powers,     and  thut  Hie  (7uJ» 


139  467 

con  versa?  cede  Deo.       Que  dixit,      etdiremit         prcelia 

At?,  changed?   yield  to  the  God.    And  he  spoke,      and    ended  the  batilo 

voce.         Ast    fidi      sequales  ducunt  ilium  ad         naves, 

with  his  voice.    But  his  faithful  companions   lead         hup      to  the  ships. 

trahentem    aegra    genua  que  jactantem  caput  utroque 

dragging  his  feeble   knees     and        throwing      his  head  on  each  side 

que  ejociantem  crassum  cruorem     ore,  que       denies 

and        throwing  up      clotted  blood    from  his  mouth,          and  teeth 

mistos  in  sanguine;  que  vocati  accipiunt  galeam  que  ensem; 

were  mingled  in    blood;          and  called  in  they  receive  the  helmet  and       sword,. 

relinquunt  palmam  que  taurum  Entello.     Hie  victor 

they  leave  the  palm    and        bull       to  Entellus.     Here         the  conqueror 

superans  animis,  que  superbus  tauro,  inquit,  Nate          De£» 

elated  in  mind,    and       proud        of  his  bull,   said,     O  horn  of  a  Goddess, 

que  vos  Teucri  cognoscite  hacc,         et  quse  vires        fuerinft 

and    you  ye  Trojans         know        these  things,  and  what  strength  has  bcen> 

mihi  in  juvenili  corpore,  et    a    qua  morte  servetis 

tome  in  my  youthful         body,        and  from    what   death  you  have  saved) 

Dareta  revocatum.     Dixit,  et  stetit  contra    ora          juvenci 

Dares  recalled.  He  said,  and  stood    opposite  the  front  of  the  bullocto 

adversi,  qui  adstabat  donum  pugnae;  que  arduus    dextra 

opposite,  which       stood    the  prize  of  the  contest;  and     high  with  hisright  hand) 

reducta    libravit     duros      caestus    inter  media.        cornua 

drawn  back   he  poised     the  hard       gauntlets          between  the  horn » 

que  illisit       in    ossa,  cerebro    effracto.    Bos  sternitur,  que 

and  dashed  them  In  to  the  bones,  the  brains  being  broken.  The  ox  is  struck  down, and 

tremens  procu;nbit    humi    exanimis.     Ille  super         effudit 

trembling  falls          on  the  ground     lifeless.  He  over  Aim  uttered 

pectore     tales  voces:        Eryx,  persolvo       hanc  meliorem 

from  Ins  breast  these     words:  .Eryx,  I  pay  this  a  better 

animam  tibi       pro        morte    Daretis;       hie  victor 

soul  to  you  in  the  place  of  the  death  of  Dares;    and  here  a  conqueror 

rcpono       crcstus    que  artem.     Protinus  YEneas  invitat    qui 

1  lay  down  my  gauntlets  and     my  art.       -Forthwith      Aliens  invites  those  who 

forte        velint     certare       celeri    sagitta,  et  ponit 

by  chance  might  wish  to  contend  with  the  swift  arrow,    and  lays  down 

prsemia;     que     ingenti  manu  erigit  malum       de  nave 

the  rewards;   and  with  his  great  hand      erects  a  mast  taken  from  the  ship 

Seresti,     et  suspendit  ab  alto    malo  volucrem  columbam  in 

of  Serostus,  and       hangs      from  the  lofty  mast        a  swift.  dove        upon 

fune    trajccto,        quo   tendant      ferrum.     Viriconvenere; 

Ihc  rope  thrust  through,  \vhithcrthey  mi^ht  direct  their  dart.  The  men  assembled. 

que  zErea     galea  accepit  dcjectam  sortem;  et  locus 

und  the  br-izen  hiMmet    received       the  cast  lot;          and  the  place 

Hippocoontis      Hyrtacidse    exit    primus  ante  omj»es 

of  llippocoon       the  son  of  Ilyrtncus  came  out     first       before  alt 

secundo   clamore;  quern  Mnestheus  modo  victor         na>ali 

with  favouring   *hoiit;         ivhon>     "ilncsthinis         now    victorious  in  the  i.-fat 


140  4<M 

certamme  consequitur,  Mnestheus  evmctus   viridi       oliva. 

contest  follows.  Mnestheus         bound    with  the  green       olive. 

Tertius    Eurytion,  tuus  frater,  6  clarissime  Pandare,      qui, 

The  third       Eurytion,       thy    brother    O  most  renowned  Pandarus,  who, 

quondam  jnssus  confundere  fcedus,  torsisti  telum  primus  in 

formerly     commanded  to  confound    the  treaty,  hurled    thednrt     first        into 

Diedios  Achivos — Acestes  subsedit    extremus  que  imd 

the  niitlssof  ihe  Creeks — Acestes    settled  down       the  last       and  in  the  bottom 

,gafe&,     et  ipse  ausus    manu      tentare   laborem 

'the  helmet,  even  he      daring  with  his  hand  to  attempt    the  labour  appropriate 

juvenum.     Turn    viri  quisque  pro    se  incurvant        flexos 

lo-youth.  Then  HIP  men  each  one    for    himself         bend         their  flexile 

arcus    validis    viribus,  et  depromunt  tela    pharetris.     Que 

oows   with  powerful  strength,  and     draw  out       darts  from  their  quivers.    And 

sagitta   juvenis  Hyrtacida?  prima  diverberat     volucres 

the  arrow  of  the  youth  the  son  of  Hyrtacus     first      cut  through  the  swift 

auras,    stridente  nervo,   per    coelum,  et  venit,  que  infigitur 

air,    from  the  hissing     string,  through      the  sky,  and  came,    and   is  fastened 

arbore          adversi  mali.     Malus  intremuit,  que  ales 

in  the  wood  of  the  opposite  mast.      The  mast  trembled,        and  the  bird 

exterrita  timuit      pennis,      et  omnia      sonuerunt     ingenti 

terrified         fluttered  with  her  wings,  and    all  parts       resounded         with  great 

plausu.     Pdst  acer  Mnestheus  constitit    arcu  adducto, 

applause.       After  brnve     Mnestheus         stood         with  his  bow     drawn  back, 

petens  alta;  que  pariter  tetendit  oculos  que  telum.  Ast 

aiming      high;     and     at  once      directed     his  eyes    and      dart.  But 

miserandus  non  valuit  contingere  ipsam  avem  ferro; 

to  be  pitied          he  could  not  touch  the          bird  with  his  dart; 

rupit    nodos    et    linea  vincula,        queis    innexa       pedem 

he  broke  the  knots  and  hempen  bandages,     with  which  being  bound  as  to  its  foot 

pendebat  ab    alto  malo.     Ilia  volans  fugit  in  Notos 

it  hung         from  the  lofty  mast.        It        flying   escaped  into      the  south  winds 

atque  atra  nubila.     Turn  rapidus  Eurytion,  jamdudum 

and       black    clouds.          When     swift         Eurytion,  a  long  time 

tenens    tela     contenta      parato    'arcu,  vocavit  fratrem   in 

holding  his  weapon  outstretched  in  his  prepared  bow,        invoked    his  brother  in 

vota;    jam  speculatus  columbam  laetam    vacuo       coelo,    et 

his  vows;  now     watching  the  dove         joyful    in  the  vacant       sky,    and 

claudentem     alis,         figit        sub    nigra  nube.  Ilia  decidit 

flapping         with  her  wings,  pierced  her  beneath  a  black   cloud     She  fell 

exanimis,  que  reliquit  vitam    in    aetheriis  astris,  que  delapsa 

lifeless,  and        left         her  life  among    etherial       stars,     and       falling 

••elert        fixam  sagittam.     Acestes  solus  superabat    palm3 

Brings  back  the  adhering  arrow.  Acestes     alone       remained       the  prize 

imiss&:  qui  tamen  contorsit  telum  in        aerias     auras,     que 

being  lost;  who     yet        shot  forth    his  dart  into     the  etliehal    air,  and 

pariter  ostentans  artem   que  sonantem  arcum.        Monstrura 

.at  unco       displaying    his  art.    and     sounding  bow.  A  orodigy 


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subito,  que  futurum    magno  auguno  objicitur  hie         oculis: 

•uddenly,  and  about  to  be      a  great      portent    is  presented  here    to  their  eyes 

ingens  exitus  docuit    p&st,     que  terrifici  vates    cecinerunl 

the  great    event      taught   afterwards,  and  the  terrified  prophets  foretold 

sera    omina.     Namque  arundo  volans    in    liquidis  nubibus 

the  late  omens.  For  the  arrow   flying    among   the  liquid  clouds 

arsit,  que  consumpta  recessit  in  tenues  ventos;  seu       saepe 

burnt,    and  being  consumed  withdrew  into  the  light    winds;       as  often 

sidera  refixa      ccelo      transcurrunt,  que  volantia        ducunt 

stars   .  .unloosed  from  heaven  fly  across  the  sky,  and       flying      "•.«  draw 

crinem.  Trinacrii  viri  que  Teucri  haesere  attonitis    animis 

a  train.       The  Sicilian    men  and    Trojans    remain    with  astonished     minds 

que  precafi  Superos:  nee  maximus  ^Eneas  abnuit       omen 

and     praying      the  Gods:      nor      did  great       .(Eneas       deny  the  omen 

sed  amplexus  laetum  Acesten  cumulat    magnis    muneribus, 

but     embracing     joyful        Acestes       loads  him       with  great  rewards, 

ac  fatur  talia:         Pater,  sume      nam  raagnus  Rex   Olympi 

and  speaks  these  words:  O  Father,  take  them  for       the  great       King  of  heaven 

talibus  avispiciis  voluit     te     ducere  honorem         exsortem- 

bysuch     auspices    has  willed  that  you  draw  the  honour  of  victory  out  of  course. 

Habebis     hoc  munus  longsevi  Anchisae  ipsius;         cratera 

You  shall  have      this      gift       of  the  aged  Anchises     himself;  a  goblet 

impressum    signis;  quern  Thracius  Cisseus   olim      dederat 

impressed       with  figures,   which     Thracian      Cisseus      formerly      had  given 

Anchisae  genitori  ferre  in  magno  munere  monumentum      et 

to  Anchises  my  father  to  bear  for   a  great      present         a  monument  and 

pignus  sui  amons     Fatus  sic,    cingit     tempora       viridanti 

pledge   of  bis    love.       Speaking  thus;  he  surrounds  his  temples       with  a  green 

lauro,  et  appellat  Acesten  primum  victorem  ante       omnes. 

laurel,   and  proclaims     Acestes  first  a  conqueror  before  all. 

Nec  bonus  Eurytion  invidit  praelato  honori,  quamvis     solus 

Nor     does  good  Eurytion        envy    the  preferred  honour,     although  alone 

dejecit    avem  ab    alto   ccelo.     Ingreditur         proximus 

he  struck  down  the  bird  from  the  lofty  sky.  He  conies  next 

donis,      qui  rupit  vincula;  extremus  qui  fixit  malum 

in  gifts.        who   broke   the  cords,        lie  last       who  pierced  the  mast 

volucri    arundine. 

with  the  swift       dart. 

At  pater  jEneas,   certamine  nondum       misso        vocat 

But  father       Eneas,       the  contest         not  yet       being  dismissed        calls 

ad  sese     Epytiden  custodem    que   comitem  impubis 

to     himself   Epydites       the  guardian       and      companion        of  the  youthfUi 

liili,  et  sic     fatur     ad     fidam  aurem:     Vade     age,       ait 

Culus.  and  thus  he  speaks      to  his  faithful     ear:  Proceed         go,    said  he 

et  die  Ascanio,  si  jam   habet     uerile   agmen        paratum 

and  tell  Ascanius.       if  now      he  has    »~e  boyish     troop  prepared 

secum'que   instruxit  cursus    equorum,  ducat 

Kith  him     and    has  array'd  the  courses  of  the  horse,       that  he  should  lead  oul 


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turmas        avo  et  ostendat  sese   in  armis.  Ipse   jubet 

the  bands  to  hi* grandfather  and    shows       himself  in   arms.        lie  commatnU 

omnem    populem     infusum     dccedere        longo         circo 

all  the  people   scattered  about    to  \\itlulraw  from  llic  long         cirrus. 

et  campos   esse   patcntes.     Pueri   incedunt,  que        paritcr 

and  Ihfi  plains     lobe        laiil  open.     Tin:  buys     march  on,      mid  together 

lucent  in    frxnatis    equis   ante      ora       parentum;      quos 

•Inne      upon    tln.-ir  miii'd     hours     before    the  faces  of  tlicir  parents;        whom 

euntes  omnis  juventus  Tnnacriae  que  Trojcc  mirata  frcmit. 

going  out       all        ihc  youth        of  Sicily          and  of  Troy    admiring      shout. 

Coma      pressa  omnibus        tonsS.         coronfi       in 

The  hair      was  pressed       to  all          with  a  shorn        garland       according  to 

morem.       Ferunt  bina  hastilia  cornea    prcefixo    ferro; 

their  manner.        They  bear     two       spears      nf  cornel      with  pointed      steel; 

pars      leves  pharetras     humero.         Flexilis      circulus 

a  part  bear       light        quivers      on  their  shoulders.       A  pliant  circle 

obtorti   auri   it  per  collum     summo     pcctore.         Turmse 

of  twisted  gold   goes  over    the  neck     front  the  top  of  the  breast.       The  troops 

equitum   tres  numero,  jque  terni  ductores    vagantur:      bis 

of  horsemen  three   in  number,    'and    three        leaders         range  about,      tuice 

seni  pueri   secuti   quemque    fulgent  partito  agmine,    q>ie 

six        boys        following        each  shine        In  a  divided     band,  aiivl 

paribus    magistris.     Una   acies    juvenum   quam     parvus 

with  cqunl      leaders.  One       troop  of  youth        winch  little 

Priamus,   referens   nomen  avi,  ducit      ovantem, 

Priam,  bearing        the  name   of  his  grandfather,  leads  on       triumphing. 

tua   clara    progenies,     Polite        auctura       Italos,      quern 

thy   rcnown'd     offspring,          O  Polites  about  to  augment  the  Italians      wlmitt 

Thracius  equus   bicolor     albis     maculis  portal;        vestigia 

a  Ttiracian    horse     variegated  with  white    spots  bears;  the  steps 

primi     pedis    alba  que  arduus  ostentans  albam    frontem. 

of  his   fore     feet  are  white    and    on  high    displaying      Ins  wlule        fon-hcad. 

Alter   Atys,  unde    Latini  Atti-   duxere  genus,  parvus  Atys, 

The  other  Atys.  whence  the  Latin  Atti  have  derived  their  raco.  litthr         At>s, 

que   puer  dileclus     puero      liilo.    Extremus  que   pulrher 

and      the  boy     beloved      by  the  boy     lulus.      The  last  <md        beautiful 

forma  ante  omnes"  lulus  invectus    et   Sidonio  equo, 

inform    before       all  lulus       is  borne  onuSidoman  linrsc. 

quem  Candida  Dido  dedcrat  esse   monumenlum  et  pig'«u3 

which        the  fair       Dido    had  givrn    to  be      a  monuninnr         ni.il        pledge 

sui   amoris.    Caetera  ptibes  fcrtur  Tnnacnis  equis    semens 

of  her  love.  The  oth«-r  youth  are  borne  on  Trinacriau    horwit    oftiu'.nnd 

Accestse.     Dardanidoe     plausu     excipiunt  pavidos,        q  JP 

Accstes.  The  Trojans    with  applause    receive  ikem     ifuMntg.  »<ii| 

gaudent  tuentes  que  agnoscunt     ora       veterum   parentun. 

rejoice        beholding    and    tlu.-yknow    the  features   of  their  former       parenM 

Postquam   laeti       lustravere       omnem  coacessum,       qu 

jidci  joyful     they  had  survey 'd  all  the  assembly.  M 


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oculos    suorum     "    in      equis.      Epytides      longe     dedil 

the  eyes  of  their  friends  on  their   horses.    The  son  of  Epytus  from  afar        gave 

signum      paratis        clamore,      que  Insonuit         flagello. 

a  sign         to  them  prepar'd  with,  a  shout,     and    sounded  with  bis  whip. 

Olli  discurrere  pares,    atque      terni       soPvere         agmina 

TV-iy        ran  away    in  pairs.       and     three  by  three  ihey  display       their  troops 

ehoris         diductis;         que  rursus  vocati  convertere     vias, 

their  bands     being  drawn  out      and      again      call'd      they  turn'd    tAetrways 

que  tulere  infesta  tela.    Inde     meunt    alios     cursus,     qu 

and      bore      hostile       darts.    Then     they  enter   on  other    courses,  an 

alios  recursus         adversis         spatus,       que         impediunt 

other    retreats  In  their  opposite    race  grounds;     and  entangle 

alternos   orbes      orbibus,     que  cient     simulacra       pugnse 

alternate       circles      with  circles,       and  represent     the  image         of  a  battle 

sub     armis.     Et      nunc   nudant       terga       fugS.        nunc 

under   arms.  And      now       they  expose    their  backs  in  flighi  now 

mfensi   vertunt      spicula,      nunc    pace        facts,       pariter 

hostile        they  turn      their  darts,  now       peace      being  made •>    together 

feruntur.        Ut      lanyrinthus    m     alta   Greta*        fertur 

they  are  borne  on.      As  a      labyrinth  in        lofty      Crete  is  said 

quondam     habmsse    iter    textum    caecis      pariehbus,  que 

formerly  to  have  had    a  path  interwoven  in  us  dark         walls,  and 

dolum      ancipitem       mille       viis,    qua  mdeprensus     et 

amaze  doubtful         by  a  thousand    ways,    where       the  intricate       and 

irremeabilis  error   falleret     signa     sequendi,     haud     aliter 

inextricable    winding  would  deceive  the  signs  of  one  following;    not    otherwise 

nati          Teucrum       impediunt     vestigia        cursu,      que 

the  sons      of  the  Trojans       entangle          their  footsteps    in  the  course,     and 

ludo       texunt   fugas   et  prcelia:   similes  delphinum,     qui 

in  sport    interweave  flights,    and    battles:        like  dolphins,  which 

nan  do    per    humida   maria  secant     Carpathiuni     que 

in  suimming  through  the  moist    seas  cut  the  'Carpathian          and 

Libycum      que   ludunt  per      undas. 

Ltbian  seas  and      sport        through    the  waves. 

Ascanius  primus  retulit  hunc  morem   cursus,  atque     haec 

Ascanius  first        restored     this     custom     of  the  race,    and         these 

certamma,  cum    cingeret  Albam   longam   muris,   et  docuit 

contests,  when  he  surrounded    Alba  onga      with  walls,  and    taught 

priscos   Latinos  celebrare:        quo  mod6  puer      ipse,     quo 

the  nncient    Latins       to  celebrate  them:       as  the  boy    himself,          as 

Tioia    pubes  secum,  Albani  docuere  suos: 

the  Trojan  youth  with  hj_m  had  observed  them  so  the  Albans    taught          tbeir 

hinc   porro     maxima     Roma     accepit        et     servavit 

tons,  hence  moreover  most  exalted    Rome          received  them  and       preserved 

patrium  honorem,  nunc    dicitur  Troja  que     pueri 

the  native       honour,         now    it  is  called  Troy       and      the  boys    are  eallea 

Trojanum     agmen,      Hactenus     certamina  celebrata 

the  Trojan;          band.  Thus  far  the  contests    had  been  celebrated 


144  604 

sancto~patn.  Hie  fortuna  mutata   pnmum  novavit  fidem 

to  the  holy  father    Here    fortune        shifting  first  changed    h.i  I'.uilr 

Dum*rtierunt        solcnnia          tumulo      variis        ludis 

While  they  celebrate  the  anniversary  rites  at  I  he  tomb  by  various          gamed, 

Saturnia  Juno  misit  Inm   de  ccelo   ad  Iliacam  classem,  que 

Salurman     Juno      sent      Iris      from  heaven     to    the  Trojan      lleet,  and 

aspirat      ventos       eunti,      movens       multa,        necdum 

favours        the  winds     to  her  going,       revolving    many  tilings,  nor  yet 

exsaturata    antiquum  dolorem.     Ilia  virgo  celerans  viam 

having  satisfied  her  ancient  grief.  The       maid      hastening  her  way 

per  arcum       mille      coloribus,  visa  nulli  decurrit    cito 

through  a  bow  with  a  thousand       colours,      seen  by  none  ran  along  the  swift 

tramite.  Conspicit  ingentem  concursum  et  lustrans   litora, 

path.  She  beholds       a  great  assembly  and  surveying  t lie  store.--, 

videt   que    portus    desertos,    que   classem   relictam.       At 

sees         both  the  harbour*    deserted         and      the  fleet       abandoned.          But 

Troades         procul    secretae    in      sola     actS.      flebant 

the  Trojan  matrons   afar  off         retired      upon  the  lonely    shore  mournrd 

Anchisen     amissum,    que    cunctae     flentes     aspectabant 

Anchiscs  lost.  and  all  weeping  beheld 

profundum  pontum.  Heu!     tot      vada  et  tantum      maris 

the  deep  sea         Alas!  that  so  many  shallows  and  so  much       of  the  sea 

superesse      fessis,       una     vox  omnibus.     Grant     urbem; 

remains       to  us  weaned,  this  one  voice  was     to  all          They  pray     for  a  city; 

taedet    perferre  laborem   pelagi.      Ergo        baud  ignara 

it  wearies  tkem  to  endure  the  labour  of  the  ocean.  Therefore  she     not     ignorant 

nocendi  conjecit  sese   inter  medias,  et  reponit  que  faciem 

of  injuring      threw      herself      in  the  midst,        and  laid  aside  both    the  form 

que  vestem       De».  Fit      Beroe,  longseva      conjux 

and      the  dress   of  a  Goddess.    She  becomes  Beroe,      the  aged  wife 

Dorycli   Ismarii,    cui    quondam  genus  et  nomen  que  nati 

of  Doryclian  Ismarns,   to  whom    formerly       family  and    name      and  children 

fuissent.  Ac  sic  infert     se    mediam  matrilms  Dardanidum. 

bad  been.      And  thus  she  bears  herself  in  the  midst  of  the  matrons  of  the  Trojans. 

O  miserse  inquit,  quas   Achaica  manus   non  „  traxerit 

O  wretched  mothers  said  she,  whom  the  Achaian    band         had  not          drawn 

ad  lethum  bello,  sub  mcenibus     patriae.      O  infelix    gens: 

to      death       by  war,  under    the  walls  of  my  country       O  unhappy     nation, 

cui    exitio      fortuna  reservat  te?    septima    sestas     jam 

for  what  destruction  does  fortune    reserve    you?  the.  seventh  summer         now 

vertitur  post  excidium  Trojae,  cum     fenmur,      emensae 

evolves       since        the  fall       of  Troy,  when  we  are  borne  on,  having  measured 

freta,  omnes  terras,    tot    inhospita  saxa,  que  sidera,   dum 

the  seas,        all         lands,    so  many  inhospitable  rocks,    and    climates,     while 

per    magnum     mare,  sequimur  Italiam   fugientem,        et 

through    tin;  great          sea,       we  pursue          Italy  Dying,  and 

volvimur        undis.     Hie        fraterni      fines    Erycis, 

«ce  are  overwhelmed  in  the  waves.    Here  art  the  fraternal  boundaries    of  Eryx 


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atque      est     hospes  Acestes;  quid  prohibet    jaceremuros, 

and      (Afc  is    aur    host       Acestes;       vvjiat       forbids     us  to  found      walls, 

et  dare  urbem        civibus?       O    patriae      Penates      rapti 

and  to  give  a  city    to  our  countrymen?    O  my  country's  household  gods  snatched 

ex  hoste  nequicquam;  ne  nulla  moenia  jam  dicentur  Trojae? 

from  the  foe        in  vain;  will    no         walls       now     be  called          Troy? 

nusquam    videbo    Hectoreos  amnes,  Xanthum  et  Simoenta? 

never  shall  I  behold     Hector's   ,    streams,    Xanthua       and          Simois? 

Quin   agite    et  mecum  exurite   infaustas  puppes.      Nam 

But        come  on   and   with  me         burn    these  unlucky         ships.  For 

imago  Cassandra?    vatis       per      somnum  visa  dare  mihi 

the  image  of  Cassandra  the  prophetess  during  my  sleep        seemed  to  give  tome 

ardentes  faces:    Hie  inquit,  quaerite^Trojam;  hie  domus  est 

Iwrning       torches:     Here  said  she,      seek  for '     Troy;    .    here    a  home        is 

vobis.  Nunc   tempus       res      agi.        Nee    rnora        tantis 

for  you.    Now      is  the  time  for  things  to  be  done.  There  is  no  delay  to  so  great 

prodigiis.     En  quatuor  arae  Neptuno:    Deus  ipse  ministrat 

prodigies.  Lo         four       altars  to  Neptune:    The  God  himself       supplies 

faces  que   animum.  Memorans  hsec        prima  corripit 

torches  and  a  disposition  to  use  them.    Uttering        these  words    first      she  seizes 

infensum  ignem     vi,      que       dextra      sublata       connixa 

the  hostile         fire    by  violence,  and  with  her  right  band  uplifted      struggling 

procul  coruscat,    et  jacit. 

afar  off  she  brandishes,  and  hurls  it. 

Mentes        Iliadum  arrectae,  que  corda    stupefacta. 

The  minds  of  the  Trojan  matrons  were  roused,  and  their  hearts     astonished. 

Hie  una  e  multis,  quse  maxima  natu,  Pyrgo,  regia      nutrix 

Here  one  from   many,      who       was  the  eldest,      Pyrgo,    the  royal          nurse 

tot      natorum  Priami,    Beroe  non  vobis,  matres,      hsec 

of  so  many  of  the  sons  of  Priam,  said  Beroe  is  not  with  you  O  m  others,          this 

non  Rhosteia  conjux  Dorycli:  notate  signa  divini       decoris, 

is  not  the  Rhceteian  wife      of  Doryclus:    mark    the  signs  of  her  divine    beauty, 

que  oculos  ardentes;  qui  spiritus,  qui  vultus  ve 

and    her  eyes    sparkling;    what       fragrant  breath,  what  a  countenance       or 

sonus    vocis,     vel  gressus  illi  eunti!     Ipsa  egomet    dudum 

sound  of  her  voice,    or       step       to  her  going!  I         myself  lately 

digressa  reliqui  Beroen  segram,  indignantem  quod          sola 

departing      have  left    Beroe          sick,  and  enraged       because  alone 

careret      tali    munere,  nee   inferret    meritos      honores 

she  was  deprived  of  such  an  office,     nor       could  pay       deserved  honours 

Anchisae.      Effata  base;  at  matres    primo          spectare 

to  Anchises.       She  said,  these  things;  but  the  mothers  at  first     began  to  regard 

naves      malignis  oculis,  ancipites,  que  ambiguse,<          inter 

the  ships  with  malignant  eyes,          doubting,       and        wavering,  between 

miserum  amorem  prsesentis  terras,  que    regna       vocantia 

the  wretched     love       of  the  present  land,      and  the  kingdoms      inviting  tAcis] 

fatis;     cum     Dea    sustulit    se     paribus  alis   per  cerium 

by  the  tales;  when  the  Goddess  raised   herself     on  equal  wings  through  the  sky 


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que  secuit  ingentem  arcum  sub  nubibus    fug£.      Tuni  verb 

«nd       cut          a  great          bow     under  the  clouds  in  her  flight.    Then  indeed 

attonitre    monstris,      que  actse  furore,  conclaraant,          quo 

astonished  by  these  prodigies,  and  drawn  by  madness,  they  cry  out,  and 

rapiunt  ignem  penetralibus    focis:  pars  spoliant  aras, 

ni'i/.e  the  fire    from  the  inmost    hearths:    a  part       strip  the  altars, 

conjiciunt  frond^m  ac  virgulta  que  faces;  Vulcanus        furit 

tlicy  throw         leaves       and     shrubs      and  firebrands;    the  fire  rages 

immissis     habenis    per    transtra,  et  remos,  et         pictas 

with  uncontrolled   reins        through  the  benches, and    oars,      and  painted 

puppes  abiete.   Eumelus  nuncius    perfert  ad         tumulum 

•hips  of  fir.  Eumelus    the  messenger  conveys    to  the  tomb 

Anchisae  que   cuneos        theatri,        naves    incensas;        et 

of  Anchises  and  to  the  benches  of  the  theatre,  that  the  ships  are  on  fire;       and 

ipsi  respiciunt  atram  favillam  volitare  in  nimbo.  Et  Ascanius 

they        behold        the  black    embers  fly  in  a  cloud.    And      Ascanius 

primus,  ut  laetus  ducebat  equestres  cursus,  sic  acer     equo 

first  as  joyful    he  led  out    the  equestrian  courses,  thus  bold  on  his  horse 

petivit    turbata  castra;         nee    exanimes  magistri  possunt 

•ought      the  troubled  camps;         neither    the  astonished    masters         arc  able 

retinere.     Inquit,    Quis  iste  novus  furor?      Heu!  miseras 

to  restrain  Aim.    He  says,       What  is  this    new  madness?         Alas!    wretched 

cives,         quo— -qud    nunc          tenditis?  non  uritis 

tountry  women,  whether — whither  now  do  you  direct  your  course?  you  do  not  burn 

hostem,  que  inimica  castra    Argivum,  vestras  spes. 

ihe  enemy,    and  the  hostile    camps       of  the  Greeks,  but  your  own  hopes. 

En  ego  vester  Ascanius.     Projecit      ante    pedes     inanem 

Lo       I     am  your    Aecanius.  He  cast         before  their  feet        the  empty 

galeam,  qua    indutus  ludo  ciebat  simulacra  belli.        Simul 

helmet,    in  which  being  clad,  in  sport  he  excited  images         of  war.         At  once 

./Eneas  accelerat,  simul       agmina        Teucrum.      Ast  illae 

./Eneas       hastened,       at  once         the  troops         of  the  Trojana.       But    they 

metu    diffugiunt  passim     per    diversa  litora;  que   furtim 

through  fear       fly        every  where  through  the  different  shores;    and    by  stealth 

petunt   sylvas,  et  sicubi  concava      saxa 

they  seek  th>i  woods,  and  wherever  they  can  hide  themselves    in  tho  hollow  rock?. 

Piget  incepti  que        lucis,     que  mutatce 

They  loathe  their  undertaking  and  the  light,     and     changed, 

agnoscunt  suos;  que  Juno  excussa  est        pectore.  Sed 

they  know        their  friends;   and    Juno       is  shaken     from     their  breast.    But 

flammae  atque  incendia  idcirco  non  posuere         indomitas 

the  flames     and        the  fires       therefore  had  not  laid  aside     their  unconqucred 

vires;  stuppa  vivit  sub  udo  robore,  vomens  tardum  fumunv 

•trength;  the  tow    lives  under  the  moist  wood,  vomiting  forth  slow  siuoke; 

que  lentus  vapor      est      carinas,    et       pestis      descendit 

and   a  slow        fire      consumes     the  keels,     and     the  contagion        descends 

toto        corpore;  nee      vires         heroiim,  que  flumina 

through  the  whole  body;         nor    do  the  strength     of  heroes,      and       streams 


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infusa  prosunt    Turn    pius    JSneas        abscindere  vestem 

poured  on    profit.  Then      pious       ^Eneofl      begins  to  tear  his  dress 

humeris,         que    vocare    Deos     auxilio,  et         tendere 

from  his  shoulders,      and       to  call      the  Gods    to   bis  aid,  and  to  stretch  forth 

palmas:  Omnipotens  Jupiter,    si  nondum  exosus    Trojano? 

Bis  hands:     O  almighty  Jupiter,         if      not  yet       hating       the  Trojans 

id  unum,  si    quid    antiqua  pietas  respicit  humanos  labores; 

«o  one  man,  if  in  any  way  thy  ancient  compassion  regards    human  labours; 

pater,      da  classi    nunc  evadere  flammam,  et  letho   eripe 

O  father,    give  to  our  fleet  now      to  escape      the  flame,    and  from  death  snatch 

tenues      res       Teucrum.      Vel,   si  mereor,     tu    demitte 

the  reduced  concerns  of  the  Trojans.       Qr,       if  I  deserve  it,   do  you    eend  uie 

rnorti       infesto        fulmine;    que     obrue         hie          tu& 

to  death  with  your  hostile  thunderbolt;       and   overwhelm  me    here       by  your 

dextra.      Vix      ediderat      haec,          cum     atra  tempestas 

right  hand.    Scarcely   had  he  uttered  these  words,     when     a  black  storm 

furit      sine     more  effusis  imbribus,    que 

rages     without     measure  from  the  outpouring  storms,  and 

ardua         terrarum,  et    campi  tremiscunt  tonitru;      imber 

the  high  places  of  the  earth  and   the  plains   trembled    with  thunder;    a  shower 

turbidus  aqua    que  nigerimus     densis  Austris,        ruit 

black       with  water  and      most  dark    with  thick  rising    south  winds,     rushes 

toto  sethere,  que  puppes    super  implentur;    semusta 

through  the  whole  sky,        and    the  ships  from  above   are  filled;    the  half-burnt 

robora  madescunt;  donee  omnis  vapor         restinctus,          et 

timbers     are  drenched;      until         all      the  smoke     had  become  extinct,     and 

omnes      carinse    servatae     a       peste,  quatuor  amissis.    At 

all  the  ships    were  saved  from  destruction,  four       being  lost.        But 

pater  ^Eneas,  concussus   acerbo       casu,    mutabat  ingentes 

father    tineas,         struck  by  the  cruel    misfortune    revolved  great 

curas    pectore       nunc      hue,    nunc  illuc,  versans     ne 

cares      in  bis  breast          now         here,         now     there,      reflecting     whether 

resideret  Siculis        arvis,        oblitus      fatorum;       ne 

be  should  settle     in  the  Sicilian     territories        forgetful        of  the  fates;         or 

capesserat        Italas      oras.      Turn   senior    Nautes,  quem 

be  should  attempt   the  Italian   coasts.         When    the  elder      Nautes,        whom 

unum  Tritonia  Pallas  docuit,  que  reddidit  insignem     multS. 

alone       Tritonian    Pallas  had  taught,  and  had  rendered  distinguished    by  much 

arte,  dabat  hsec  responsa,  vel    quae    magna   ira  Defim 

art,       gave    these      replies,  or       what    the  great    wrath     of  the  Gods 

portenderet,  vel  quae    ordo       'fatorum     posceret.      Que  is 

foretold  or     what   the  order     of  the  fates     might  demand.    And     he 

solatus  ^Enean  infit    his    vocibus:     Nate     Dea   sequamur 

consoling    ./Eneas    begins  with  these  words:  Son  of  a  Goddess    we  follow 

quo    fata     trahunt  que  retrahunt;    quicquid     erit,    omnis 

•where  the  fates  lend  us  nn   and      lead  us  back;       whatever       shall  be  all 

fortuna  superanda  est  ferendo.     Est     tibi  Dardanius  Acestes 

fortune      is  to  be  overcome  by  bearing  it.  There  is  to  you  Trojan  Acestes 


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divinae  stirpis:  cape  hunc    sociura      conciliis    el  conjunge 

of  a  divine  clock:        take     him  the  companion  in  your  councils  and       join  /tint 

volenlem.        Trade  huic          qui  superant,       amissis 

to  you  n  willing  friend.    Deliver  to  him  those      who      survive       from  the  lost 

navibus  et  delige         quos  pertaesum  est  magni         incepti 

•hips  and  choose  those      who       are  weary  of  the  great   undertaking 

que  tuarum  rerum,  que   longaevos   senes,     ac  matres  fessas 

and     of  your      affairs,     and        the  aged         old  men,     and  mothers    wearied 

sequore,     et  quicquid  est    tecum    invalidum,  que  metuens 

with  the  sea,    and    whatever       is      with  you        powerless,        and         fearing 

perfcli;  et  sine        fessi         habeant      mcenia     his   terrio: 

danger;       and  perini' that  the  weary  shall  inhabit         towns       in  these    kinds: 

appellabunt  urbem  Acestam,  nomine  permisso.     Turn   verb 

they  shall  call      the  city       Acesta,         a  name      permitted.  Then     indeed 

incensus  talibus  dictis   senioris    amici,    animum    diducitur 

inflamed         by  such   words     of  his  aged     friend,      in  his  mind     he  is  divided 

in    omnes  curas.     Et  atra  nox  subvecta     bigis      tenebat 

among  all  cares.        And  black  night      borneon    in  her  chariot  held 

polum;  dehinc   facies     parentis  Anchisae  delapsa         coelo 

the  sky;       then         the  form     of  his  father    Anchises       gliding    from  the  sky 

subitb    visa      effundere  tales  voces:  Nate,  quondam  magis 

suddenly    seemed      to  pour  forth     such   words:        O  sqn,      formerly         more 

care  mihi    vitd     dum  vita  manebat;    nate,  exercite    Iliacis 

dear     to  me    than  life    while    life      remained;       O  son,    exercised    in  Trojan 

fatis,  venio     hue   imperio      Jovis,      qui      depulit  ignem 

fate*,     Tcome       here     by  command     of  Jove,     who       drove  back    the  fire 

classibus,     et    tandem  miseratus  est  ab     alto    coelo.    Pare 

from  the  ships,    and    at  length         pitied  thee         from    the  lofty  sky.         Obey 

consiliis,  quae  senior  Nautes  nunc  dat  pulcherrima;  defer  in 

the  counsels, which  the  aged    Nautes     now    gives    most  excellent;      bear       to 

Italiam  lectos    juvenes,   fortissima  corda.    Gens  dura,  atque 

Italy          chosen         youth,         the  stoutest      hearts.      A  race     hardy,      and 

aspera    cultu,     debellanda  est  tibi       Latio.    Ante,        ta- 

rude     in  cultivation,  is  about  to  contend  with  you  in  Latium.     First,  neverthe- 

men,  accede  infernas  domos  Ditis;     et     nate,     pete  meos 

less,        approach  the  infernal  domains  of  Pluto;    and    O  son,       seek  my 

congressus    per      alta  Averna,  namque  impia  Tartara  que 

conference         through   the  deep  Avernus,         for          cruel     Tartarus      and 

tristes    umbrae  non  habent  me;  sed        colo  amcena 

the  gloomy  shades     do  not    possess     me;     but     I  dwell  among    the  pleasant 

concilia  piorum  que  Elysium.     Casta  Sibylla   ducet      te 

councils       of  the  pious  and    in  Elysium.    The  chaste     Sibyl      shall  lend    thee 

hue     multo      sanguine    nigrantium    pecudum.          Turn 

hither  with  much  blood  of  black  victims.  Then 

disces    omne  tuum  genus,  et  mcenia  quse    dentur;  que 

you  shall  learn      all        your       race,     and  the  walls  which  shall  be  given;  and 


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jam  vale    humida  nox  torquet    medios    cursus,  et    saevus 

now  farewell        moist      night      turns        her  middle       course,    and        cruel 

Oriens  afflavit  me    anhelis    equis. 

Orion     breathes  on  me    with  panting  horses. 

Dixerat;   et  fugit  ceu  fumus,    in    tenues    auras.     Deinde 

lie  sai  I;        and    fled        as        smoke,       into    the  light        air.  Then 

/Eneas     inquit:        Quo         ruis?        quo  proripis 

Eueas  said.  "Whither    do  you  rush?    where        do  you  bear  yourself 

quern      fugis?     aut   quis   arcet     te     nostns   complexibus? 

whom       do  you  fly?     or       who     drives      you     from  our  embrace? 

memorans         haec      suscitat    cinerem   et   sopitos    ignes, 

Uttering  these  words   he  awakens  the  ashes        and     sleepy  fires, 

que   supplex  veneratur         pio         farre   et  plena  accerra 

and       humbly        worships  with  a  holy       cake     and      full  censer 

Pergameum          Larem         et     penetralia    can<e      Vestae. 

the  Trujnii  household  God,        and        the  shrine        of  hqary          Vesta;. 

Extemplo   accessit      socios,      que   Acesten   primum;      et 

Forthwith         he  calls     his  companions,  and       Acestes  first;  and 

cdocet    imperium  Jovis,  et  praecepta       cari      parentis,  et 

teaches       the  command  of  Jove  and  the  instructions  ofhisdear  parent,     and 

quae   sententia  nunc  constet     animo.         Haud          mora 

what     sentiment        n<3w        is  settled     in  his  mind.  There  is  no        delay 

consiliis;    nee  Acestes    recusat       jussa.       Transcribunt 

in  his  councils;    nor     does  Acestes    refuse        his  commands.        They  mark  out 

matres        urbi;        que      deponunt      populum     volentem, 

the  matrons  for  the  city;     and        they  establish        the  people  willing 

animos,       nil       egentes  magnae   laudis.    Ipsi       novant 

in  their  minds,      not  desirous        of  great  •  praise.       They-  renew 

transtra     que    reponunt        navigiis       robora       ambesa 

their  benches        and        replace  in  their  ships    the  timbers          corroded 

flammis,    que   aptant  remos  que  rudentes;    exigui     numero 

by  the  flames,  and     they  fit     oars       and       cables;          small  in          number, 

sed     virtus     vivida    bello.       Interea         ./Eneas  designat 

but  their  courage  is  active    for  war.    In  the  mean  time      ^Eneas       marksout 

urbem      aratro,     que  sortitur  domos:      jubet    hoc 

a  city       with  a  plough,   and       allots       dwellings:  he  orders     this  tobe  call'd 

Ilium  et   haec  loca  esse  Trojaa.  Trojanus  Acestes 

Ilium      and  those  places  to  be  named  frcnn  those  of  Troy.    Trojan  Acestea 

gaudet         regno,         que   indicit     forum,    et     dat   jura, 

rejoices       in  his  kingdom        and      proclaims      a  court,     and      gives      laws, 

vocatis        patribus.   Turn  sedes  vicina    astris    fundatur 

having  convoked     the  fathers.    Then  a  seat       near    to  the  stars      is  founded 

Idaliae     Veneri,  in  Erycino   vertice  que  sacerdos  et  lucus 

to  Idalian     Venus,     on      Eryx's  height       and    a  priest       and  a  grove 

late     sacer   additur  Anchisaeo    tumulo,  que  jam    omnis 

far  around  sacred     is  added        to  Anchises       tomb,         and     now   the  who'e 

gens    epulata     novem  dies,  et  honos         faclus         ans; 

nation  havini;  feasted    nine       days,  und  honour  having  been  paid  lotheaUars. 


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placiili   venti   straverunt    acquora    et      Auster          crebcr 

peaceful      winds     hod  sruootli'd    the  waters    and  the  south  wind        frequently 

aspirans  rursus  vocat  in  altum.   Ingens  fletus  exoritur    per 

blowing       again      invites  to    the  deep.    A  great  mourning   arises  along 

procurva    litora  complex!   inter        se        morantur     que 

the  crooked     shores      embracing       among     themselves     they  delay  buth 

noctem  que   diem.    Jam   ipsse       matres,        ipsi      quibus 

night  and       day.  Now      they      the  mothers,  and  those        to  wh..w 

quondam         facies        maris     visa     aspera    et     numen 

formerly  the  appearance    or  the  sea    seem'd        rough      and    itsaiithonty 

non     tolerabile,    volunt  ire,  que  perferre  omnem  laborem 

not        to  be  endured,      desire       to  go,  and    to  endure        ail  the  labour 

fugse:   quos     bonus     ^Eneas   solatur      amicis      dictis,     et 

vf  flight:  whom      good  yEneas        consoles      with  friendly    words,        and 

lacrymans     commendat         consanguineo  Acestae.   Dcinde 

weeping  he  recommends  them        to  his  relation        Acesles.  Then 

jubet  caedere      tres      vitulos    Eryci    et    agnam 

he  commands  them       to  slay        three  calves       to  Eryx    and         a  lamb 

tempestatibus,   que    funes      solvi          ex      ordine.     Ipse 

to  the  tempests,  and     the  ropes    to  be  looscn'd  from      their  place.  lie 

evinctus   caput      foliis      tonsae  '  olivae,    stans    procul    in 

binding         his  head    with  leaves    of  shorn      olive,      standing       far  off       on 

prora,     tenet    pateram,  que   porricit      exta      in        salsos 

the  prow,    holds         a  goblet,        and  casts     the  entrails  upon        the  salt 

fluctus,   ac     fundit    liquentia  vina.     Ventus   surgens       a 

waves,        and      pours  out     the  liquid        wine.        The  wind        rising        from 

puppi   prosequitur    euntes;  socii          feriunt        mare 

the  stern    pursues  them       departing;    his  companions          strike  the  sea 

certatim,    et   verrunt   aequora.     At  Venus  interea 

eagerly,         and       sweep      the  waters.     But      Venus  in  the  meantime 

exercita      curis    alloquitur   Nephmum,  que    effundit   tales 

exercised      with  cares      addresses  Neptune,          and        utters  these 

questus        pectore.         Neptune,         gravis         ira        et 

complaints     from  her  breast.          O  Neptune,  the  cruel  anger          and 

inexsaturabile   pectus  Junonis   cogunt  me   descendere  in 

'inforgiving  heart  of  Juno ,       compel        me         to  descend         to 

omnes   preces,  quam         nee         longa         dies   nee     ulla 

all  entreaties,  whom  neither    long  continued      time    nor  any 

pietas  mitigat  nee    quiescit     infracta         imperio         Jovis 

piety        softens        nor     will  she  rest     subdued          by  the  command      of  Jove 

ve     fatis.       Non    est  satis  nefandis        odiis          exedisse 

or    by  the  fates.       It    is  not  enough  by  her  cruel         hatred    to  have  destroy'^ 

urbem  de    medii      gente        Phrygum,     traxisse   reliquias 

the  city    from  the  midst  of  the  nation   of  the  Trojans,  tohavedrawn  its  remains 

per       omnem     prenam;    insequitur     cineres   atque     ossa 

llironch        every  sufl'ering;      she  persecutes      the  ashes      and  bones 

peremta?  Trojse.  Ilia   sciat   causas     tanti     furoris.  Tu     ipse 

of  iiiin'd       Troy.  She  may  know  the  causes  of  so  great  madness.  Von  yuur:<i  If 


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testis     mihi    quam  molem    subitb  excierit     nuper   ic 

•re  a  witness  tome        what       a  tempest  suddenly    she  excited      lately        in 

Libycis  undis. 

the  Lytuan   waves. 

Nequicquam  freta   iEolhs     procellis,      miscuit     omnia 

In  vain  trusting  to  the  Eolian      storms,      she  has  mingled  ah 

maria    ccelo;      ausa  hoc  in  tuis  regnis.     Proh  scelus!    ecce 

seas        with  the  sky;  daring  thus    in   your  kingdoms       Alas    the  crime!  lo 

ctiam     fcede        exussit      puppes,      Trojanis         matribus 

also          shamefully    she  has  burnt    the  ships,  the  Trojan  matrons 

actis       et       subegit       socios  linquere 

Dring  driven  on   and  lias  compelled  their  companions  to  leave  them 

ignotae     terrae,    classe    amissa.     Quod   superest,        oro 

on  an  unknown    shore,    their  fleet  being  lost.      What        remains,  I  pray 

liceat        tibi   dare  vela  tuta  per   undas;        liceat 

it  may  be  allowed  to  you  to  give  to  them  sails  safe  through  the  waves:     it  may  be 

attingere  Laurentem    Tybrim,    si    peto    concessa,  si 

allowed  to  reach      the  Laurentian          Tyber,         if     I  seek  things  allowed,  if 

parcas    dant  ea  moenia.     Turn  Saturnius  domitor     alti 

the  destinies    give  those    walls.  Then  theSaturnian      ruler       of  the  deep 

maris  edidit     base:      Cytherea,       est     fas      te          fidere 

sea  uttered  these  words:  O        Venus,          it  is  lawful   for  you         to  trust 

omne      meis    rcgut's,    unde     ducis     genus:         merui 

everything      to  my    kingdoms,    whence  you  derive  your  race  I  have  deserved  it 

quoque,   saepe     compressi    furores,  et  tantam  rabiem   que 

also,  often    I  have  restrained    the  rage,    and    great        madness      both 

coeli     que  maris.  Nee  minor  cura  mihi   tui    ./Eneae 

of  the  heaven  and  the  sea.    Nor       less        care      to  me  of  your   Eneas  was  rAere 

in   terris,      testor      Xanthum  queSimoenta.  Cum  Achilles 

in    the  land.  I  call  to  witness  Xantbus       and       Simois.        When         Achilles 

sequens    Troi'a   agmina  exanimata  impingeret       muns 

pursuing      the  Trojan    bands  terriPed  drove  them     against  the  walls 

daret  multa  millia  letho,  que  amnes  repleti  gemerent,  nee 

and  gave  many  thousand  to  death,    and  the  rivers  being  filled  groaned,          nor 

possit  Xanthus  reperire  viam  atque  evolvere    se    in    mare; 

could        Xanthus        find  out       a  way    and  roll  itself  into  the  sea; 

tune  ego   eripui    cava     nube  ^Enean  congressum     forti 

then         1        snatched  in  a  hollow  cloud     Eneas  engaged    with  the  brave 

Pelidae;  nee  aequis  Dfs  ncc  viribus;  cum    cuperem  ab 

Achilles;        nor  were  there  equal  Gods  nor    strength;    whfii     I  had  desired  from 

imo        vertere     maenia   perjure   TPOJ-TB  structa      meis 

the  foundation  to  overturn     the  walls    of  perjured  Troy  built  by  my 

manibus.     Nunc  quoque  eadem  mens  per?tat  mihi;  pelle 

hands  Now  also          the  same      mind  remains  with  me,        banish 

timorem;  tutus      accedet         portus     Averni     quos     optas. 

fear;  safely  he  shall  approach  the  harbours  of  Avernus  which  you  desire. 

Tantum      erit        unus  quern    quaeret    arnissum      gurgite, 

Only  thi-rc  shall  be    one     whom    he  shall  seek        lo.- 1  in  the  sea. 


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unum   caput     dabitur  pro   multis.        Ubi   genitor 

one  Mo       shall  be  given  fur        many.  When  the  fat bur  qf  the  sea 

pcrmulsit    lacta  pectora      Deae          his     dictis,          jungit 

bad  soothed    the  joyful  breast      of  the  Goddess  with  these  words,  lie  join* 

equos  auro,  que  addit  spumantia  frsena 

lit*  horses  to  Aw  chariot  of   gold,     and      puts    the  foaming  bits 

feris,  que  eflundit  omnes  habenas  manibus.    Volat 

in  their  fierce  moulht,  and  lets  loose        all          the  reins  from  hi*  hands,   lie  flies 

levis  in  caeruleo  curru  per  summa  aequora,    undie  subsidunt, 

light      in    his  azure      car      over  the  surface  of  the  sea,  the  waves          subside, 

que  tumidum  aequor  sternitur     aquis     sub     tonante     axe, 

and     the  swelling     sea       is  smoothed  by  the  waters  under  the  thundering    axle, 

nimbi  fugiunt         vasto      aethere.    Turn  variae  facies 

the  clouds       fly      through  the  vast      sky.  Then  appear  the  various  forms 

comitum  immania  cete,  et  senior  chorus  Glauci,  que   Inous 

of  liU  companions  huge  whales,  and  the  elder     band     ofGlaucus,    and        Inous 

Palasmonque  citi  Trilones,  que  omnes  exercitus  Phorci.  Thetis 

Palemon     and  the  swift    Tiitous,   and    all          the  army    of  I'horcu*.      Thetis 

et  Melite  tenent  laeva,     que  virgo  Panopea.  Nesaee,  que  Spio 

and  Melite       hold  the  left  places,  and  the  maid  Panopea.     Ncsze.      and      tipio 

que  Thalia,  que  Cymodoce.     Hlc  blanda  gaudia    vicissim 

and      Thalia,      and      Cymodoce.  Here    pleasant     joys  in  turn 

pertentant  suspensam  mentem  patris  y£neae.  Ocyus    jubet 

thrill  the  doubting        mind         of  father    Eneas.       Quick     he  orders 

omnes   malos     attolli,    brachia     intendi       velis.      Omnes 

all  the  masts  to  be  raised,  the  yards  to  be  stretched  to  the  sails.  All 

fecere    pedem    una,    que  paiiter    solvere    sinistros     nunc 

work        tin:  halser    together,  and    together    they  loosen     the  left  now 

dextros  sinus;     una      torquenl       que   detorquent     ardua 

the  ri'.-lit      sails;        together  they  move  forward  and       turn  buck  the  lofty 

cornua:     sua  fiamina  ferunt  classem.     Palinurus      princeps 

sail  yards:  favourable  gales       move     the  fleet.          Palinurus  chief 

ante  omnes  agebat  densum  agmen:     alii     jussi  contendere 

before      all  led          the  close    squadron-  the  others  commanded     to  direct 

cursum  ad  hunc,  que  jam  humida  nox     contigerat      fere 

their  course    to    him,       and    now    the  moist     night      had  reached       almost 

rr.ediam  metam     coeli;    nautae     fusi    per  dura  sedilia  sub 

the  middle  boundary  of  heaven;  the  sailors  stretched  along  the  hard  benches  under 

remis   laxdrant    membra     placidi   quiete;  cum     Somnus 

the  oars      relaxed         their  limbs    with  peaceful    rest;         when  Sleep 

levis  delapsus  ab   aetheriis  astris  dimovit  tenebrosum  ffira, 

gently      gliding     from  the  tetherial    stars      removed       the  darkened  air 

et  dispulit  umbras;  petens  te,     Palinure,    portans      tristia 

and  scattered  the  shadows;  seeking    time,  O    Palinurus,      bearing  sad 

somnia   tibi    insonti;    que  Deus  consedit    in     alta    pupp 

(tn.ims       to  ihce    innocent;      and    the  God       sat  upon  the  hifih       stern, 

simifis  Pliorbanti,  que  fudit   has  loquelas       ore:      Palinure 

tike  to  Phurbas,       and   uttered  these    words    fiomjns mouth.  O  Pahnurun 


153  843 

lasicle,    ipsa  aequora  ferunt  classem;    aura?  spirant  zequatze 

'•on  of  lasus,  the     waters         bear       the  fleet:     the  gales  breathe        equally 

hora     datur   quieti,    pone     caput,    que  furare         fessos 

the  hour  is  devoted  to  rest,    lay  down  your  head,    and      steal        your  wearied 

oculos  labori. 

eyes       from  labour. 

Ego  ipse        paulisper          inibo         tua  munera  pro  te. 

I       myself       for  a  little  while     wi"  undertake     your    duties       for  you. 

Cui     Palinurus    vix    attollens     lurnina    fatur;       jubesne 

To  whom  Falinurua     scarcely     raising          his  eyes       speaks;    will  you  order 

me  ignorare          vultum          placidi        salis — que  quietos 

me  to  be  ignorant  of  the  face  of  the  peaceful     sea— and      the  quiet 

fluctus?  me  confidere  huic  monstro?      Quid  enim      credam 

waves?      shall     I  trust        to  this    prodigy?  Why      even        shall  I  trust 

JEnean    fallacibus    Austris,     et  toties   deceptus        fraude 

./Enean        to  the  deceitful  south  winds,  and  so  often     deceived         by  the  fraud 

sereni     coali?       Dabat  talia  dicta;    que  affixus    et  haerens 

of  the'serene  sky?         He  uttered    these  words;        and    fastened   and  cleaving 

nusquam  amittebat  clavum,  que  tenebat    oculos  sub   astra. 

never  did  he  let  go    the  helm,    and    he  directed    his  eyes       to  the  stars. 

Ecce!  Deus  quassat  ramum  madentem     Lethaeo     rore,  que 

Lo!     .    the  God  shakes      a  branch      dripping       with  the  Lethean  dew,     and 

s&poratum     Stygid     vi,    super  utraque  tempora  que   solvit 

rendered  sleepy  by  Stygian  power,     over        both  temples       and     relaxes 

natantia    lumina   cunctanti.       Inopina    quies  vix  laxaverat 

iiis  swimming  eyes       to  him  delaying.    Unwished-for  sleep  scarcely  had  relaxed 

primos  artus,  et  super  incumbens  projecit  in  liquidas  undas, 

his  first      limbs,  and  over  him       leaning       hurled  him  into  the  clear     waters, 

cum     parte     puppis        revulsa",      que  cum  gubernaculo, 

with        a  part       of  the  ship          torn  off,  and    with  the  helm 

praecipitem,  ac  saepe  vocantem      socios     nequicquam:    ipse 

headlong,  and   after     calling  on     his  companions   _   in  vain:  lie 

volans    ales     sustulit    se      in  tenues  auras.    Classis  curnt 

flying      as   a  bird    raised      himself    to  the  light        air.       The  fleet  ran 

iter    aequore    non  secius       tutum  que     fertur     interrita 

its  way    on  the  sea      not       less  safe       and   is  borne  on         fearless 

promissis      patris  Neptuni,  que  jam  adeo   advecta   subibat 

by  the  promises  of  father    Neptune,     and      now     thus     advancing    it  entered 

scopulos      Sirenum,        quondam  difficiles,    que  albos 

among  the  rocks        of  the  Sirens,  formerly  difficult,         and    white 

ossibus  multorum — (turn     rauca  saxa  longe  sonabant 

with  the  bones  of  many— (then      the  hoarse     rocks      far  off        resound 

assiduo  sale;)  cum  pater  sensit     ratem     errare 

with  the  continual   sea;)     when  father  JEneas   perceived     the  ship   to  wander 

fluitantem,    magistro    amisso,      et  ipse  rexit    in  nocturnis 

floating  about,       its  master     being  lost,      and    he    guides  it  in       the  nightly 

undis,    gemens    multa,    que    concussus    animum        casu 

waves.        groaning       much,        and        shaken  in  his  mind  by  tbe  loss 


154  870 

amici:      Pjlln  ire,  nimium  confise   sereno  ccelo  et  pelago, 

of  hi.ifn"n<l:  Ofalinurus,  too  much  confiding  in  the  clear   sky     and      the  sea, 

D'idus  jpc^bis    in    ignota  aren£! 

bvked    you  shall  lie  on  t'lc  unknown  sand! 


.ENEID. 
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Sic    fatur    lacrymans,  qve  immittit  habenas     classi;     et 

Tuns  bespeaks      weeping,         and     loosens       the  sails       to  the  fle"et;  and 

tandem      allabitur   Euboicis    oris     Cumarum.     Obvertunt 

at  length         glides  along    the  Eubean     coasts       ofCumx.  They  turn 

proras  pelago;  tumanchorafundabat  naves    tenaci     dente, 

the  prows  to  the  sea;  then   the  anchor    moored    the  ships  with  its  grasping    flook 

et      curvae      puppes    praetexunt    litora.      Ardens     manus 

and  the  bending       sterns  line  the  shores.      A  zealous  band 

juvenum  emicat  in  Hesperium  litus;  pats  quseret   semina 

of  young  men    leap       upon    the  Italian        shore;    a  part     seek  the  elements 

flarnmae  abstrusa    in  venis  silicis;  pars  rapit  sylvas,  densa 

of  flame      concealed      in  the  veins  of  flint;    a  part  ravage  the  woods,  the  thick 

tecta    ferarum,     que  monstrat  flurnina  inventa.     At  pius 

coverts  of  wild  beasts;    and     point  out         streams       discovered.     But    pious 

^Eneas   petit    arces     quibus     altus   Apollo  prsesidet,  que 

./Eneas          seeks    the  towers  over  which     high       Apollo  rules,  and 

immane     antrum,    secreta      Sibyllae     horrendae      procul; 

the  dreadful         cave,       the  retreat  of  the  Sibyl  awful       at  a  distance; 

cui         Delius  vates  inspirat  magnam   mefitem  que 

to  whom  the  Delian  prophet  Apollo       inspires         a  great  mind  and 

animum,     que     aperit      futura;        jam   subeunt    lucos, 

soul,  'and     opens  to  her       future  things;  now    they  enter  the  groves, 

atque  aurea  tecta  Triviae.  Daedalus,  ut   est  fama,     fugiens 

and         golden    roofs    of  Diana.      Dxdalus,        as       is  the  report,          flying 

Minoia     regna,     ausus   credere      se       coelo    prapetibus 

Mino's         kingdoms,       dared       to  trust        himself  to  the  sky  on  swift 

pennis,  enavit  ad  gel'das  Arctos    per     insuetum  Her,    que 

wings,  swam  to      the  cold      North      through     an  unused     way,        and 

tandem     levis  adstitit   super    Chalcidicd    arce.      Reddilus 

•t  length        light        stood  upon        theChalcidian      tower.  Returned 

his      terris  primurn,     sacravit     tibi,    Phoebe,       remigium 

tn  these  lands         first,         he  consecrated  to  you,    O  Apollo,  the  steerage 

alarum,     que    posuit    tibi    immania    templa.       In  foribua 

of  hie  wingg.  and        placed      to  you    an  immense      temple.  On  the  door* 


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lethum  Androgeo;  turn  Cecropidas   jussi  quotannis 

was  displayed  the  death  of  Androgeos;  then  the  Athenians  commanded        yearly 

pcndere  poenas    fmiserum!)  septena   corpora         natorum; 

lo  pay          penalties      (O  wretched!)        seven  bodies      of  their  children; 

urna    stat     ductis  sortibus.     Gnossia    tellus   elata        mari 

the  urn  etands  with  drawn    lots.  The  Gnossian  land  raised  high  in  the  sea 

respondit        contra.          Hie   crudelis   amor     tauri,     que 

corresponds      on  the  other  side.       Here     the  cruel       love       of  the  bull,    and 

Pasiphae  supposta    furto,    que   Minotaurus  inest — mistum 

Pasiphae        substituted    by  stealth,   and      the  Minotaur  is  present — a  mingled 

genus  que  biformis    proles,  monumenla  nefandse  Veneris. 

race  and    two-formed  offspring,      monuments        of  impious  love. 

Hie      ille  labor    doraus,    et  inextricabilis  error:  sed  enim 

Here  are  that  labour  of  the  house,  and       inextricable          maze:      but        even 

Daedalus     miseratus     magnum     amorem     reginas,       ipse 

Dedalus  compassionating  the  great  love  of  the  queen,    himself 

resolvit  dolos  que  ambages      tecti,      filo       regens     cseca 

unravels  the  mazes  and     windings  of  the  palace,  by  a  thread  guiding    his  blind 

vestigia:  Icare,  tu  quoque       haberes     magnam   partem  in 

footsteps:    O  Icarus,  you      also       should  have  had  a  distinguished  part  in 

tanto    opere,    dolor    sineret.   Bis  conatus  erat        effingere 

this  great  work,       had  grief   allowed.    Twice  had  he  attempted        to  represent 

casus         in  auro;    patriae    manus    bis    cecidere.    Quin 

his  misfortunes    in    gold;    his  paternal     hands      twice      failed  him.  But 

protinus  perlegerent   omnia      oculis,         ni  Achates 

from  afar  the  Trojans  would  observe  all  things  with  their  eyes,  unless     Achates 

praemissus   jam       afforet,       atque      una  sacerdos 

sent  before          now  had  been  present,      and       together  iciih  him    the  Priestess 

Phoebi  que   Triviae,    Deiphobe  Glauci,      qua?    fatur 

of  Apollo  and       Diana,       Deiphobe  the  daughter  of  Glaucus,     who  addresses 

regi  talia:    Hoc   tempus     non      poscit    sibi      ista 

the  king  in  these  words:   This  time        does  not      demand  to  itself    these 

spectacula.     Nunc      praestiterit    mactare  septem  juvencos 

shows.  Now      it  would  be  better  to  sacrifice      seven  bullocks 

de     intacto    grege,  totidem  lectas  bidentes     de  more. 

from  the  untouched  herd,       as  many    chosen       ewes    according  to  the  custom. 

Sacerdos   affata  ^Enean   talibus:        (nee      viri    morantur 

The  priestess  addressed  ^Eneas    in  these  words:      (nor  do     the  men  delay 

sacra        jussa)        yocat  Teucros    in     alta  templa.    Ingens 

the  sacred    commands)      she  calls  the  Trojans  into  the  lofty  temple.      The  great 

latus  Euboicse  rupis  excisum  in  antrum;    .quo    centum   lati 

side       of  a  Eubaean  rock        iscut         in    the  cave;       where  an  hundred  broad 

aditus  ducunt,    centum   ostia,    unde  totidem  voces  ruunt, 

entrances  lead,  an  hundred    doors,    whence     as  many      voices          rush, 

responsa     Sibyllae.     Ventum     erat         ad     limcn,       cum 

the  responses  of  the  Sibyl.      They  had   arrived  at  the  entrance,       when 

virgo     ait:    Tempus  poscere      fata;      Deus,     ecce,  Deus! 

hemaideaid:       It  is  time       to  inquire  your  fate;      a  God,       behold     a  God 


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Cui       fanti    talia          ante  fores,   subito  non  vultu? 

To  whom  speaking  these  leords  before  the  doors,  suddenly  neither  was  bcr  eoun- 

non  color  unus,         comae  non  mansere  comtae;  sed 

tenanco  nor  her  colour  the  same,     her  hair  did  not     remain       smoothed;     but 

pectus     anhelum,  et*~  fera  corda  tument  rabie:         videri 

lier  breast  teas  punting,    and  her  savage  heart     swells      with  rage:    she  appears 

major,  nee  sonans   mortale,      quando    jam       afflata      est 

larger,        nor  uttering  mortal  sound,         since  now  she  is  inspired 

propnore  numine  Dei.       Tros    ./Enea,    ait,       cessas       in 

by  the  nearer  influence  of  the  God.  O  Trojan  Eneas,  said  she,  do  you  hesitate    in 

vota   que   preces?         cessas?    enim  neque      magna   ora 

your  vows  and  prayers?  do  you  hesitate?  for      neither  shall  the  great  gate 

attonita          domus  dehiscent  ante. 

of  the  astonished  mansion        open  before  you  offer  them. 

>Et     fata        talia       conticuit.  Gelidus   tremor  cucurrit 

And  having  said  these  words      she  was  still.    A  cold         trembling  ran 

per      dura    ossa      Teucris;       que     rex    fudit  preces  ab 

through  the  hard  bones    of  the  Trojans;         and    the  king  utter'd  prayers  from 

imo  pectore:    Phoebe,  semper  miserate         graves 

his  inmost  breast:        O  Apollo,       ever  pitying  the  mournful 

labores   Trojre,   qui      dir£xti        Dardana  tela  que    manus 

labours       of  Troy,    who    hast  directed  Trojan       darts    and    the  hands 

Paridis        in         corpus   ^Eacidae,  te  duce 

of  Paris         against         the  body    of  Achilles,  you         being  my  guide 

intravi          tot      maria  •  obeuntia    magnas  terras;    que 

I  have  enter'd       so  many    seas       flowing  around     extensive    lands;  and 

gentes       Maassylflm  penitus  repostas,  que   arva    praetenta 

the  nations   of  the  Massylians    afar  off       removed,    and  the  regions  set  around 

Syrtibus.     Jam  tandem  prendimus     oras    Italiae  fugientis. 

by  quicksands.    Now      at  last        we  grasp        the  coasts   of  Italy     retreating. 

Hactenus  Trojana  fortuna    secuta     fuerit        que    omnes 

Thus  far  Trojan         fortune       has  followed       us  and  all 

Di     que'  Deae      quibus  Ilium  obstitit,    et  ingens  gloria 

the  Gods  and    Goddesses    by  whom    Ilium      has  stood,  and    the  great      glory 

Dardanise;  jam  est  fas  vos  quoque  parcere  Pergameae  genti: 

of  Troy;          now   it  is  right  for  us  likewise    to  spare       the  Trojan    nation: 

que  tu  6   sanctissima  vates        praescia          venturi,       da 

and     you  O   most  holy         prophetess   foreknowing       what  is  to  come,  grant 

Teucros      que         errantes        Deos  que  agitata  numina 

to  the  Trojans       and         the  wandering         Gods    and    persecuted        Deities 

Trojae     considere      Latio     (non      posco    regna     indebita 

of  Troy        to  settle        in  Latium    (I  do  not        ask       kingdoms    not  destined 

meis  fatis.)     Turn  instituam   Phoebo  et  Triviae  templa  de 

by  my  fates.)         Then     I  will  place     to  Apollo  and    Diana        temples         of 

solido  marmore,  que  festos  dies  de  nomine  Phcebi.  Magna 

solid  marble,         and     feast    days    from    the  name    of  Apollo.         Great 

penetralia  manent    te    quoque   nostris      regnis  nam 

shrines  await         thee    likewise      in  our  kingdoms  for 


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ego  ponam  hie  tuas   sortes,  que  arcana  fata  dicta  mete 

f         will  place    here    your        lots,         and     the  secret    fates  declared  to  my 

genti;  que        sacrabo        lectos  viros     alma  tantum 

nation:    and       I  will  consecrate    chosen        men       O  kind  Goddess        only 

ne    manda  tua  carmina  foliis  ne   turbata        volent 

do  not       commit    your     verses       to  leaves  lest    disturbed       they  should  fly 

ludibria  rapidis   ventis:         oro         ipsa  canas. 

the  sport  of  the  swift    winds:       I  pray  you      yourself  will  utter     Mem. 

Dedil    finem     loquendi         ore.         At      vates      nondum 

He  made    an  end       of  speaking  with  bis  mouth.  But  the  Prophetess       not  yet 

patiens         Phoebi,  immanis  bacchatur  in   antro  si 

enduring  the  power  of  Apollo,  outrageous  raves         in   the  cave   striving  if 

possit      pectore       excussisse     magnum    Deum:    tanto 

she  can  tfius  from  her  heart       shake  off          the  powerful       God:         so  much 

magis    ille  fatigat  rabidum         os         domans     fera    corda 

the  more    be     wearies    her  mad       countenance    subduing   her  savage    heart 

que    fingit  premendo.         Que   jam     centum 

and       moulds  her  to  his  will    by  restraining  her.       And      now       an  hundred 

ingentia  ostia     domus      patuere          su&         sponte;  que 

great  doors   of  the  house       fly  open       of  their  own       accord;         and 

ierunt  responsa  vatis  per         auras;  O  tandem 

bear       the  responses       of  the  prophetess     through         the  air;    O         at  last 

defuncte     magnis  periclis      pelagi!    sed   graviora  terrd 

having  endured    the  great     perils  of  the  sea!       but    more  severe  on  land 

manent.  Dardanidae   venient    in      regna     Lavint    (mitte 

remain.         The  Trojans       shall  come      to    the  kingdom  of  Lavinium  (dismiss 

hanc  curam  de        pectore)  sed  et       volent          non 

this       care        from  your   breast)       but  also  they  shall  wish  that  they  had  not 

venisse.     Cerno    bella    horrida    bella,      et  Tybrim 

come.  I  behold       wars  horrid       wars,         and  the  Tj  bur 

spumantem    multo  sanguine.    Non    Simois  nee  Xanthus, 

foaming  with  much     blood.  Neither    Simois       nor         Xanthus. 

nee  Dorica  castra    defuerint    tibi;   alius  Achilles    jam 

nor    the  Doric    camps    shall  be  wanting  to  you;  another  Achilles       even  now 

partus   in     Latio,      et  ipse    natus        Dea:        nee  Juno 

is  born      in       Lutium,       and    he         born         of  a  Goddess:       nor       Juno 

addita      Teucris    usquam       aberit:  cum  in  egenis 

addftl       to  the  Trojans       ever  shall  be  from  them:   when     in    despera;a 

rebus     quas  gentes     Italum,     aut  quas  urbes     non    tm 

circumstances  what  nations    of  the  Italians,  or     what    cities      will  not  you 

siipplex    oraveris?    Conjux    hospita    iterum    erit     causa 

humbly          supplicate?       A  wife        a  hostess       again       shall  be    a  cause 

Teucris     tanti      mali;        que   extern!  thalami    iterum 

to  the  Trojans  of  a  great    misfortune;      and      a  foreign     marriage  again 

Ne    tu       cede        mails         sed  contra 

produce  great  woe.       Do  not  yourself  yield    to  your  misfortunes  but       rather 

ito     audentior   quiun  tua   fortuna  sinet. 

Advance    more  bokUy       as        your  fortune          shall  permit  you. 


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Prima  via  salutis     pandetur     ab    Graid  urbe,       quod 

The  first    way   of  safety   shall  be  opened  from  a  Grecian     city,  which 

minimi     reris.       Cumaca  Sibylla  canit  horrendas  ambages 

vrry  little  you  suppose.  The  Cumxan  Sibyl     uttered   her  dreauful    ambiguities 

ex    adyto    talibus  dictis,  que  remugit  antro         involvens 

from  her  shrine  with  these  words,    and    rebellows  in  her  cave  involving 

vera   obscuris:     Apollo  concutit  ea   fraena      furenti,         ct 

truth  \\ithdarkncss:     Apollo       shakes       the       reins  over  her  raging,         and 

vertit  stimulos  sub  pectore:  Ut  primilm   furor  cessit,        et 

turns     the  goads    beneath  her  breast:  As       first         her  rage  ceased,          and 

rabida     ora   quierunt,    heros   ./Eneas  incipit.      0  virgo, 

her  maddening  mouth  was  at  rest,    the  hero      Eneas    begins.  O      maid, 

non  ulla    facies    laborum  surgit  mihi  nova  ve      inopina: 

not       any    appearance  of  labours     arises      tome     new       or       unexpected: 

praecepi      atque  anteperegi   omnia  mecum         animo. 

I  have  anticipated    and     first  acted  over    all  things  by  myself         inuiymind. 

Oro  unum,       quando  janua      inferni     regis  dicitur      hie, 

I  pray     one    thing     since       the  gate  of  the  infernal  king      is  said   to  be  here. 

et  tencbrosa  palus  Acheronte    refuso,     contingat  ire 

and    the  dark       marsh  from  Acheron  overflowing,  that  it  may  happen  tome  to  go 

ad  conspectum  et      ora  can    genitoris;  doceas 

to       the  sight  and  countenance  of  my  dear    father;  do  you  teach 

iter,     et  pandas  sacra  ostia.    Ego  eripui  ilium  his 

the  way,  and    open      the  sacred  doors.        I       snatched    him  on  these 

humeris  per  flammas  et    mille    tela  sequentia,  que  recepi 

shoulders    through     flames     and  a  thousand  darts    pursuing,        and  I  rescued 

ex     medio        hoste:     ille    comitatus    meum       iter, 

Aim   from    the  midst        of  the  foe:      ho       accompanying       my          journey, 

invalidus  ferebat  omnia  maria  mecum,  atque  omnes    minas 

helpless          endured       all        seas       with  me,       and         all         the  threats 

que    pelagi    que  coeli,    ultra    vires     que  sortem  senecta?. 

both      of  the  sea    and   the  sky,  beyond  the  strength    and       lot         of  old  age. 

Quin,  idem     orans,  dabat  mandata  ut  supplex      peterem 

But,         the  same  entreating,  gave       orders       that   humbly         I  should  seek 

te,  et     adirem      tua  limina.       Alma       precor  miserere 

thee.  and  that  I  should  go  to  your  temple.       O  kind  maid  I  pray  you  pity 

que  nati  que  patris:  namque  potes    omnia;    nee    Hecate 

both    a  son     and      father:         for  you  can  do  all  things;    nor     did  Hecate 

nequicquam  prsefecit  te     Avernis  lucis.     Si  Orpheus  potuit 

in  vain  place     you  over  the  Avernian  groves.  If   Orpheus  could 

arcessere      manes   conjugis,  fretus    Threicid  cithard  que 

callback  the  shade  of  his  wife,    trusting  to  his  Thracian    harp          and 

canoris  fidibus,  si  Pollux  redemit  fratrem  alternd  morte,  que 

tuneful       strings,      if    Pollux      redeemed  his  brother  from  eternal  death,     and 

it  que  redit  viam  toties;  quid  memorem  Thesea;  quid  magnum 

goes  and  returns  the  way  so  often;  why  shall  I  mention  Theseus;  why  great 

Alciden?  et  mi  genus   ab  Jove  summo.     Orabat      talibus 

Hercules?     and   my      race   is  from    Jove    supreme.       He  prayed        in  these 


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dictls,    quc   tenebat    aras.     Turn    vates      orsa  sic   loqui: 

words,       and         held        the  altars.    Then  the  prophetess  began  thus  to  spuuk. 

Tros  Anchisiade,     sate     sanguine     Divum,        descensus 

O  Trojan  son  of  Anchises, descended  from  the  blood  of  the  Gods,  the  descent 

Averni  facilis,  janua    atri  Ditis  patet  noctes  atque  dies;  sed 

of  Avernus  is  easy,  the  gate  of  gloomy  Pluto  lies  open  night       and      day;,      but 

revocare  gradum,  que  evadere  ad  superas  auras,  hoc   opus, 

to  recall         our  step,       and     to  escape    to     the  lofty       air,      this  is  a  work, 

hie  est  labor.    Pauci  quos  aequus  Jupiter  amavit,  aut  ardens 

this     is  a  labour.     A  few    whom  friendly     Jupiter    has  loved,    or      glowing 

virtus  evexit  ad  aethera,    geniti       Dis  potuere. 

courage  has  raised  to  the  skies,  descended  from  Gods  could  do  it. 

Sylvae  tenent  omnia        media,        que  Cocytus     labens 

The  woods  hold  all     the  intermediate  ways,  and    Cocytus  gliding 

circumfluit      atro       sinu.     Quod  si     tantus      amor,       si 

flows   around  with  its  black  stream.       But-      if  there  is  so  great  love,  if 

tanta  cupido  est    menti,     bis     innare    Stygios  lacus,     bis 

so  great  a  desire    is   in  your  mind,  twice  to  swim  over  the  Stygian  lakes,     twice 

videre  nigra  Tartara,    et      juvat    indulgere  insano  labori, 

to  behold    black      Tartarus,     and  it  delights  you  to  indulge     the  mad     labour, 

accipe  quae  prius  peragenda. 

receive      what    first     must  be  done. 

Ramus  aureus  et     foliis    et  lento  vimine  latet    opaca 

A  branch   golden    both  in  its  leaves  and  slender    twig        lies  hid  in  the  dark 

arbore,    dictus  sacer  intern  re  Junoni:  omnis  lucus       tegit 

tree,  declared  sacred    to  infernal      Juno:  all       the  grove       covers 

hunc,  et  umbrae  claudunt  obscuris  convallibus.     Sed     non 

this,       and    shades     inclose  it     with  dark         vales.  But       it  is  not 

datur  subire  operta        telluris  ante  quam  quis    decerpserit 

given    to  enter  the  dark  places  of  the  earth  before  that     anyone          shall  pluck 

auricomos  fetus    arbore.     Pulchra  Proserpina  instituit  hoc 

the  golden         frui*.    from  the  tree.  Beautiful    Proserpine        has  ordained  this 

suum.  munus    ferri    sibi.      Primo     avulso,        alter  aureus 

her  own  present  to  be  borne  to  herself.  The  first  being  torn  up,  another     of  gold 

non  deficit,  et  virga  frondescit    simili  metallo-  Ergo 

does  not    fail,       and  a  twig  puts  forth  leaves  ofliko    metal.  Therefore 

vestiga     ocutis     alte,          et        manu        rite  carpe, 

.search      with  your  eyes  high  raised,  and  with  your  hand  in  order  pluck  it, 

repertum;  namque  ipse  volens  que  facilis  sequetur,  si  fata 

token  found;  for  willingly    and     easily    will  follow,    if  the  fates 

vocant  te;     aliter   non  poteris  vincere       ullis    viribus,  nee 

call          tliee;  otherwise   you  cuuld  not  overcome  it  with  any  strength,       noi 

convellere    duro   ferro. 

tear  it  with  hard   iron. 

Prceterea    corpus     amici     exanimum  jacet   tibi,     (heu. 

Besides  the  body  of  your  friend     lifeless  lies      by  you,      (alai 

nescis)  que  incestat  totam  classem    funere,    dum    petis 

>ou  know  not)  and   pollutes       all          the  fleet  with  his  corse,  while  ^ou  seek 


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conRulta,  quc  pcndes  in  nostro  limine.     Ant&  rcfci 

the  decrees  of  Ifearen,  and      loiter         at      my  gate.  First  beai 

hunc  suis   sedibus,    et  conde        sepulcro.      Diic    nigras 

linn       to  liia       scats,     .     and     bury  Aim       in  the  tomb.    Lead  out  the  black 

•oecudes:    ea  sunto  prima  piacula.  Sic  dcmum         aspicies 

llocks:  lot  these  be        the  first   offerings.    Thus  at  length  you  shall  behold 

Stygios   lucos,    regna      invia          vivis.       Dixit,         que 

t lie  Stygian  groves,       realms      impassable     to  the  living.    She  said,  and 

pbmutuit,     ore        presso.       ./Eneas,      Jinquens     antrum, 

was  dumb,     her  mouth  being  closed.        JEiieat,  leaving  the  cave. 

ingreditur   mocsto     vultu        defixus      lumina,  que  volutat 

walks  on  with  sad  countenance  casting  down      his  eyes,      and     revolves 

caecos  eventus    secum     animo;     cui       fidus    Achates     it 

the  dark    events      with  himself  in  bis  mind;  to  whom  the  faithful  Achates    goes 

comes,  et    paribus     curis  figit  vestigia.  Serebant 

as  a  companion,  and  with  equal       cares  places    his  footsteps.       They  treat  of 

multa        inter    sese     vario  sermone;    quem    exanimum 

many  things  among  themselves  in  varied  discourse;         what  lifeless 

cocium  vates         diceret,     quod  corpus  humandum. 

companion         the  prophetess   had  spoken  of,  what         body      was  to  be  buried. 

Atque  ut  illi  venere,  vident  Misenum  in  sicco  litore  perem- 

And         as  they    came,        they  see    Misenus       on  the  dry   shore       destroy- 

turn      indigna     morte;    Misenum   ^loliden,       quo     non 

cd  by  aii  unworthy        death;  Misenus    the  son  of  jEclus,  than  whom  not 

alter        praestantior  ciere   viros         sere       que  accendere 

another     was  more  skilled  to  arouse    men    by  the  trumpet    and      to  enkindle 

Martem  cantu.     Hie  fuerat     comes      magni  Hectons,  et 

war         by  its  sound.    He       had  been  a  companion     of  great       Hector,     aiiC 

obibat       pugnas    circum  Hectora,   insignis    et         lituo 

he  resorted  to  the  battle  around       Hector,      distinguished  both  by  the  trumpet 

et  hasta.     Postquarn    victor    Achilles  spoliavit  iilum  vita 

and  spear.  After      the  conqueror   Achilles      had  deprived    him      of  life. 

fortissimus   heros  addiderat     sese      socium       Dardanic 

this  very  brave  hero       had  added         himself  a  companion  to  Trojai 

^Eneae,    secutus    non   inferiora.         Sed  turn    forte    dum 

>Eneas,         following     not        inferior  arms.         But       then   by  chance    whil* 

demens    personat      zequora     cavS.        conchd,  et      cantu 

mad  he  sounded  over  the  waters  with  his  hollow  trumpet,   and  by  his  pong 

vocat  Divos    in   certamina,   asmulus  Triton,   si  est  dignum 

he  calls  the  Gods    to         contest.         the  jealous    Triton,      if  it  is       worthy 

credere,     spumosd      umla    immerserat    virum   exceptum 

to  believe,    on  the  foaming      wave          had  plunged         the  man  caught 

inter    saxa.      Ergo     omnes    fremebant   circum       magno 

•niong  the  rocks.    Therefore       all  murmured         around  him  with  gre:  I 

clamore,  prascipue    pius  ./Eneas:  turn  flentes  festinant 

noise.  es|iecially        pious    /Eneas:        then   weeping    they  hasten  to  cie 

jussa  Sibyllse,         haud   mora,   que       certai: 

oil*  the  commands        of  Hie  Sibyl,  there  is  no     delay.        and     theycontcp 


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congerere  que  educere  coeio      aram    sepulcri    arboribus. 

tohcapup         and     to  raise  to  heaven     the  altar    of  the  tomb       with  trees. 

Itur     in  antiquam  sylvam,  alta  stabula  ferarum:        picea 

They  go  into  an  ancient      wood,     the  deep  retreats  of  wild  beasts;  the  pitch  treei 

procumbunt:    ilex      icta    securibus    sonat;    que  fraxinea* 

full:  the  holm  struck        with  axes       resounds;    and  ashen 

trabes,  et  fissile  robur  scinditur  cuneis:  advolvunt  ingentes 

timbers,   and  the  yielding  oak      isdivided    by  wedges:      they  roll  great 

ornos         montibus.      Nee  non  uEneas    primus    hortatur 

wild  ashes  from  the  mountains.    .    Also  Eneas  first  o.vhoru 

socios         inter  talia  opera,  que  accingitur  paribus  armis. 

hi?  companions      amidst  these    labours,    and       is  girt  with  equal   arms. 

Atque  ipse  volutat  hzec       cum  suo  tristi  corde,  aspectaru 

And  he     revolves    these  things  with    bis       sad       heart,  beholding 

immensam  sylvam,  et  sic  precatur      ore:      Si  ille  aureus- 

the  immense        wood,       and  thus    he  prays  with  his  mouth:  If  that       golden 

ramus      arbore  nunc  ostendat    se    nobis  in  tanto  nemoref 

branch  from  the  tree      now       shews       itself     to  us     in  this  great        grove! 

quando     vates      locuta  est     omnia    vere,    heu!    nimium 

since       the  prophetess      has  spoken      all  things       truly,       alas!    too  much  so 

de         te,  0  Misene!        Vix     fatus    erat     ea,         cum 

concerning    thee,  O  Misenus!  Scarcely      had  he  spoken  these  things,  wbea 

geminse  columbae    forte    venire  volantes     coelo    sub    ipsa 

two  .doves         by  chance    came  flying        in  the  sky  under       the 

ora    viri,       et  sedere    viridi   solo.     Turn  maximus  heros 

face  of 'the  hero,  and     sat       on  the  green  soil.        Then       the  great          hero 

agnoscit  maternas  aves,  que  laBtus  precatur:    O  este  duces, 

knew  his  morher's    birds,    and      joyful         prays:  O  be  ye       guides, 

si   est  qua  via  que  per  auras  dirigite    cursum  in        lucos, 

if  there  is  any  way   and  along  the  sky    direct         your  course  to      the  groves 

ubi      dives   ramus     opacat    pinguem  humum,    que     tu, 

where   the  rich       branch      overshades    the  fertile         ground,         and      thou. 

6  diva      parens,    ne   defice          dubiis  rebus!         Effatus 

O  divine  parent,      do  not  fail  me   in  my  doubtful  concerns!  Having  spoken 

gic,    pressit    vestigia,  observans  quse  signa  ferant,         quo 

thus,  he  restrains  his  footsteps,  watching       what    signs      they  offer,    whithei 

pergant         tendere.  Illae   pascentes   prodire    tantum 

they  attempt  to  direct  their  course.    They        feeding  proceed         as  much 

volando,  quantum  oculi     sequentum    posse  nt       servare 

by  flying,  as  the  eyes    of  those  pursuing       can  keep  them 

acie.          Inde  ubi     venire     ad    fauces     grave  olentis 

in  their  sight         Then    when  they  had  come  to     the  mouth  of  noisome 

,A.verni,  tollunt     se      celeres,  que  lapsae     per     liquidum 

Avernus,    they  raise  themselves  swift,        and     gliding    through       the  liquid 

ae'ra,  sidunt    geminae  super    arbore     optatis  sedibus,  unde 

eir,   they  sit  down    both          upon        the  tree  in  their  desired  seats,       whence 

discolor      aura  auri  refulsit    per      ramos.    Quale  viscum, 

the  variegated  gleam  of  gold    shone      through  the  branches.     As   the  misletoe 


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quod  sua  arbos   non  seminat,  solet    sylvis,  virere      novS. 

which  its  own  tree    doe*  not  germinate,    used  in  the  woods  to  flourish  with  new 

fronde    brumali     frigore,  et  circumdare    teretes     truncos 

leave*       in  the  wintry       cold,        and      to  surround    the  tapering  trunks 

croceo       fetu;    talis   erat    species        auri          fondentis 

with  yellow    fruit;       such     wa*  the  appearance  of  the  gold  putting  forth  leave* 

opac£      ilice;  bractea  sic  crepitabat     leni      vento.       Ex- 

on  the  shady  holm;    the  tinsel  thus      rattled        with  the  light  wind.          Forth- 

templo  ./Eneas  conipit.  que  avidus  refringit  cunctantem,  et 

with  Eneas         seized,        and     greedily      breaks  it         lingering,        and 

portat  sub    tecta  vatis       Sibyllae.    Nee  minus   Trojani 

boars  it   to   the  dwelling  of  the  prophetess  the  Sibyl.     Nevertheless    the  Trojans 

interea      flebant  Misenum  in  litore,     et  ferebant  suprema 

in  the  interim  mourned       Miscnus     on  the*  shore,  and        paid      their  last  ojjicet 

ingrato       cineri.      Principio     struxere    ingentem     pyrarn 

to  his  mournful  ashes.      In  the  first  place      they  built          a  great        funeral  pile 

pinguem     taedis     et    secto     robore,    cui    latera    intexunt 

rich  with  torches  and       cut  oak,         whose      rides  they  interweave 

atris       frondibus,  et  ante  constituunt  ferales     cypresses, 

with  mournful  branches,      and     first        they  placed        funeral  cj  presses, 

que   super    decorant    fulgentibus    armis.     Pars  expediunt 

and        above    they  adorn  it      with  shining          arms.          Apart  prepare 

caliclos  latices,  et     ahena     undantia  flammis;  que   lavant 

w.irm  water,      and  brazen  vessels  bubbling  from  the  flames;    and  they  wash 

et  ungunt  corpus   frigentis.    Gemitus      fit:    turn  reponunt 

and  anoint  •  the  body  of  him  cold.  Lamentation  is  made:  then        they  place 

toro    membra,  defleta;    que   super  conjiciunt  purpureas 

on  a  couch  his  limbs,      bewailed;      and       upon  it        they  cast  purple 

vestes,     nota    velamiua.     Pars  subiere    ingenti   pheretro, 

dresses,  his  known      clothing.  A  part    support       his  great  bier, 

triste  ministerium;    et    aversi        tenuere  facem  subjectam 

a  sad  office;  and  turning  away  they  held     a  torch  put  under 

more  parentum.        Thurea  dona    congesta 

after  the  manner  of  their  parents.      Frankincense  gifts  collected 

cremantur,  dapes,  crateres    fuso      olivo.  Postquam  cineres 

are  burnt,         banquets,    goblets  of  out-poured  olive  oil.       After  the  ashes 

collapsi,         et   flamma  quievit,  lavere   reliquias  et  bibulam 

had  fallen  down,  and  the  flame  had  ceased,  they  batlie  the  remains  and  absorbing 

favillam    vino;  que  Chorinaeus  texit    lecta     ossa       aheno 

embers  with   wine;  and       Chorinams       covers  the  collected  bones    in  a  brazen 

cado.  Idem    ter       circumtulit         socios  pur£    undi. 

cask.        Also     thrice      he  went  around  his   companions         with  pure     water 

spargens  levi     rore    et    ramo        felicis  olivae;    que 

sprinkling  them  as  with  light  dew    and     branch  of  the  fortunate  olive;          and 

lustravit  viros,  que  dixit  novissima  verba.     At  pius  ^Cneas 

he  purified   the  men,  and    uttered      the  last          words.        But   pious    «  Encai 

imponit  sepulcrum  ingenti  mole,  que       sua  arma         viro, 

b"1'1  tt  l<»nb       of  great      size,       and  laid  his  own  arms  by  the  man' 


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que  remum,  que    tubam    sub    aerio    monte,     qui   nunc 

and     Aisoar,  and      trumpet   beneath   an  airy   mountain,    which        now 

dicitur  Misenus  ab  illo,  que  tenet  nomen  seternum         per 

s  called      Misenus      from   him,    and    retains    his  name      forever  through 

secula.  His  aclis    propere    exsequitur    praecepta 

ages.  These  things  being  done    hastily         he  performs     the  commands 

Sibyllas.      Fuit     spelunca    alta,    que    immanis  vasto 

of  the  Sibyl.     There  was   a  cave          deep,     and        dreadful  with  an  extended 

hiatu,  scrupea,   tuta     nigro    lacu  que    tenebris  nemorum; 

mouth,         stony,     protected  by  a  black  lake    and     the  darkness  of  the  groves 

super  quam  baud  ullae    volantes    impune  poterant  tendere 

over         which      not        any  flying  creatures  in  safety      were  able         to  direct 

iter     pennis;  talis  halitus  effundens    atris  faucibus  fereba 

their  way  by  wings;  such    a  blast        issuing  from  its  black    jaws  bore 

sese     ad    supera    convexa;     unde    Graii  dixerunt  locum 

itself       to      the  upper     convex  sky;     whence  the  Greeks    called         the  place 

nomine   Aornon.   Hie   sacerdos  primum   constituit  quatuor 

by  name        Aornon.        Here  the  priestess        first  placed  four 

juvencos  nigrantes      terga,  que  invergit  vina       fronte; 

bullocks  black        in  their  backs,  and   pours  out    wine  on  their  forehead. 

et  carpens  summas   setas  inter  media   cornua,  imponit 

and  plucking    the  longest     hairs        between  the  horns,  places  them 

sacris     ignibus,  prima  libamina,       voce        vocans  Hecaten 

in  the  sacred  fires,          as  first    offerings,    with  her  voice     invoking          Hecate 

potentem  ccelo   que  Erebo.      Alii  supponunt  cultros,  que 

powerful        in  heaven  and      hell.  Others      apply  knives,          and 

pateris  suscipiunt  tepidum  cruorem. 

in  bowls         receive         the  warm       blood. 

^Eneas  ipse      ense         ferit  agnam    atri   velleris 

/Eneas        himself  with  his  sword  strikes    a  lamb  of  black      fleece  offering  it  to 

matri     Eumenidum,  que  magnae       sorori        que  sterilem 

the  mother    of  the  furies,      and  to  her  great    sister  (the  earth)  and         a  barren 

vaccam    tibi,      Proserpina.      Turn    inchoat  nocturnas    aras 

heifer          to  thee,    O    Proserpine.  Then     he  renews    the  nightly        altars 

Stygio    regi;  et  imponit  flammis    solida  viscera  taurorum, 

to  the  Stygian  king;  arid   places  on   the  flames    the  entire  entrails  of  bulls, 

que  fundens   pingue  oleum  super  ardentibus  extis.     Autem 

and   pouring  out      rich  oil  upon        the  burning     entrails.  But 

ecce     sub    lumina    et         ortus         primi      solis,      solum 

lo  beneath  the  light  and      the  beams       of  the  rising  sun,        the  ground 

mugire   sub   pedibus,   et        juga         ccepta     moveri, 

began  to  groan     under    their  feet,     and  the  mountain  tops  began    to  be  moved. 

que  canes  vis?e  ululare    per     umbram  sylvarum,      Dea 

and    Che  dogs  seem'd  to  howl    through     the  shade    of  the  woods,    the  Goddess 

adventante.      Vates      conclamat,  0   profani  procul,  procul 

approaching.      The  prophetess    exclaimed,          ye  profane        far  off,          far  oft 

este,  que  absistite         toto         luco  que    tu  invade 

bu  ye,    and    withdraw    from  thu  whole   grove  and     do  you-  urgu  forward 


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viam    que  enpe    fcrrum       vagina";          ./Eneas      nunc 

your  inarch,    and     watch   the  sword   from  the  sheath;        O  A'.ncns  now 

opus      animis,  nunc   firmo  pectore.      EfFata    tantum, 

there  is  need    for  courage,  now    for  a  firm    breast.     Having  spoken  thus  much, 

furens  immisit       se       aperto  -     antro.  Hie  aequat    ducem 

raging       she  cast       herself  into  the  open       cave.      He     equals       his  guide 

vadentem    baud     timidis     passibus.       Di      quibus      est 

advancing  not       with  fearful  steps.  Ye  Gods     to  whom        it 

imperium  animarum,  silentes  umbrae,  et  Chaos  et  Phlegcthon, 

tie  empire       of  souls,  yc  silent    shades,      and  Chaos  and      fhlegethou, 

loca      late    silentia  nocte,  sit     fas     mihi  loqui'        audita; 

places  far  around  silent    by  night,  let  it  be  lawful  for  me  to  speak  things  heard; 

sit  vestro  numine   pandere    res    mersas      alta 

may  it  be  allovcd  by  your   authority    to  lay  open    things    plunged     in  the  deep 

terra  et  caligine.  Ibant  obscuri   per   umbram     sub      sola 

earth   and   darkness.    They  went  dark        through  the  shade  beneath  the  lonely 

nocte,  que   per  vacuas  domos  Ditis   et  inaniaregna;quale 

night,      and  through  the  vacant  dwellings  of  Pluto  and  empty  kingdoms;    Midi 

Her  est  in   sylvis   per   incertam  lunam  sub   malignd  luce 

a  way  is    in  tho  woods    by     the  uncertain     moon    under   a  malignant    light 

ubi  Jupiter  condidit  ccelum  umbrS.  et   atra  nox         abstulit 

when  Jupiter       has  hid     tin;  sky    in  shade    and    black  night  has  taken  away 

colorem      rebus.      Ante  ipsura  vestibulum  que   in   primis 

colour        from  all  things.  Before      the  porch  und       in      the  first 

faucibus  Orci,  Luctus   et  ultrices  Curse  posuere       cubilia; 

Jaws  of  Hell,    Grief          and  revengeful  cares  have  placed    their  couches; 

que  pallentes  Morbi  habitant,  que  tristis  Senectus  et  Metus. 

and       pale  diseases       dwell,         and       sad    •   old  age       and         fear, 

et  malesuada  Fames,    et    turpis  Egestas    formas    terribiles 

and    ill  advising       hunger,    and  degrading    poverty       forms  terrible 

visu;.    que  Lethum  que  Labor;  turn  Sopor  consanguineus 

to  be  seen;      and       death       and     labour;    then      sleep  related 

Lethi,    et     mala   "Gaudia    mentis,  que  in     limine  adverse 

to  death  and  the  wicked    joys         of  the  mind,  and  in    the  threshold  opposite 

mortiferum  Bellum,  que  ferrei         thalami         Eumenidum, 

death  bearing.       war,        and   the  iron         bed  chambers  of  the  furies, 

et  demens  Discordia  innexa  vipereum  crinem     cruentis 

and       mad         Discord  binding       her  viperous       hair          with  bloody 

vittis.  In     medio     ingens  ulmus   opaca  pandit         ramos 

fillets.      In      the  midst      a  great  elm         dark         opens       its  branches 

que   annosa  brachia,     quam   sedem     vulgo    ferunt    vana 

and       aged  arms,  which       seat        commonly    they  say         vain 

Somnia  tenere,  que    haerent   sub   omnibus       foliis,      que 

dreams        possess,       and       remain    under  all  the  leaves,       and 

prseterea    multa    monstra    variarum     ferarum;      Centauri 

besides  many         prodigies       of  various         wild  beasts;  Centaurs 

etabu.ant  in    foribus,   que   biformes  Scyllce,     et     Briareus 

•table  in      the  gates,    and     two-formed    Scylla,          and          Briareus 


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centumgeminus,    ac    bellua     Lernaa  stridens  horrendum 

hxvin:;  an  hundred  hands,  and  the  monster  o(  Lvrna.    hissing  dreadfully 

que  Chimaera   armata  flammis;  Gorgones  que    Harpyue  et 

arid      Chimera  armed     with  tires:         Gordons       and       Harpies       and 

forma      umbrae         tricorporis.         Hie     ^Eneas     trepidus 

the  form  of  the  shade     Laving  three  bodies.        Here       ^Erteas  trembling 

subita     formidine  corripit  ferrum  que  offert  strictam  aciem 

with  sudden     fea»  seized  Ais  sword       and    offers     its  drawn   .     point 

venientibus:     et    irruat    et   frustra  diverberet     umbras 

to  them  approaching:    and  rushes  on  and    in  vain        had  beaten        the  shades 

ferro,        ni     docta     comes      admoneat  tenues 

with  his  sword,  unless  his  skilful  companion    admonished  him         that  the  light 

vitas   volitare    sine   corpore     sub      cava  imagine    formse, 

ghosts    fly  about    without    a  body       under  the  empty    image  of  a  form, 

Hinc     via,  quae  fert  ad  undas     Tartarei  Acherontis;   hie 

Hence  is  the  way,  which  leads  to  the  waves  of  Tartarean        Acheron;       here 

gurges  turbidus   cceno  que  vasti  voragine  aestuat,          atque 

a  gulf  turbid      with  mud  and    a  great    whirlpool       noils,  and 

eructat  omnem  arenam  Cocyto.     Portitor  Charon  horrendus 

throws  out      all          the  sand    into  Cocytus.  The  ferryman  Charon  horrid 

terribili  squalore   servat  has  aquas  et  fiumina,  cui  plurima 

with  terrible     filth  guards    these  waters  and  the  rivers,  whose  abundant 

canities  jacet  inculta   mento;  lumma  flammas  slant;  sordidus 

gray  hair      lies     neglected  on  his  chin;  his  eyes      of  flame  stand  out;      a  filthy 

amictus   nodo   dependet  ex  humeris.     Ipse  subigit     ratem 

dress     •     in  a  knot       hangs       from  his  shoulders.     He       guides        the  boat 

conto,    que   ministrat      velis,      et  subvectat        corpora 

with  a  pole,    and       supplies  it       with  sails,    and  carries  over  the  bodies 

ferrugined  cymba,  jam  senior;  sed  cruda  que  viridis  senectus 

in  an  iron  coloured  boat,     now       old;       but     fresh    and     green  old  age 

Deo.     Hue  omnis    turba     effusa     ruebat  ad  ripas; 

belong  to  the  God.     Hither     all        the  crowd  pouring  forth  rushed     to  the  banks; 

matres  atque  viri,  que  corpora  magnanimum  heroum  defuncta 

mothers       and    men,    and     bodies        of  high-minded       heroes          deprived 

vita",    pueri   que   innuptae  puellae,  que  juvenes      impositi 

of  life,      boys        and     unmarried       maids,       and       youths  placed 

rogis       ante     ora    parentum;   quam  multa  folia    lapsa 

on  funeral  piles  before  the  faces  of  their  parents;      as       many  '  leaves  withered 

cadunt  in  sylvis     primo  frigore  autumni,  aut  quam  multie 

fall  in  the  woods  in  the  first      cold        of  autumn,     or       as  many 

aves   glomerantur     ab     alto    gurgite,   ubi   frigidus   annus 

birds  gather  from  the  deep       sea,         when    the  cold  year 

fugat        trans  pontum,  et  immittit      apricis  terris.   Stabant 

drives  them   across    the  sea,      and        sends  them  to  sunny    lands.     They  stood 

orantes  transmittere  cursum  primi,  que   tendebant    manus 

entreat injr     to  pass  over      the  course       first,       and      stretched  out  their  ham!s 

amore      ulterioris  ripse;  sed  tristis  navita  nunc         accipit 

with  Hie  love  of  the  farther  hank:    but    the  sad  boatman     now  receives 


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lios,  nunc  illos:  ast      arcet     alios  longe   summotos     aiend. 

llioxe,    now     those:    but  be  drives  away  others  afar  off    removed  from  the  sand. 

JEncas  ait  (enim    miratus  que    motus    tumultu)    0  virgo, 

A'"c»s      says    (for     he  wondered  «t  and  was  moved  by  the  tumult)  O       maid, 

die  quid  vult  concursus  ad  amnem?  ve  quid  animae 

«ay    what  means    this  crowd      at    the  river?      or    what  do  these  souls 

petunt?    ve   quo   discrimine     hae       linquunt     ripas,     illae 

«cek?  or  by  what      difference       do  these        leave         the  banks,    tho.«« 

remis  verrunt  livida   vada?     Longaeva   sacerdos    breviter 

with  oara    succp       the  blue      flood?         The  aged         priestess  shortly 

fata  est  olli   sic:     Generate      Anchisa"     certissima      proles 

addressed    him    thus:       O  descended    from  Anchises  the  most  sure        oll'spring 

DeQm,    vides    alta  stagna  Cocyti,  que  Stygiam  paludem, 

of  the  Gods,  you  sec  the  deep  pools     ofCocytus.    and  the  Stygian  marsh, 

cujus  numen     Di    timent  jurare    et  fallere.     Omnis  haec 

whose    divinity  the  Goda      'fear      to  swear  by  and  to  deceive.        All  this 

turba  quam  cernis   est  inops  que  inhumata,  ille     portitor 

crowd      which     you  see       is    destitute    and      unburied,        the         ferryman 

Charon;    hi    quos  unda  vehit,  sunt  sepulti.     Nee     datur 

Charon,        those  whom  the  wave  bears,     are        buried.  Nor  is  it  allowed 

transportare         horrendas  ripas,  nee  rauca    fluenta, 

to  transport  them  over  the  dreadful     banks,     nor    hoarse        flowing        streams, 

priusquam    ossa     quierunt     sedibus.        Errant        centum 

before  their  bones  have  rested  in  their  seats.      They  wander  an  hundred 

annos,  que  volitant  circum  hasc  litora:  turn  deinum  admissi 

years,        and         fly  around      these    shores:     then    at  length       admitted 

revisunt  stagna  exoptata.        Satus      Anchisa  constitit,     et 

they  revisit  the  pools    beloved.         He  descended  from  Anchises    stopped,       and 

pressit    vestigia,    putans     multa     que     aniino    miseratus 

restrained  his. footsteps,  thinking    many  things    end    in  his  mind  pitying 

iniquam  sortem.     Ibi    cernit     mcestos,       et          carentes 

their  unequal      lot.  There  lie  sees  thosp  mournful,    and  deprived 

honore    mortis,  Leucaspim,  et  Orontem  ductorem   Lyciae 

of  the  honour  of  ilcaili,      Leucaspis,        and    Orontes        the  leader  of  the  Lycian 

classis;  quos      simul     vectos   a   Troja  per  ventosa  aequora, 

fleet;          whom  at  tho  same  time  driven  from  Troy    through  the  windy        seas, 

auster       obruit       aqud       involvens  que  navem       que 

the  south  wind  overwhelmed  in  the  water  overturning    both      ship  and 

viros.     Ecce  gubernator  Palinurus   agebat   sese,  qui  nuper 

men.  Lo  the  pilot  Palinurus      introduced  himself,  who       lately 

in  Libyco   cursu,  dum    servat   sidera   exciderat       puppi, 

in    the  Libyan    course,     while    he  observes  the  stars    had  fallen    from  the  ship, 

pffusus  in  mediis    undis.     Uhi  vix  cognovit  hunc  moestum 

plunged     in  the  midst  of  the  wnves.  When  scarcely  he  knew    him          mournful 

in     multa      umbra,  prior  alloquitur       sic:  Palinure 

in    the  extended      shade.        first    he  addresses  him  thus-  O  Faliuui  us 


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quis    Deorum     eripuit     te  nobis,   que   mersit        sub 

what  one  of  the  Gods      has  snatched  thee  from  us,      and      plunged  you  beneath 

medio  sequore?  age    die. 

the  midst  of  the  sea?   come     say. 

Namque  Apollo  baud  ante   repertus  mihi  fallax,   hoc    uno 

For  Apollo      not    heretofore    found       by  nie  deceitful,  by  this     only 

response    delusit    aniraum;  qui    canebat        te        fore 

answer  deluded      my  mind;         who      prophesied     that  you      should  be 

incolumem    ponto,    que  venturum     Ausonios  fines: 

unhurt  on  the  sea,    and      should  come        to  the  Ausonian   boundaries: 

en  est  hsec    fides     promissa?         Autem    ille  Dux 

lo       is      this       the  faith    promised  to  me?  But  lie   said     O  Leader 

Anchisiade   neque  cortina   Phcebi    fefellit    te,  nee     Deus. 

son  of  Anchises  neither   the  oracle  of  Apollo  has  deceived  thee,  nor   has  a  G^d 

mersit  me     aequore;     namque   pnecipitans   traxi     mecum 

plunged      me       in  the  sea;        for  falling  headlong    I  drew       with  me 

gubernaclum    forte    revulsum  multa     vi       cui         datus 

the  helm  by  chance       torn  by  much  violence  to  which  being  given 

custos  haerebam  que  regebam    cursus.     Juro         aspera 

as  keeper  I  clung          and       ruled  my         course.       I  swear        by  the  stormy 

maria  me    non   cepisse  ullum  tantum  timorem  pro       me, 

seas       that  I   did  not  conceive      any       so  great        fear  for        myself, 

quam   ne   tua  navis,  spoliata      armis,      excussa    magistro 

as  lest   your       ship,     deprived    of  her  tackle,  dispossessed  of  her  master 

deficerit,     tantis     undis     surgentibus,     Violentus      Notus 

should  sink,  while  so  great  waves  were  rising.  The  violent     south  wind 

aqua    vexit    me   tres    hibernas   noctes     per    irnmensa 

on  the  water  bore       me      three      wintery  nights    through  the  extended 

sequora:      vix         quarto         lumine    prospexi         Italiam, 

sens:  scarcely      on  the  fourth  day  I  beheld  Italy, 

sublimis  ab   summd  unda.  Paulatim  adnabam      terrrse,    et 

nigh  from     the  lofty  wave.        By  degrees     I  swam       to  the  land,    and 

jam  tenebam     tuta    ni   crudelis  gens      ferro       invassiset 

now    I  held       a  safe  place  had  not    a  cruel    people  with  the  sword   attacked  m« 

gravatum   cum    madida  veste,   que  prensantem      uncis 

oppress'd       with  my    wet  dress,      and       grasping  with  crooked 

manibus          aspefa  capita         montis,  que         ignara 

hands  the  rough       tops         of  the  mountain          and   they  ignorant 

putasset  me  praedam.  Nunc  fluctus   habet  me,  que     venti 

thought       me      plunder.  Now    the  wave      has  me,    and  the  winds 

versant  in  litore.  Quod      oro      te   per  jucundum  lumen 

toss  me       on  the  shore.    But         I  pray      thee    by      the  pleasant  light 

ccnli       et   auras,    per  genitore'm  per  spem  surgentis  lull, 

of  heaven  and  the  air,      by       my  father         by    the  hope  of  the  rising   lulus, 

eripe  me      his        malis,  invicte;  aut  tu 

snatch    me   from  these    misfortunes,    O    unconquered  man;      or  do  you 

injice  terrain  mihi    namque  potes,  que    require   Velinoa 

cast          earth       on  me          for  you  can,    and       seek  the          Veline 


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portus  aut,   si     est    qua  via  si     Diva      creatnx  ostendit 

harbour*  or,       if  there  ii    any     way    if  your  divine    mother       has  shewn 

quam   tibi,  enim  neque     credo        paras       innare      tanta 

any  to  you,    for     neither   do  I  believe  you  prepare  to  swim  over  §o  great 

flumina  que  Stygian   paludem     sine      numine      DivGm, 

rivers  and   theStygiaa    marsh  without        the  will         of  the  Gods. 

tu      da      dextram     misero      et  tolle  me  tecum     per 

in  yon      give  your  right  hand  to  me  wretched  and  bear    me    with  you  through 

undas,    ut    saltern     quiescam  placidis   sedibus   in  morte. 

the  waves,  that    also  I  may  rest       iii  peaceful     seats  in        death. 

Fatus        erat       talia,  cum  vates  coepit 

He  had         spoken  these  words,      when         the  prophetess  began 

talia.  O  Palinure,  unde   tibi   hsec   tarn    dira 

to  speak    these  in  reply.    O  Palinurus,    •    whence  to  you  is  this      so         dread 

cupido?    tu      inhumatus    aspicies     Stygias     aquas    que 

desire?       will  you       unburied  behold  the  Stygian      waters        and 

severum  amnem  Eumenidum?  ve  injussus  adibis 

the  cruel       river          of  the  Furies?  or  without  orders    will  you  approach 

ripam.    Desine   sperare   fata    Deum      flecti        precando: 

the  bank.      Cease        to  hope    the  fates  of  the  Gods  are  influenced    by  praying: 

sed  memor  cape        dicta      solatia       duri  casus. 

but       mindful    take    these  words  the  consolation  of  your  hard         misfortune. 

Nam          finitimi          acti  coelestibus  prodigiis  longe  que 

For    the  neighbouring  people  driven  by  heavenly       prodigies         far  and 

late"     piabunt     ossa     per      urbes,   et  statuent  tumulum 

wide    shall  expiate  your  bones  through  the  cities,  and    shall  build  a  tomb 

et     mittent      solemnia          tumulo;  que  locus        habebit 

and  shall  present    anniversary  ritci    on  the  tomb;  and  the  place    shall  possess 

sternum         nomen      Palinuri.       His          dictis      curse 

the  eternal  name       of  Palinurus.       With  these    words       his  cares 

emotte,       ue  dolor    arumer        ulsus      tristi       corde: 


e,     que  dolor  parumper 

ved,    and      grief       by  degrees 


were  removed,    and      grief       by  degrees    was  banished  from  his  sad       heart 

gaudet          terrd  cognomine.          Ergo       peragunt 

he  rejoices       in  the  land        with,  his  own  name.       Therefore      they  complete 

inceptum   iter,      que  propinquant  fluvio:  quos  ut      navita 

their  begun    journey,       and       approach       the  river:    whom  as  the  boatman 

jam  inde   ab    StygiS.  unda  prospe*xit    ire      per    taciturn  ' 

now    even    from  the  Stygian  wave       had  seen  to  advance  through   the  silent 

nemus,   que   advertere          pedem.      ripae,         sic      prior 

grove,  and         to  turn  their  foot  to  the  bank,      thus  first 

aggreditur  dictis,     atque          ultro        increpat; 

he  addresses     then  in  these    words,  and  voluntarily       chides  them. 

Quisquis       es,       qui  tenclis-  ad  nostra    flumina   armatus, 

Whoever        you  are,       who  advance    to       our  streams  armed. 

age  fare,  quid  venias;   et  jam     istinc    compnme  gressum. 

come  say,    why  do  you  come;  and  now    from  hence      restrain  your  step. 

Hie  est  locus  umbrarum,  Somni,  que    sopors      Noctis: 

Tbis     is  toe  place    of  shades,         of  sleep,    and     of  drowsy  night* 


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iefas    vectare  viva  corpora    Stygid    carind.     Nee  vero 

it  is  a  crime    to  bear       living     bodies     in  the  Stygian  boat.  Nor    indeed 

sum    laetatus    me      lacu    accepisse  Alciden          euntem, 

am  I       rejoiced      that  I  on  the  lake    received       Hercules  hither          coming, 

nec   Thesea,    que  Pirithoum,    quanquam    essent         geniti 

nor       Theseus,        and       Pirithous,  although      they  were  descended  from 

Dis,  atque   invicti  viribus.     Hie     manu    petivit  Tartareum 

Gods,    and      invincible  in  strength.     He  with  his  hand  sought    the  Tartarean 

custodem  in  vincla,  que    traxit  trementem       solio 

keeper  and  bound  him  in   chains,      and  dragged  him  trembling      from  the  throne 

Regis     ipsius;        hi      adorti     deducere  dominam 

of  the  king     himself;        these  attempted       to  carry  off  the  mistress 

thalamo          Ditis.     Contra  quae  Amphrysia 

f:om  the  marriage  chamber  of  Pluto.    In  reply  to  which  wordt       the  Auipbyrsian 

vates  breviter  fata  est.     Nullae     tales  insidiae      hie;  absiste 

prophetess  briefly        spoke.  No          such      snares    are  here;          cease 

moveri,      nec         tela      ferunt    vim:       licet        ingens 

to  be  moved,   nor  do  these  weapons  bear      violence:  it  is  allowed  that  the  great 

janitor  aetenum  latrans    antro        terreat  exsangues 

porter  forever       barking    in  the  cave  may  frighten  off  bloodless 

umbras;  ut      casta  Proserpina      servet       limen        patrui. 

shades;         that      chaste  Proserpine        may  preserve  the  threshold  of  her  uncle. 

Troius    ^Eneas,    insignis  pietate  et   armis,  descendit      ad 

Trojan  ^Eneas,  distinguished  for  piety   and     arms,       descends  to 

genitorem,          ad  imas    umbras  Erebi.     Si  nulla     imago 

bis  father,  to  the  deepest  shades     of  hell.          If      no  image 

tantae       pietatis  movet  te,  at      agnoscas   hunc  ramum 

of  such  distinguished  piety   moves      you,  yet   may  you  know      this         branch 

(aperit     ramum   qui  latebat     sub      veste.)     Turn     corda 

(she  displays  the  branch  which  lay  hid       beneath  her  dress.)       Then     bis  heart 

residunt  ex     tumida"   ira;  nec  plura  his. 

ceased .         from       swelling  anger;    nor  were  spoken   more  words  than  these. 

Ille,  admirans  venerabile  donum    fatalis     virgse,  visum 

He,         admiring       the  venerable       gift         of  the  fatal       rod,  seen 

post  longo  tempore,    advertit  coeruleam   puppim,         que 

after      a  long  time,  turns  his  azure  boat,  and 

propinquat    ripae.    Inde  deturbat  alias  animas,  xjuse  sedebant 

draws  near      to  the  bank.  Then  he  drives  off  other      souls,       which  sat 

per     longa    juga,  que  laxat     fords.         Simul  accipit 

along  the  extended  seats,  and    opens  the  hatches.  At  the  same  time  he  receives 

ingentem   ^Eiiean     alveo.      Sutilis   cymba  gemuit      sub 

the  great  ^Sneas       in  the  boat.    The  patched    boat        groaned       under 

pondere,  et     rimosa  accepit   multam  paludem. 

the  weight,  and  full  of  cracks  receives         much  water  from  the  lake. 

Tandem  exponit  que     vatem    que  virum  incolumes  trans 

At  length       he  lands   both  the  prophetess  and     the  hero      unharmed      across 

fluvium  in     informi  limo,    que    glaucS.    ulvd.         Ingens 

thu  river     upon  the  shapeless  slime.      and       green          sedge.  Huge 


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Ceroerus    personal    hzc   regna         trifauci  iatratu, 

Cerberus       souii'ls  through  these     realms  with  his  triple  jawed  barking, 

recubans  immanis  in    adverse   antro:    cui  vates 

reclining        immense      in   the  opposite     cave:    to  whom  the  prophetess 

videns     colla     jam          horrere     colubris,     objicit      p/Farn 

beholding    his  uncle     now  begin    to  bristle      with  snakes,      throws  a  ciiko 

soporatara    melle  et  medicatis  frugibus.  Ille,  pandens  tria 

rendered  sic.  py  by  honey  and  medicated       fruits.         He,       opening  bis  triple 

guttura,    rabida"     fame,  corripit    objectam,  atque        fusus 

throat,  with  mad    hunger      snatches  it       thrown,         and  extended 

humi,       resolvit     immania     terga,    que         extenditur 

on  the  ground,     relaxes         his  enormous       back,         and  is  spread 

ingens      toto  antro.         ./Eneas  occupat  aditum,    custode 

huge  through  the  whole  cave.  ./Eneas         seizes      the  entrance,   the  guard 

sepulto,  que  celer  evadit     ripam  irremeabilis 

being  buried  in  sleep,  and    swift    escapes    from  the  bank  of  the  never-returning- 

unchc.     Continue  voces   audits,    el   ingens   vagitus,    que 

wave.          Immediately    voices      are  heard,    and     a  great       wailing,          and 

animae   infantum  flentes  in  primo  limine;    quos     exsortes 

the  souls      of  infants      weeping    in     ihelirsl   entrance;     whom          deprived 

dulcis  vitse,  et   raptos  ab     ubere,    atra  dies  abstulit,        et 

of  sweet    life,     and  snatched  from  the  breast,     black  time  bore  away,        and 

mersit  acerbo  funere:  juxta   hos     damnati     mortis    falso 

plunged     in  bitter     death:        near    to  these  those  condemned  to  death  for  a  false 

crimine.     Nee  verb    has    sedes  datae   sine   sorte,          sine 

crime.  Nor    indeed  are  these  scats    given  without      lot,  without 

judice.     Quoesitor  Minos  movet  urnam:  ille    que       vocat 

a  judge.       The  Inquisitor    Minos     moves      the  urn:      he     likewise  convokes 

concilium   silentum,   que  discit  vitas     et  crimina.  Deinde 

a  council         of  silent  shades,  and    learns  their  lives  and  their  crimes.         Then 

mcesti,       qui   insontes  peperere      lethum 

those  mournful  shades,  who      guiltless  of  other  crimes     procured  death 

sibi  manu,  que  perosi  lucem      projecere    animas, 

to  themselves  by  their  hand,  and    hating    the  light         threw  away     their  lives, 

tenent  proxima  loca. 

hold         the  nearest  places. 

Quam  vellent  nunc   perferre    et    pauperiem   et   duros 

How       would  they    now         endure       both        poverty  and        hard 

labores  in     alto     aethere!      Fata  obstant,  que    inamabilis 

labours       in    the  upper     region!       The  fates  oppose,         and  the  dismal 

palus    alligat      tristi     unda1,  et   Styx     novies        interfusa 

marsh    binds  them  with  its  sad  wave,  and  the  Styx  nine  times  flowing  between 

coercet.        Nee  procul  hinc  monstrantur    fusi    in  omnem 

constrains  them.  Not       far        from  this    are  shewn        scattered  over         cvrry 

partem   lugentes    campi,     sic  dicunt    illos  nomine.     Hie 

part          the  mournful       plains,       thus    they  call     them     by  name.         Here 

secret!  calles  celant,  et  myrtea  sylva  circum  tegit          quos 

secret         patha     conceal,  and  a  myrtle    grove     around       covers  those  wlioir 


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durus  amor  peredit  crudeli    tabe:  curae  non  relmquunt    in 

cruel        love     corrodes  by  cruel  consumption:  cares  do  not    leave  them.  in 

mode  ipsS.     Cernit  Phaedram  que  Procrin    his   locis,  que 

death       itself.        He  sees       Phtedra        and       Procris     in  these  places,     and 

mcostam  Eriphylen  monslrantem    vulnera    crudelis    nati, 

r-.ournful  Eriphyle  pointing  out  the  wounds  of  her  cruel          son 

que  Evadnen,  et  Pasiphaen:  Laodamia  it      comes        his; 

and        Evadne,       and    Pusiptuea:       Laodamia    goes   a  companion    to  these* 

Caeneus,  quondam  juvenis,  nunc  femina,  et  rursus  revoluta 

Cctneus,  formerly         a  boy,         now    a  woman,  and  again  changed  back 

fato     in   veterem  figuram.      Inter   quas   Phoenissa    Dido, 

by  fate  into  his  ancient     figure.  Among    whom      Phoenician  Dido, 

recens    a  vulnere,     errabat  in  magn£  sylvd;  juxta  quam 

fresh        from  her  wound,     wandered    in     a  great       grove;      near  to    whom 

ut  primum  Troius  heros  stetit,  que  agnovit     per     obscuram 

as       first       the  Trojan  hero      stood,'    and    knew  her    through          the  dark 

umbram  (qualem    qui  aut  videt  ;aut    putat    vidisse  lunam 

shade  (such  as  one  who  either  sees       or         thinks  he  has  seen  the  moon 

surgere   per     nubila    primo      mense,)   demisit   lacrymas, 

to  arise    through   the  clouds  in  the  first  of  the  month.)  he  shed  tears 

que  affatus  est    dulci     amore:    Infelix   Dido!     ergo    verus 

and    addressed  her  with  sweet    love:         Wretched   Dido!      therefore      a  true 

nuncius  venerat    mihi          extinctam,  que         ferro 

message        had  come     -tome     that  you  had  been  killed,  and  by  the  sword 

secutam         extrema?.     Heu!      fui       causa     funeris  tibi! 

you  had  attained  the  end  of  life!    Alas!    I  have  been  the  cause    of  death  to  you1 

juro      per  sidera,     per  Superos,         et    si    est    qua  fides 

I  swear       by   the  stars,      by  the  Gods  above,         and    if  there  is    'any      faith 

sub     im£      tellure,          invitus     cessi      de    tuo  litore, 

beneath  the  lowest       earth,  that,       unwilling  I  withdrew  from  your       shore, 

regina.     Sed    jussa  Deum     quaa  nunc  cogunt         ire 

O  queen.       But  the  commands      of  the'  Gods  which    now     compel  me       to  go 

per   has  umbras,    per    loca    senta  situ,  que     profundum 

through  these    shades,    through    places   overrun  by  filth,  and  through          deep 

noctem,   egere    me   suis  imperils;  nee   quivi  credere    me 

night,  have  forced  me  by  their  commands;      nor      could       I  believe  that  I 

ferre  hunc  tantum  dolorem  tibi    discessu.        Siste  gradum 

brought  this       so  great         grief       to  you  by  my  departure.  Restrain  your  step 

que     ne     subtrahe     te       nostro   aspectu.     Quern   fugis? 

and      do  not      withdraw    yourself   from  my       sight.  Whom  do  you  fly? 

hoc  est  extremum  quod  alloquor  te  fato.      JEneas 

this      is     the  last  time"   which      I  address     you  permitted  by  fate.         ^£neas 

lenibat  animum  ardentem      et      tuentem     torva,    talibus 

Eoothed        her  mind  burning  with  rage  and         looking         sternly,  with  these 

dictis,  que    ciebat         lacrymas.      Ilia,    aversa,     tenebat 

words,       and  he  excited  Ais  own    tears.  She,    turning  away,  held 

oculos  fixos      solo;         nee  magis  movetur       vultum 

her  eyes  fastened  on  the  ground;    nor    more      is  she  moved    in  her  countenance 


172  471 

incepto    sermone,    quim  si         etet  dura  silex  aut 

by  hii  begun    discourse,         than       if     he  should  stand      a  Arm      flint         <n 

Marpesia  cautes.     Tandem  proripuit    sese       afque  iuimica 

Marpesinn         cliff.  At  length      she  hurries  herself  away    and  hostile 

fugit    in      umbriferum      nemus,      ubi    pristinus    conjux 

flies       into  the  shady  grove,         where      ber  former       husband 

Sichrcus  respondet    illi       curis,      que  aequat        amorem. 

Sicheus  responds         to  her   by  his  cares,    and      equals  ber  love. 

Nec  minus          JEne&s,  percussus          iniquo  casu, 

Nevertheless  /Eneas,  struck  by  her  unjust       misfortune 

prosequitur  longe  lacrymans,  et  miseratur  euntem.     Inae 

pursues  her  afar         weeping,         and     pities  htr       departing.        Then 

molitur      datum      iter;  que  jam   tenebant       ultima     arva, 

be  continues  the  appointed  way;  and    now  they  had  reached  the  remotest  fields, 

quae    secreti,       clari  bello  frequentant.  HicTydeus, 

which  being  retired,  men  distinguished  in  war        resort  to.  Here         Tydeut 

hie    Parthenopaeus    inclytus  armis,   et    imago 

appears  to  him    here         Parthennpxus  renowned  in  arms,    and  the  image 

pallentis  Adrasti  occurrit    illi.       Hie  Dardanidae  multum 

of  pale  Adrastus        meets         him.          Here      the  Trojans  much 

fleti         ad     superos,         que    caduci    bello;  quos  omnes, 

lamented  among    the  living,  and  those  falling    in  war;    whom  all. 

ille  cernens    longo  ordine,   ingemuit;    que  Glaucum    que 

be        beholding      in  long      array,          groans:  and       Glauctis          and 

Medonta,    que    Thersilochum,      tres        Antenoridas    que 

MI 'inn,  and         Thersilochus,  the  three       sons  of  Anterior       and 

Polyboeten,   sacrum  Cereri,   que  Idaeum,    etiam   tenentem 

Polybetes,  sacred       to  Ceres,     and        Idaeus,  also  holding 

currus,        etiam  arma.      Animae  circumstant       frequentes 

his  chariot,       also       bis  arms.      Souls  stand  around       in  great  numbers 

dextra      que    lasvS.     Nec  est    satis         vidisse          semel: 

on  the  right  and  on  the  left.     Nor     is  it   enough  to  have  seen  him  once: 

juvat  usque        morari      et     conferre    gradum,  et 

it  delights  them  for  a  long  time     to  delay  him  and  to  accompany     his  stop,    and 

poscere     causas     veniendi.      At  proceres    Danaum,   que 

to  demand    the  causes    of  his  coming.      But     the  leaders    of  the  Greeks,    and 

Agamemnoniae  phalanges,  ut   videre  virum,  que     fulgentia 

Agamemnon's  battalions,      as  they  beheld  the  hero,  and      his  glittering 

arma    per     umbras,  trepidare  ingenti    metu;    pars 

arms     through    the  shades,  they  began  to  tremble     with  great         fear        a  part 

vertere    terga,  ceu  quondam    petiere     rates;    pars  tollere 

to  turn        their  backs,  aa      formerly       they  sought   the  ships;    a  part   to  raise 

exiguam  vocem,  inceptus  clamor  frustratur  hiantes. 

thpir  slender  voice,      the  incipient      cry  deceives      them  gasping. 

Atque  hie   vidit  Deiphobum  Priamiden  laniatum        toto 

And         here  he  beheld    Dciphobu?,     the  son  of  Priam,    torn  in  Ins  whole 

corpore,  et   crudeliter  laceratum        ora;      ora  que  ambfts 

body  an<»        cruelly  mangled        in  his  face;  his  face  .-ind  butb 


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manus,      que  tempora  populata  auribus  raptis,   ot      narcs 

ins  (mills,        and    his  temples      lacerated         las  cars    lorn  off,  a:nl  his  nostrils 

truncas        inhonesto    vulnere.    Adeo    vix          agnovit 

mutilated          by  a  disgraceful    wound.  Thus     scarcely     did  he  know  him 

pavitantem  et  tegentem         dira         supplicia,    et         ultro 

trembling          and  concealing       his  dreadful  tortures;       and      forthwith 

compellat  notis        vocibus:  Deiphobe       armipotens, 

he  addresses  Aim  with  his  well-known  words.      O  Deiphobus     powerful  in  arms. 

genus  ab     alto  sanguine  Teucri,  quis  optavit  sumere 

whose  descent  is  from  the  ennobled  blood    of  Teucer.  who    has  desired    to  take 

tain  crudeles    pcenas,     cui  licuit  tanlum 

such      cruel        punishments,  to  whom  has  it  been  allowed  to  exercise     so  grca 

de     te?    Fama    tulit    mihi,    te,     suprema  nocte, 

tiuelty         on    you7       Fame     brought    to  me,  that  you.  on  the  lust         night, 

fessum    vasta         caede       Pelasgum,      procubuisse   super 

weaned    with  great      destruction    of  the  Greeks,  had  fallen  upon 

acervum  confusae  stragis.     Tune  egomet  constitui  inanem 

a  heap  of  confused  slaughter,     Then        I  myself  built          an  empty 

tumulum  in  Rhoeteo  litore,   et  ter      vocavi  Manes 

tomb  on  the  Rhretian  shore,     and  thrice  I  called  upon         your  remains 

magnS.      voce.         Nomen  et  arma  servant  locum.  Nequivi 

with  u  great  voice.  Your  name  and  arms     preserve  the  place.     I  could  not 

conspicere  te,  amice,  et,  decedens,  ponere    patria       terra1. 

bphold  you.  O  friend,  and,    departing,        lay  you  in  your  native        earth 

Atque  hie    Priamides:          O  amice,  nihil  relictum        tibi. 

And         here  the  son  of  Pnam  said:   O  friend,      nothing  was  left  undone  byyoti 

solvish      omnia          Deiphobo,    et     umbris   funeris.     Sed 

you  have  paid  every  respect     to  Deiphobus.    and  to  the  shade  of  his  corpse.    But 

mea  fata,  et    exitiale  scelus    Lacaena?  mersere     me 

my  own  fates,  and  the  deadly  crime  of  Lacedemonian  Helen    have  plunged      me 

his         malis:  ilia  reliquit  hasc  monumenta.  Namque 

in  these  misfortunes:  she     has  left   these    monuments  of  herself  For 

novisti   ut  egerimus  supremam  noctem   inter  falsa  gaudia, 

you  know  that  we  passed         the  last  night         amidst      false  joys. 

et   est  necesse  nimium  meminisse  cum  fatalis  equus  venit 

and  it  is    necessary    too  well         remember       when  the  fatal      horse        came 

saltu         super   ardua  Pergama,  et  gravis   attulit  armatum 

with  a  bound,  over      our  high       citadel,      and    teeming    brought        an  armed 

peditem       alvo.  Ilia    simulans          chorum,    ducebat 

foot  soldiery  in  its  womb.         She        feigning  a  dance,  led  out 

Phrygias          evantes  circum   orgia:    ipsa   media     tenebat 

the  Phrygian  women  howling    around  their  orgies:    she    in  the  midst     held  out 

ingentem    flammam,    et   vocabat     Danaos  ex  summa  arce. 

a  great  torch,  and     called        to  the  Greeks  from  the  high  -»ower. 

Turn  infelix          thalamus  habuit  me  confectum  curis   que 

Then  my  unhappy  marriage  chamber    held       me       worn  down    by  cares      ani* 

gravatum  somno,   que   dulcis   et  alta    quies,  que  simillima 

oppressed        by  sleep,     and        sweet     and   deep    slumber    and         most  like 


174  5£J 

placidse  morti,  pressit      jacentem.     Interea  egregiu 

to  peaceful  death,    restrained  me        lying.        In  the  meantime         :ny  excellent 

conjux  emovet  omnia  arma        tectis,         et     subduxerat 

wife  removed       all  arms   ,  from  the  palace      and     had  withdrawn 

fidum      ensem   capiti:       vocat  Mcnelaum  intra   tccta,     cl 

my  faithful    sword  from  my  head:  she  invites    Menclaus    within  the  palace.  <m<l 

pandit   limina,   scilicit   sperans   id    fore    magnum  muni;.* 

opens         the  gates,      truly  hoping       that  would  be    a  great  t'av..ir 

amanti,    et  sic   famam  veterum  malorum  posse  extingui. 

V>  a  lover,   and  thus    the  fame    of  her  former   crimes         might  be     destroyed 

Quid  moror5    irrumpunt          thalamo.  bolides, 

W?»y   do  I  delay*   they  break  into    the  marriage  chamber.         The  son  of  Eolu.s, 

nortator  scelerum,  additur   comes  una.  Di 

he  adviser  of  crimes,        w  added  as  a  companion    together  wu/ithem.      Ye  Gods 

mstaurate  talia  Graiis,        si     reposco  poenas 

repay  these    atrocities   to  the  Greeks,    if       I  demand          punishment 

pio       ore. 

with  a  pious  mouth. 

Sed  age,  fare  vicissim,  qui     casus      attulerint  (e  vjvum. 

But     come,    speak    in  turn,    what   misfortunes    have  brought  you        alive. 

Ne        venis         actus         erroribus  pelagi,         an 

Whether  do  you  come      driven  on    by  the  wanderings       of  the  sea,  or 

monitu          Divum?      an   quse   fortuna  fatigat  te     ut 

by  the  admonition   oftheGods?       or    what       fortune        urges    you   thai  you 

adires       tristes    domos      sine       sole,         turbida  loca. 

should  approach  the  sad     dwellings    without        a  sun.  them  disturbed   places. 

Hac         vice          sermonum       Aurora     roseis       quadrigis 

In  this    interchange        of  conversation        the  sun    in  his  roseate  chario 

jam     trajecerat      medium      axem       aethereo     cursu:     et 

now        had  passed  over    the  middle         heaven    in  his  etherial      course;     anil 

fors  traherent        omne  tempus   datum    per  talia 

perhaps        they  would  have  spent  all        tin-tune        allowed      u,  such  durourse 

sed    Sibylla       comes       admonuit  que  breviter       affata  est 

but        the  Sybil    his  companion    admonished    and      shortly  addressed 

.flSnea,    nox    ruit        nos  ducimus  horas         flendo. 

him  thus.   C)  /l-'nras.   night  rustics  on  and  we      spend         the  hours      in  w«i-|iiiig. 

Hie  est    locus     ubi      via     findit    se     in   ambas    partes: 

Hern      is    the  place    where  the  way  separates  itself  into    two  pa-ts: 

dextcra   qnae  tendit     sub    mrcnia  magni  Ditis;    hac        iter 

tin- right      which    leads    beneath     the  walls  of  great    Pluto;    by  tins  i.-tthe  \vt* 

nobis  Elysium;   at  I.-sva    exercet      pcenas       malorum     et 

for  us    to  Elysium;     but   the  left    exercises    the  punishment  of  thi- wicked    m\4 

mittit        ad   impia   Tartara.  Contra  Deiphobus 

•ends    them    to    wicked      Tartarus.         On  the  other  hand          Dcipliobus  soul 

Magna     sacerdos,       ne       saevi;         discedam,         explebr 

O  zreat          Pnestesa.        do  not      be  angry;          f  will  depart.          I  will  (ill  <i( 

numerum  que         reddar         tenebris.      I      nostiun 

the  number  of ; host*    and      I  shall  be  restored  to  darkness.    Go  ou 


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decus,  i,      utere     melioribus  fatis.  EtTatus  lantum,    et    m 

glory,       go,  be  accustomed  to  better       fates.    He  spoke   thus  much,    apd    on 

verbo         torsit         vestiga.        .dSneas    respicit   subito,     et 

the  word  he  turn'd  back    his  footstep?.          Eneas        looks  back    suddenly,   and 

sub  rupe    sinistra  videt    lata    mcenia   circumdata  triplici 

beneath  a  rock  on  (he  left  beholds  the  ample  ramparts  surrounded        by  a  triple 

muro,    quae   rapidus    amnis     Taitareus    Phlegethon     ambit 

wall.        which    the  swift        river  Tartarean        Phlegethon    I,  surrounds 

torrentibus  flammis,  que     torquet        sonantia   saxaV  Ingens 

with  rapid  flumes,         and     hurls  along    the  resounding    rocks.      A  great 

porta  adversa  que  columns    solido    adamante,     ut    nulla 

gate  \s     opposite      and    columns  of  solid        adamant,        so  that          no 

vis      virum    non   ccelicolae      ipsi       valeant    exscindere 

strength    of  men        iior       the  Gods        themselves   are  able      to  destroy  them 

ferro.      Ferrea  turris   stat          ad  auras;  que  Tisiphone 

with  the  sword.  An  iron  tower    stands  raised  high  in  the  air;  and          Tisiphone 

sedens   succincta     cruenta         palla,      exsomnis       servat 

sitting  girded  with  a  bloody  cloak,  sleepless  preserves 

vesttbulum  que  noctes  que  dies.  Gemitus  exaudiri     hinc, 

the  porch  both     night        and    day.        Groans          are  h^ard    from  hence, 

et   saeva   verbera   sonare;  turn    stridor     ferri,    que   tract* 

and    cruel      blows  resound;    then      the  rattling  of  steel,    and          drawn 

catenae.    ^Eneas  constitit,  que  exterritus  hausit    strepitura. 

cliams.  /Eneas        stojit,  and        frightened    listened  to          the  noise. 

O   virgo,    effare;     quae  facies  scelerum  ve    quibus 

O      maid.        speak;          what      forms        of  crimes    are  these     or    with  what 

pomis  urgentur?        quis      tantus      plangor  ad 

punishment    are  they  chastised?     what  is    this  great        wailing  which  rises    to 

auras?      Turn         vates       orsa    loqui    sic:    Inclyte      dux 

the  skies?      Then     the  prophetess     began  to  speak     thus:      Renowned     leader 

Teucrum,          fas         nulli     casto         insistere    sceleratum 

«f  the  Trojans,     it  is  right        for  no    chaste  person    to  tread  the  accursed 

limen;    sed    Hecate     ipsa     cum   praefecit     me        Avernis 

threshold;   but        Hecate        herself     when      she  placed  me  over  the  Averma«i 

lucis,   docuit          poenas         Deflm,         que      duxit      per 

groves,     taught  me    the  punishment     of  the  Gods,        and  led  me  through 

omnia.       Gnosius     Rhadamanthus   habet   haec    durissima 

every  division.  Gnnssian        Rhndamanthus          possesses    these  most  cru<>l 

regna  que  audit  que  castigat  dolos;  que  subigit  fateri 

kingdoms  and     hears      ami    chastises    frauds;    and  compels  them     to  confess 

qua;   piacula  commissa    quis     apud         superos         distuli* 

what      crimfis        committed    each  one    among    the  regions  above     had  putofl 

in  seram  mortem,  laetatus        inani       furto. 

vr.repf  >.//!</ to    late  death,        exulting        in  the  vain      deceit. 

Continue  Tisiphone  ultrix  accincta   flagello,     quatit 

Immediately    Tisjphone       avenging    girded        with  a  whip,     shakes  »f  over 

sontes   insultans,          que     intentans      torvos         angues 

the  guilty        insulting  them,      and        stretching  out      her  direful  snakes 


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sinistrS.      vocat   sseva  agmina   sororum.         Tumdemum 

in  IH.T  IcO  h.ind  she  i-.iiu  the  cruci  band?       ofhcr  mslcr  Furies.  Then     .'it  length 

sacrae  portjB  stridentes         horrisono      cardine,  panduntur 

Hie  j.Kfctl  53 to i       creakme   on  their  horrid  rounding    hinge,    arc  thrown  open. 

Cernis,  quails  custodia  sedeal  vestibule?  quae  facies  servet 

You  see.        what      a  guard         siu        in  the  porch?    what     a  form      guard* 

limma?      Saevior       Hydra,  immanis  quinquaginta         atris 

the  gates?    A  more  dreaded  Hydra.       loathsome         with  fitly  black 

hintibus,  habet  sedem   intus.     Turn  Tartarus    ipse     patet 

inontlis.  holds      her  scat     within.        Then       Tartarus       itself  lies  opi-u 

bis  tantum  in  praeceps,  que  tendit  sub    umbras,      quantus 

twice  as  much    in   its  dcscf.nl,    and    extends  bcnrath  the  shades,      as  much  us 

suspectus  ad   aetherium  Olympum    Cccli.     Hie      antiquum 

its  ascent       is  to  the  celestial        height         of  heaven.    Hero          the  ancient 

genus    Terras,    Titania    pubes,      dejecti  fulmme, 

race       of  the  earth,  the  Titanian  youth,         hurled  down         by  a  thunderbolt, 

volvuntur    in    imo   fundo.     Hie    vidi   et  geminos 

arc  overwhelmed  in  the  lowest  abyss.         Here  I  beheld  also  the  two  sons 

Aloidas,  immania  corpora,  qui  aggressi  rescindere  magnum 

of  Aloeus,     those  huge      bodies,        who   attempted    to  tear  down      the  ample 

coelum    manibus,    que  detrudere  Jovem     superis       regnis. 

fky         with  Ihcir  hands,  and       to  hurl          Jupiter  from  his  exalted  kingdoms. 

Vidi     et     Salmonea     dantem    crudeles     pcenas,       dum 

[;>aw    likewise  Salmoneus        undergoing        cruel          punishments.      while 

imitatur  flammas   Jovis   et   sonitus  Olympi.     Hie  invectus 

he  imitates  the  flames  of  Jupiter  and  the  sounds  of  Olympus.      He          borne  on 

quatuor  equis,  et  quassans  lampada,  ibat  ovans   per  populos 

by  tour        horses,  and    shaking        a  torch,     went  shouting  through  the  people 

Graiflm,    que    per    urbem    mediae    Elidis,  que  poscebat 

of  the  Greeks,    and    through    the  ci'y    of  the  midst  of  Elis.       and       demanded1 

honorem      Divflm       sibi;        demens!  qui          simulaverat 

the  honour     "f  the  Gods  to  himself;     mad  man!    who         had  counterfeited 

jiimbos,    et    fulmen   non   imitabile,     aere     et  cursu 

the  storms,  arid     thunder        not  to  be  imitated,  by  brass    and  the  course 

cornipedum  equorum.     At  omnipotens  pater  contorsit 

if  the  horn -footed     horses.  But  the  omnipotent  father  hurled 

elum  inter  densa  nubila  ^ille     non       faces,    nee    lumina 

us  dart   among  the  thick   clouds     (he    did  not  hurl  firebrands,   nor  lights 

umea       taedis)  que   adegit  prascipitem    immani      turbine. 

•mnking  from  torches)  and    drove  him      headlong       <vith  a  dreadful  whirlwind. 

Et  nec  non     erat    cernere  Tityon,  alumnum  omniparentis 

\nd     also         there  was  to  be  seen    Tityon.   the  foster  son  of  the  all-producing 

•errse,    cui   corpus  porrigitur  per  novem  tota  jugera;    que 

?arth.     whose     body        is  extended     over       nine       whole     acres;          and 

•mmanis  vultur  tundens   immortale  jecur,  que  viscera 

«  huge  vulture     beating       his  immortal    liv>r.        and  his  entrails 

fecunda       poenis          adunco     rostro,  que  rimatur 

>r<nif(il       in  punishments,  with  her  hooki.il    teak       and  <>lio*uarr.he»' 


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cpulis,    que  habitat     sub     alto   pectore;  nee  ulla  requies 

for  her  food,  and    dwells       beneath  hisdeep    breaat;        nor    is  any  resl 

datur     fibris       renatis.     Quid        memorem        Lapithas, 

given  10  nis  fibres  growing  afresh.    Why          should  I  mention         the  Lapithx, 

Ixiona,  que  Pirithoum,  super  quos    atra    silexjam,        jam 

(xion,         and      Perithous,         over      whom   a  black    flint     now,  now 

lapsura,  que  assimilis     cadenti     imminet.      Aurea  fulcra 

about  to  fall,  and       like  to  one  falling   overhangs.        Golden         pillars 

lucent      altis     gflnialibus  toris,    que    epulce  paratae    ante 

thine         to  the  high       genial          couches,    and       feasts      prepared     before 

ora      regifico  luxu;  maxima  Furiarum  accubat  juxta,    et 

their  faces  with  royal  luxury;  the  greatest  of  the  Furies      sits       nearby,    and 

prohibet      contingere    mensas     manibus,     que     exsurgit 

forbids  them  to  touch  the  tables  with  their  hands,    and  she  rises 

attollens  facem  atque  intonat         ore. 

uplifting      her  torch,    and       thunders  with  her  mouth. 

Hie  quibus    fratres  invisi   dum   vita    manebat,  ve 

Here  are  those  by  whom      brothers  .are  hated  while      life         remained,        or 

pareris  pulsatus,  et  fraus      innexa  clienti;         aut  qui 

a  parent  was  beaten,  and  fraud  had  been  contrived  against  a  client;        or     who 

soli  incubuere  divitiis  repertis,  nee  posuere  partem         suis; 

alone  brooded  over   wealth    discovered,   nor      laid  by       apart  for  their  friends, 

quae  est  maxima  turba:  que  qui     csesi     ob   adulterium;  que 

which  is     the  greatest  crowd:     and   who  were  killed  for          adultery;  and 

qui      secuti       impia    arma,    nee  veriti     fallere        dextras 

who    had    followed    impious     arms;    nor  did  they  fear  to  violate  the  faith 

dominorum;    inclusi   expectant      pcenam.    Ne    quaere 

pledged  to  their  masters;    shut  up      they  await  their  punishment.  Do  not        ask 

doceri     quam    pcenam,  aut  quae  forma  ve  fortuna       mersit 

to  be  taught  what     punishment,  or     what     form      or     fortune    overwhelmed 

viros.      Alii   volvunt   ingens  saxum,  pendent      district! 

ihe  men.      Others       roll  a  great         rock,        they  hang  stretched 

radiis  rotarum.      Infelix    Theseus    sedet,    que  sedebit 

on  the  spokes  of  wheels.          Wretched      Theseus          sits,  and  will  sit 

aeternflm;    que   miserrimus   Phlegyas   admonet   omnes,    et 

forever;  .  and    most  miserable       Phlegyas         admonishes        all,         and 

testatur          per    umbras    magna    voce;     Moniti     discite 

bears  witness      through  the  shades  with  a  great    voice;    Admonished          learn 

justitiam,  et  non  temnere  Divos.     Hie       vendidit  patrjam 

justice  and  not       despise       theGods.      This  man      sold          his  country 

auro,  que  imposuit  potentem  dominum;    fixit   atque  refixit  - 

for  gold,  and     imposed         a  powerful        master  over  it;  he  made  and     unmade 

leges  pretio.     Hie   invasit      thalamum  natae,        que 

laws    for  a  price.  This  one  invaded  the  marriage  chamber  of  his  daughter,    and 

vetitos  hymenceos:  omnes   ausi       immane  nefas,  que  potiti 

forbidden    nuptial  rites:        all      had  dared  some  dreadful    crime,     ami  executed 

aus<v         Si    sint        mihi    centum  linguse;  que  centum 

what  they  dared.  If  there  should  be  to  me  an  hundred    tongues;     and  an  hundred 


178 
om,     fcrrea  vox   non  possim    comprendere  ornnes  formas 

mouths,  an  iron  voice,      I  could  not  comprehend  all         the  form* 

scelerum,  percurrere  omnianomina        pcenarum.  Ubj 

of  their  crimes,  run  through      all       the  names  of  their  punishments.         When 

longaeva  sacerdos  Phcebi  dedit     hsec  dicta,    ait,     Sed  jam 

the  aged         pries-less    of  Apollo  had  uttered  these  words,  she  said,     But     now 

age,          carpe    viam>    et    perfice        susceptum    munus; 

c»me  on,         take       the  way,  and    accomplish  the  begun  duty; 

acceleremus:     conspicio    mcenia  educta       caminis 

let  us  hasten:  I  behold          the  walls  of  Pluto    wrought      in  the  forges 

Cyclopum,  atque  portas     adverse     fornice,    ubi    praecepta 

of  the  Cyclops,    and      the  gates  with  the  opposite  arch,          where      our  orderg 

jubent  nos  deponere  base   dona.    Dixerat:  et  pariter    grcssi 

command  us       to  deposit     these  offerings.    She  said:    and    together     walking 

per      opaca  viarum,  corripiunt  medium  spatium,  que 

through  the  dark  passages  of  the  way,  they  seize  the  intermediate  space,        and 

propinquant  foribus.    jEneas  occupat  aditum,   que  spargit 

approach  the  doors.       JKneas       reaches    the  entrance,  and      sprinkles 

corpus  recenti  aqua,  que   figit   ramum  in  adverse  Jimine. 

his  body  with  fresh     water,     and    places  the  branch    in   the  opposite          gale. 

His          demum      exactis,         munere  perfecto 

These  fAin^s  at  length   being  completed,      the  offering  being  accomplished 

Divae  devenere      Isetos   locos  et    amcena         vireta, 

to  the  Goddess  they  approached  the  joyful    places  and  the  pleasant  green  retreats, 

que  beatas    sedes  fortunatorum   nemorum.      Hie      largior 

and    the  blessed  seats         of  the  happy  groves.  Here     a  more  ex. 

aether     vestit   campos,  et  purpureo  lumine;    n6runt 

tensive    atmosphere  clothes     the  plains,  and  with  purple       light;       they  know 

suum    solem,  que   sua  sidera.     Pars  exercent  membra  in 

their  own    sun,       and  their  own  stars.        A  part     exercise       their  limbs    on 

gramineis     palaestris;     contendunt         ludo,     et  luctantur 

the  grassy        wrestling  grounds;   they  strive  in  sport,    and  struggle 

fulva"        arend:  pars  plaudunt  choreas  pedibus,     et  dicunt 

on  the  yellow  sand:      apart       beat  dances    with  their  feet,  and         sing 

carmina.     Nee  non  Threicius   sacerdos,  cum  long& 

•ongs.  Likewise  Orpheus       the  Thracian        priest,  with  his  long 

veste,  obloquitur  septem    discrimina  vocum  numeris:  que 

robe,  recites  seven  varieties         of  words    in  numbers:      and 

pulsat    eadam  jam      digitis,      jam    eburno  pectine. 

strikes  out  the  same  now  with  his  fingers,  now  with  his  ivory     quill. 

Hie  antiquum    genus     Teucri,    pulcherrima  proles 

Here    is  the  ancient    race         of  Teucer,    the  most  beautiful  offspring 

magnanimi   heroes   nati  melioribus   annis;    que   Tlus    que 

high  minded         heroes        born        in  better  years;         and     Ilus        and 

Assaracus,    et   Dardanus      auctor  Trojse.     Miratur  procul 

Afsaracus,         and    Dardanus         the  founder  of  Troy.    He  admit-**    afar  off 

arma,    que  inanes  currus  virorum.    Hastae   stant     defixae 

th"  ann$,    ami      empty,       chariots   of  the  men       Spears      stand       /a«ii-n«d 


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terr&    que    equi    soluti  pascuntur  passim      per  campos. 

hi  the  earth  and  the  horses  let  loose       feed       every  where  through  the  plains. 

Quae  gratia  curruum  que  armorum  fuit     vivis,      quae  cura 

What    fondness  of  chariots     and    of  arms          was    to  them  living,  what    care 

pascere  nitentes  equos    eadem  sequitur   repositos     tellure. 

to  feed       the  shining   horses      the  same  follows  them    buried       in  the  earth. 

Ecce   conspicit  alios,          dextra"          qne  laeva  vescentes 

Lo  he  beliolds        others,        on  the  right  hand    and    the  left  feeding 

per   herbam,    que  canentes   laetum   paeana    choro,     inter 

through  the  grass,      and        singing         a  joyful        hymn        in  a.  band,    amidst 

odoratura   nemus   lauri;    unde     superne    plurimus   amnis 

a  fragrant  grove      of  laurel;    whence  fromabove       the  extensive      river 

Eridani   volvitur    per     sylvam.  Hie    manus  passi 

of  Eridanus    rolls  through    the  wood.    Here  were  bands  who  had  suffered 

vulnera  pugnando  ob    patriam;    que  qui     casti     sacerdotes 

wounds        in  fighting      for  their  country;    and    who  were  chaste  priests 

dum  vita    manebat;  que    qui         pii  vates   et     locuti 

while      life        remained;      and      who  were  pious     poets  and     spoke     things 

digna   Phoebo;   aut  qui  excoluere  vitam  per  inventas  artes, 

worthy    of  Apollo;    or    who     had  adorned       life       by       discovered       arts, 

que    qui    fecere     alios      memores.          sui          merendo; 

and       who    had  made    others  mindful  of  themselves  by    deserving; 

tempora     cinguntur  omnibus  his         nived         vitta.  Quos 

their  temples  are  surrounded    to  all       these   by  a  snow  white    fillet.      Whom 

circumfusos  Sybilla  affata  est   sic,    Museum   ante    omnes; 

gathered  around  the  Sybil    addrest  thus,      Museus  before  all; 

nam   plurima  turba   habet  hunc  medium,  atque      suspicit 

for  a  great       crowd       held       him         in  the  midst,  and  she  bfholds  him 

exstantem     altis  humeris;  Felices  animae  que  tu        optime 

standing  above  with  his  lofty  shoulders;  Ye  happy  souls   and  thou  most  excellent 

vates,     dicite,     quae   regio,    quis    locus   habet   Anchisen? 

poet.  say,  what    region,        what    place       holds  Anchises? 

venimus        ergo       illius,  et   tranavimus    magnos    amnes 

we  have  come    therefore      for  him,  and    swam  over         the  great        streams 

Erebi.  Atque  ita  heros  reddidit  responsum  huic     paucis: 

of  Hell.    And       thus  the  hero  returned    an  answer        to  her  in  a  few  words: 

certa  domus   nulli;  habitamus   opacis    lucis    que 

there  is  a  certain       abode       to  none;   we  inhabit       the  shady    groves       and 

incolimus      toros       riparum  et    prata    recentia      rivis, 

we  rest  upon  the  couches  of  the  banks  and  meadows       fresh       with  streanw, 

sed   si  ita  voluntas     fert          corde,      vos     superate  hoc 

but       if  tbus    your  will    influences    your  heart,    do  you     pass  over         this 

jugum   et         sistam         vos       facili       tramite.   Dixit,    et 

height       and      I  will  place  you      in  an  easy  path.        He  said,    and 

tulit    gressum  ante  que   desuper  ostentat  nitentes  campos; 

advanced  his  step    before  and     from  above    shews        the  shining         plains; 

dehinc  linquunt  summa  cacumina.  At  pater  Anchises 

then          they  leave    the  lofty  summit  of  the  mountain.  But  father       Anchises 


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lustrabat  animas,  penitus  inclusas    virenti   convalle,    que 

•urvey'd         the  souls,       far  off        secluded       in  a  green        valley,  aiidi 

ituras    ad   superum  lumen,   recolens     studio,    que    fortel 

about  to  goto     the  upper       light,  reviewing      with  care,    also  by  chance 

recensebat    omnem    numerum    suorum,  que    caros 

be  was  counting    all  the  number       of  his  descendants,   and  dear 

nepotes  que  fata   que  fortunas     virorum,    que         meres 

offspring      and  the  fates  and    fortunes         of  the  men,       and     their  manonrt 

que   manus. 

and      action*. 

Que  is,    ubi   vidit   jEnean  tendentem  adversum       per 

And      be,  when  he  beheld  ./Eneas        proceeding        towards  Am        through! 

gramina,  alacris     tetendit     utrasque  palmas,  que    lacrym»i 

the  grass,       joyful   be  stretched  forth      both         his  hands,    and          the  tears 

effusae      genis,    et         vox       excidit  ore: 

poured  down    his  checks,  and    this  speech      proceeded  from  his  inoutb: 

Venisti  tandem?  que    tua  pietas,    exspecta        parenti, 

Have  you  come  at  last?      and  has  your  piety,    long  experienced  by  your  part-nt, 

vicit     durum      iter?    Nate,    datur       tueri   tua  ora,       et 

overcome  the  arduous  journey?    O  son,  it  is  allowed  to  behold  your  face,        ami 

audire,  et  reddere      notas  voces?  Sic  equidem  dinumerans 

to  hear,     and     return      well  known  words?  Thus     indeed  counting 

tempora  ducebam    animo,    que   rebar   futurum;    nee  mea 

the  times       I  thought      in  my  mind,  and     supposed  it  would  be;    nor  has     my 

cura    fefellit    me.       Quas  terras,  et    per  quanta 

care     disappointed  me.  Through,  what  lands,  and  through  what  extensive 

aequora    accipio    te    vectum,   quantis   periculis    jactatum, 

seas  do  I  receive  thce       borne,    by  what  great    danger.-)  •    tost, 

nate:  quam    metui,      ne      regna     Libyae    nocerent     tibi 

O  son:      how     have  I  feared,    lest  the  kingdoms  of  Libya   might  injure        you 

quid.          Autem   ille     Genitor    tua,  tua   tristis      imago 

by  some  means.        But  he  said  O  father       your,  your        sad  image- 

occurrens  saepius,    adegit  me  tendere  hrec  limina.  Classes 

meeting  me        often,      has  farced    mo   to  approach  these  mansions.    The  ships 

stant    Tyrrheno  sale.     Genitor,    da       jungere     dextram, 

remain  in  the  Tyrrhene  sea.         O  father,    permit  me    to  join       my  right  hand 

da;      neque  subtrahe    te    nostro  amplexu.        Sic 

teitk  yours,  permit  me;    nor      withdraw  yourself  from  my     embrace.  Thus 

memorans,      simul         rigabat     ora  largo       fletu. 

opeaking,         at  the  same  time  he  watered  his  face          with  abundant  weeping. 

Ibi    ter    conatus    circumdare  brachia      collo;  ter 

There  thrice  ho  attempted     to  throw         his  arms  around  his  neck;  thrice 

imago   frustra   comprensa   effugit    manus,    par       levibus 

his  image    in  vain         grasped  escaped       his  hands,    equal       to  the  light 

ventis,  que  simillima  volucri  somno.         Tnterea       ^Eneas 

winds,       and      most  like       to  a  swift    dream.         In  the  mean  time     ./Eneas 

videt  seclusum  nemus  in  reducta1  valle,  et  virgulta  sonantia 

nehoMs     a  retired       grove       in  a  secluded   valley,  and  shrubbery   resounding 


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ai  sylvis,   que  Lethaeum  amnem,  qui    pnenatat     placidas 

in  the  woods,    and    the  Lethaean      stream,     which  glides  through  the  peaceful 

domos.     Innumerae  gentes  que  populi  volabant  circum  hunc 

dwellings.       Countless       nations    and     people          flew         around  this  ricer 

ac  veluti  in     pratis,     ubi    apes  insidunt     yariis    floribus 

and       as       in    the  meadows,  when     bees          sit          on  the  varied     flowers 

f  serena  asstate,   et  funduntur  circum  Candida  lilia,  Dranis 

"in  the  clear  summer,  and        pour  around       the  white     lilies,  all 

campus  strepit     murmure.     JSneas  horrescit    subito    visu, 

the  plain     buzzes  with  their  murmur.  ./Eneas       shuddered  at  the  sudden  eight, 

que  inscius  requirit   causas;    quaa   sint   porro  ea  flumina, 

and  unconscious    inquires    the  causes;    what  may  be  moreover  these     streams, 

quive  viri  compleverint  ripas     tanto     agmine.    Turn  pater 

or  what   men       have  filled       the  banks  with  so  great  a  crowd.      Then     father 

Anchises,     Animae,   quibus  altera  corpora  debentur    fato, 

Anchises  said,      the  souls,     to  which     other         bodies      are  destined  by  fate, 

potant     secures    latices    et    longa    qblivia    ad      undam 

drink       care-expelling     waters      and      long      forgetfulness    at         the  wave 

Lethsei     fluminis.     Equidem  jampridem  cupio  memorare 

of  the  Lethean    stream.  Indeed  long  si  nee        I  desire  to  relate 

tibi,  atque  ostendere    has        coram,      et  enumerare  hanc 

to  you,     'and         to  show         these  things  before  you,  and    to  count  up         thi« 

prolem        meorum,     quo    roagis    mecum      laetere    ItaliS. 

progeny       of  my  descendants,  that     the  more  '  with  me  you  may  rejoice   Italy 

repertd .    O  pater,  anne   est    putandum    .aliquas    sublimes 

being  found.      O  father,  whether    is  it     to  be  thought     that  any  exalted 

animas.  ire  hinc  ad  ccelum,  que  iterum  reverti  ad        tarda 

souls          go     hence    to     heaven,      and       again     to  return  to  their  sluggish 

corpora?  quae  tarn  dira  cupido  lucis  miseris? 

bodies?       what    so    direful  a  desire   of  life  is  there  to  these  wretched  creatures? 

Anchises  suscipit:  Equidem     dicam,      nee    tenebo    te 

Auchises  replied:  Indeed         I  will  declare,    nor      will  I  hold  thee 

suspensum,   nate;    atque         pandit  singula    ordine. 

in  doubt,  O  son;       and  he  laid  open  every  thing     in  order 

Principio,         spiritus  intus       alit     ccelum    ac  terras,  que 

In  the  first  place,        a  spirit    within    cherishes  the  heaven  and      earth,        and 

liquentes  campos,   que     lucentem    globum     Lunae,    que 

liquid  plains,          and       the  shining  orb          of  the  moon,    and 

Titania  astra;    que    mens      infusa     per        artus,     agitat 

Titanian     stars;        and  intelligence     diffused   through   their  members,  moves 

totam   molem,   et  miscet     se          magno  corpore.     Inde 

the  whole  mass,       and    mingles      itself       with  the  great  body.  Thence 

genus  hominum,  que  pecudum,  que  vitse  volantium        qua 

the  race     of  men,         and      of  flocks,         and  the  lives  of  birds,         whatever 

raonstrae,   pontus    fert          sub     marmoreo  sequore.      Est 

monsters,         the  sea    produces       beneath       its  marble        surface.     There  is 

igneus  vigor   et  ccelestis  origo  ollis    seminibus,      quantam 

a  fiery    strength   and  heavenly     origin  to  these  first  principles,  so  much  so  that 


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noxia        corpora    non    tardant,         que   terreni  artus  que 

destructive       bodies         do  not     clog  them,  and       earthy      limbs      am 

moribunda  membra  hebetant.     Hinc  metuunt,  que  cupiunt, 

dying  members        blunt  them.      Hence      they  fear,     and  desire, 

dolent  que   gaudent;    neque     respiciunt      auras,     clause 

grieve         and       rejoice;  nor  do  they  behold      the  skies,        shut uj 

tenebris     et  caeco  carcere.     Quin  et  cum  vita  reliquit 

in  darkness   and  a  blind     prison.  But       also  when  life          lias  fc ft    them 

supremo lumine;  tamen  non  omne  malum,  nee omnes corporeaa 

with  its  last    light;  yet       not  every      impurity,  nor      all  corporeal 

pestes  funditus  excedunt         miseris;          que  est  penitus 

pollutions     entirely    departs  from  these  unhappy  creatures;  and  it  is       entirely 

necesse    multa  diu          concreta  inolescere 

necessary  that  many  things  for  a  long  time  compounded  icith  the  soul        should 

miris  modis.      Ergo         exercentur  po3nis, 

cling  to  it  in  wonderful  modes.     Therefore  they  are  exercised       by  punishments, 

que    expendunt      supplicia     veterum    malorum.        Alia; 

and  they  pay  the  penalties   of  their  former       sins.  Othera 

panduntur  suspensae  ad   inanes  ventos;     infectum      scelus 

are  hung  up       suspended      to   the  empty    winds;      the  unwrought  wickedness 

eluitur  aliis    sub   vasto    gurgite,  aut    exuritur   igni. 

is  washed  out  from  others  under   avast         abyss,         or         is  burnt  up  by  fire, 

Patimur    quisque      suos    Manes  (exinde  mittimur        per 

We  suffer    each  one  of  us  in  his  own  remains  (then  we  are  sent      through 

amplum  Elysium;  et  pauci  tenemus    laeta     arva,)  donee 

spacious  Elysium;       and  a  few         hold        these  joyful    fields,)          until 

longa          dies     exemit    concretam   labem,  orbe   temporis 

long  extended  time  has  taken  away  the  habitual       stain,  the  circle         of  time 

perfecto,      que  reliquit  aetherium  sensum  purum,  atque 

being  accomplished,  and      has  left        the  etberial        sense         pure,  and 

ignem   simplicis  aurai.       Deus   evocat  omnes    has      ubi 

the  fire    of  the  simple      soul.  God          calls  all  these     when 

volv£re        rotam  per  mille    annos,  ad  Lethaeum  fluvium 

they  had  rolled  the  wheel  for  a  thousand    years,       to    the  Lethean         stream 

magno  agmine,  scilicet  ut  immemores  revisant 

in  a  great     band,  so       that    unmindful  of  the  past         they  might  revisit 

supera     convexa,     et    rursus  incipiant  velle    reverti   in 

the  upper     convex  world,  and       again       shall  begin     to  wish  to  be  restored  to 

corpora.  Anchises  dixerat;    que  trahit  natum  que  Sibyllam 

their  bodies.  Anchises         said;  and        led         his  son     and        the  Sibyl 

un£     in  medios  conventus,  que  sonantem  turbam;  et  capit 

together  into  the  midst  of  the  asrcmbly,  and  the  sounding     crowd;      and    takes 

tumulum,  unde  posset  legere  omnes  adversos  longo  oidine, 

the  Uill,  whence    he  can    observe    all  those      opposite    in  a  long       rank 

et  discere      vultus      venientium.    Nunc,    age,    expediam 

nnd  learn    th?  countenances  of  those  coming.       Now,  come  on,     I  will  unfold 

dictis,  quae  gloria  deinde    sequatur  Dardaniam  prolem,   qui 

by  words  what  glory     hereafter     shall  follow    the  Trojan          »ac«.       what 


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nepotes    maneant  de     Itala  gente,   illustres  animas,  que 

descendants      remain       from  the  Italian  nation,  illustrious       souls,         ami 

ituras    in  nostrum  nomen,  et      docebo     te        tua       fata. 

about  logo  to       our  name,       and  I  will  teach     you     your  own     fates.. 

Ille  juvenis,  vides?    qtii  nititur    pura    hastd  tenet  proxi ma 

That    youth,  do  you  see?    who   leans   on  his  naked   spear  he  holds  the  nearest 

loca    lucis    sorte;     primus,    commixtus     Italo     sanguine, 

places  of  light    by  lot;  first,  mingled        with  Italian  blood, 

surget,     Sylvius,  Albanum  nomen,  tua  postuma      proles; 

shall  arise,      Sylvius,       an  Alban        name,         thy         last  offspring, 

quern  serum  Lavinia  conjux  sylvis     educet  libi      longsevo 

whom        late      Lavinia  your  wife  in  the  woods  shall  bear  to  you  an  aged  man, 

rege.m,  que  parentem  regum;    unde  nostrum  genus 

himself       a  king,     and       a  parent     of  kings;       hence         our  race 

dominabitur  longa  Alba.      Ille    proximus  Procas,    gloria 

shall  rule  over         long         Alba.  He  next  is  Procas,  the  glory 

Trojanae  gentis;  et  Capys,  et  Numitor;    et  Sylvius  ^Ericas, 

of  the  Trojan  race;    and    Capys,      and    Numitor;      and     Sylvius          ^ncas, 

qui    reddet     te  nomine,  pariter  egregius  pietate  vel  armis, 

who  shall  represent  thee  by  his  name,  equally    renowned     by  piety    or         arms, 

si  unquam   acceperit    Albam  regnandam.     Qui   juvenes, 

if       ever         he  shall  receive      Alba  to  govern.  Which  youths, 

aspice,  quantas   vires   ostentant!     at  qui    gerunt     tempora 

behold,       how  great  strength  they  shew!        but  those  who  wear    their  temples 

umbrata      civili      quercu;  hi  Nomentum,    et 

shaded  with  a  civic     '.  oaken  crown:   these  skull  build   Nomentum,       and 

Gabios,  que  urbem  Fidenam  tibi;     hi   imponent  Collatinas 

Gabii,          and      the  city       Fidena    for  you;  these   shall  place      the  Collatine 

arces     montibus,   Pometios,  que  Castrum  Inui,  que  Bolam, 

lowers   on  the  mountains,  Pometii,         and     Castrum     Inui,     and-         Bcla, 

que  Coram.  Turn  haec  erunt  homina,  nunc  sunt  terras  sine 

and     Cora.       Then    these  shall  be  their  names,  now  they  are  lands  without 

nomine.     Quin  et  Mavortius  Romulus,  quern  Ilia  mater, 

a  name.  But       also     Martial  Romulus,         whom     Ilia  the  mother 

sanguinis    Assaraci    educet,      addet     sese  comitem 

of  the  race       of  Assaracus  shall  bear,    will  add       himself  a  companion 

avo.  Videsne,    ut   geminae    cristae    stant 

lo  his  grandfather.  Do  you  see,   how       two  crests       stand 

vertice,     et     jam    Pater    Superorum   ipse        signat 

on  his  head,    and    now   the  Father     of  the  Gods      himself     distinguishes  him 

suo      honore?     En,  nate,   hujus  auspiciis,  ilia    inclyta 

with  his  own  honour  Lo,    my  son,     by  his       auspices,     this      renowned 

Roma  asquabit  imperium  terris,    animos    Olympo;  et     una 

Rome     shall  equal    its  empire  to  the  earth,  its  courage  to  heaven;   and    at  once 

circumdabit  septem  arces  sibi      muro,  felix    prole  virorum; 

shall  surround       seven      towers  to  itself  by  a  wall,  happy   in  a  race    of  heroes; 

jualis  Berecynthia  mater  turrita  invehitur    curru        per 

»          the  Berccynthian   mother      tutreted      is  borne    in  her  chariot  througl 


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Phrygias  urbes,   laeta    partu      DeOm.     complexa  centum 

the  Phrygian  cities,     joyful  in  the  birth     of  Gods,        embracing     an  hundred 

nepotes,         omnes      ccelicolas         omnes  tenentes   supera 

(rand  children,         all       inhabitants  of  heaven,    all  holding         exalted 

alta.          Hue,  hue  flecte     gcminas     acies     aspice   hanc 

high  place*.    Here,     here       bend  both          your  eyes     behold.          this 

gentem,  que     tuos      Romanes.       Hie    Caesar,    et    omnis 

nation,  and   your  own       Romans.  Here     is  Cesar,     and  all 

progenies  luli,  ventura    sub   magnum   axem    cceli.     Hie, 

the  race    of  lulus,  about  to  come  under   the  great          axle   of  the  sky.    This. 

hie  est  vir,  quern  ssepius  audis    promitti       tibi,  Augustus 

linn    is  the  man,    whom     often     you  hear  is  to  be  promised  to  you,     Augustus 

Caesar,    genus       Divi,  qui  rursus   condet        aurea  secula 

Cssar,    the  offspring  of  a  God,  who   again   shall  build  up      the  golden          age 

Latio,  per     arva     quondam    regnata    Saturno,     et 

in  Lalium,  through    lands         formerly  ruled  by  Saturn,     and 

proferet    imperium   super    Garamantas    et    Indos:    tellus 

shall  eitend    his  empire         over         the  Garamantes    and    Indians:  their  land 

jacet    extra    sidera,     extra  vias      anni     que  solis,     ubi 

lies  beyond      the  stars,     without  the  ways  of  the  year  and  the  sun,   where 

coelifer        Atlas    humero   torquet  axem  aptum  ardentibus 

heaven-bearing  Atlas    on  his  shoulder   turns  the  heavens  studded  with  hunting 

stellis.     In  adventum  hujus  jam  nunc   et     Caspia    regna 

stars.  In    the  approach  of  him     even     now      also  the  Caspian  kingdoms 

torrent  responsis      Divflm,  et  Maeotica  tellus,  et      trepida 

ebudder       at  the  replies  of  the  Gods,  and  the  Mieotic    land,      and  the  trembling 

ostia  septemgemini  Nili   turbant. 

mouths     of  sevenfold         Nile  are  disturbed. 

Nec    vero      Alcides  obivit  tantum  telluris  licet    fixerit 

Nor       indeed    did  Hercules  pass  over  so  much       land    although  he  pierced 

anipedem      eervam,  aut  pacaverit    nemora    Erymaiithia, 

the  brassfooted       hind  or         quieted  the  groves       of  E.^.-anthus 

et    tremefecerit       Lernam      ,  arcju:         nee     Liber,   qui 

and      made  to  tremble        Lerna  with  his  bow:         nor         Bacchus,  who 

victor    flectit     juga        pampineis         habenis,     agens 

victorious        guides     his  chariot    with  his-vine  bound        reins,  driving 

tigres    de     celso     vertice    Nysae.    Et    dubitamus    adhuc 

tigers       from    the  lofty        top  of  Nysa.    And    do  we  hesitate  yet 

extendere    virtutem     factis?  aut  metus  prohibet  consistere 

to  extend  our  virtue      by  deeds?    or     does  fear    forbid  to  settle 

AusoniS      terra?  Autem  quis  ille  procul     insignis       ramis 

In  the  Ausonian  land?      But         who  is  he  afar  off     distinguished  by  branches 

olivae,     ferens  sacra  nosco  crines  que  incana  menta 

of  the  olive,  bearing  sacred  utensils,  I  know    the  locks  and      hoary  chin 

Roman!    regis,  qui  primus  fundabit  urbem  legibus,  missus 

nf  the  Roman  king,    who    first        shall  found       the  city    bylaws,  sent 

in  magnum  imperium    parvis  Curibus  et    paupere    terra: 

to       great  authority          front  little  Cures.       and    from  a  poor         land 


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cui     deinde  Tullus  subibit,  qui   rumpet      otia         patrias, 

wnom  afterwards  Tullus  shall  succeed,  and  shall  break  the  peace  of  his  country, 

que     movebit     resides    viros    in   arma,  et    agmina    jam 

and       shall  move       slothful         men        to    arms,        and     troop?  now 

desueta  triumphis;  quern  juxta   jactantior  Ancus  sequitur, 

unused         to  triumphs;    whom        nearly    vain  boasting    Ancus  follows, 

jam  nuncquoque  nimium  gaudens  popularibus  auris.  Vis 

even    now       also  too  much       rejoicing       in    popular  gales.    Will 

videre  et  Tarquinios  reges,  que  superbam  animam      ulloris 

you  see    also  theTarquin    kings,        and    the  proud         soul        of  the  avenger 

Bruti,     que     faces     receptos?      Hie     primus         accipiet 

Brutus,        and       the  rods     recovered?  He  first  shall  receive 

imperium  consulis,  que  ssvas    secures;  que   infelix   pater, 

the  authority    of  a  consul,  and  the  cruel      axes;  and    an  unhappy    father 

pro  pulchra  libertate,    vocabit    natos,  moventes  nova  bella, 

for       sweet       liberty,  shall  call    his  sons,    stirring  up       new        wars, 

ad    pcenam:    utcunque  minores     ferent      ea     facta,   amor 

to    punishment:    however  posterity    shall  endure    these     acts,     the  love 

patrifE,    que     immensa      cupido    laudum     vincet.     Quin 

of  country,  and  the  immeasurable    desire  of  praise  shall  conquer.         But 

aspice     Decios,  que  Drusos  procul,  que   Torquatum  saevum 

behold         the  Decii,    and    Drusi         afar  off,    and       Torquatus  cruel 

securi,     et  Camillum  referentem      signa     Autem    illae 

with  his  axe,    and    Camillus  bearing  back  the  standards.    But  those 

animae  quas  cernis  fulgere  in  paribus  armis,  Concordes  nunc 

ghosts      whom  you  see    to  shine     in    equal          arms,        harmonious        now 

et  dum    premuntur     nocte,    heu      quantum   bellum   que 

and  while  they  are  oppressed  by  night,     alas        how  great        a  war  an<* 

quantas   acies  que  stragem         ciebunt         inter       se      si 

bow  great    battles    and    slaughter      shall  they  stir  up       among  themselves  it 

attigerint      lumina  vitae!         socer         descendens  Alpinis 

they  should  reach  the  light  of  life!   the  father-in-law    descending  from  the  Alpine 

aggeribus,  atque  arce  Monceci;       gener  instructus 

mounds,  and       tower  of  Monecus;    the  son-in-law  furnished  with 

Eois     adversis.       Pueri,    ne,       ne  assuescite  tanta  bella 

his  eastern  opposed  soldiers.  Young  men  do  not,  do  not  accustom    so  great  wars 

animas;         neu       vertite      validas     vires      in       viscera 

to  your  minds;      nor         turn          your  powerful  strength   against  the  bowel* 

patrise,         que     tu       prior     tu     parce,  qui  ducis    genus 

?f  your  country,  and  do  you      first     do  you     forbear,  who'    derive     your  race 

Olympo;         projice  tela  manu,  meus  sanguis! 

from  heaven;     throw  away   darts        from  your  hand.  Ctcsar!  O  my  blood! 

Ille,  Corintho  triumphatS.,    victoi       aget      currum    ad 

He,      Corinth  being  triumphed  over,  victorious     shall  drive    his  chariot       to 

alta   Capitolia,    insignis      caesis     Achivis.     Ille     eruet 

Che  lofty     Capitol,     distinguished  for  slaughtered  Greeks.        He    shall  overturn 

Argos,  que  Agamemnonias  Mycenas,  que          ^Eaciden 

Argos,       "nd        Agamemnon's  Mycenas,       and  the  descendant  of  Eacus 


186  84(1 

ipsum,    genus   Achillei   armipotentis    ultus    avos    Trojae, 

Inmseir,     of  the  race  of  Achilles  powerful  in  arms  avenging  the  ancestors  of  Troy, 

et  temerata  templa  Minervae.     Quis  relinquat  te    taciturn, 

•nd  the  violated    temple     of  Minerva.        Who      shall  leave    thee     in  silence, 

magne  Cato;   aut   te     Cosse?    quis    genus   Gracchi?    aut 

O  great       Cato;       or     theeOCossus?      who     the  family  of  Gracchus?       01 

geminos   Scipiadas,  duo   fulmina    belli,     cladem     Libyae; 

the  two  Scipios,         two    thunderbolts  of  war,  the  destruction    ofLybia; 

que  Fabricium  potentem     parvo?    vel  te  serentem    sulco, 

and        Fabricins       powerful      with  a  little?     or    thee    sowing  in  the  furrow 

Serrane?       Fabii,      qub      rapitis        fessum?    Tu    es    ille 

O  Serranus?         Ye  Fahii,  whither  do  you  bear  me    wearied'       You    are    that 

maximus,    qui    unus   restitues      rem        nobis 

Fabius,  called    the  greatest,       who       alone       restores      our  affaire  to  us 

cunctando.      Alii    excudent     mollius       spirantia      sera, 

by  delaying.  Others      may  form      more  delicately  the  breathing    trumpets, 

equidem    credo;      ducent     vivos       vultus      demarmore; 

indeed  I  believe;    they  can  draw  out  living  countenances  from         marble; 

orabunt   causas  melius;  que  describent     mealus        cceli 

they  shall  plead  causes     better;    '    und  shall  describe  the  wanderings    of  the  sky 

radio,      et     dicent     surgentia      sidera:        tu,       Romane 

with  a  rod,   and     shall  sing       the  rising     constellations:     thou,         O  Roman 

memento  regere  populos     imperio;      hae  erunt  artes     tibi; 

remember       to  rule       nations   by  your  authority:  these  shall  be  arts     for  you; 

que   imponere     morem      pacis,     parcere   subjectis,         et 

and        to  impose        the  manner      of  peace,      to  spare        the  humble,          and 

debellare  superbos.      Pater    Anchises  sic,       atque     addit 

war  against      the  proud.         Father        Anchises    spoke  thus,   and  added 

Jiaec  mirantibus:      Aspice    ut    Marcellus   ingreditur 

these  tilings    to  them  wondering:      See  how       Marcellus          walks  along 

insignis    opimis  spoliis,  que    victor    supereminet  omnes 

distinguished     by  rich      _spmis,        and    victorious      towers  above  alt 

viros!     Hie   eques   sistet  Romanam    rem,  magnotumultu 

the  men!       He     a  knight  shall  place  the  Roman      estate,    a  great          tumult 

turbante;        sternet  Pcenos,      que   rebellem   Gallum; 

raging,         he  shall  prostrate  the  Carthaginians,   and  the  rebellious  Gaul* 

que   suspendet  tertia   capta   arma  patri    Quirino.     Atque 

and       shall  hang  up     triple     captured    arms    to  father    Uuirinus,  And 

hie  jEneas     (namque  videbat  juvenem  egregium      formS. 

here     Eneas  tays  (for  he  saw        a  youth       distinguished    for  ne.uty 

ct    fulgentibus  armis,    ire     una  sed   frons      parum 

and        shining  arms,       to  go  together  with  him,  but  his  front  was      little 

Iseta,    et  lumina  dejecto       vultu.)        Pater   quis   ille 

Joyous,  and  his  eyes  were  set  in  his  dejected  countenance.)  O  father  who     is  he, 

qui  sic  comitatur    virum   euntem?    filius  anne  aliquis  dc 

who    thus   accompanies     the  hero     departing!      his  son      or       some  one    of 

magnS.  stirpe      nepotum?        Quis  strepitus  comitum 

.lie  great     race    of  bis  grandchildren?    What      a  noise  of  companion! 


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area;     quantum  instar    est    in  ipsch  sed       atra 

around  him;    how  much  of  likeness  is  there  in     him  to  the  other!    but  black 

nox  circumvolat  caput    tristi     umbra".  Turn  pater  Anchises 

night      flies  aroniul       his  head  with  its  sad   shade.      Then  father        Anchises 

ingressus  lacryjmis  oborti"'  6  nate,    ne     quaere    ingentem 

began  (he  tears       arising:     O    son,      do  not  inquire  into        the  great 

luctum   tuorum:      Fata     tantum  ostendent  hunc      terris, 

grief        of  your  friends:  The  fates      only         will  show       him      on  the  earth, 

que    ne      sinent  esse   ultra.  Romana  propago  visa  vobis, 

and    will  not  permit  him  to  exist  longer.  The  Roman  stock  would  seem    to  you 

Superi,   nimium  potens,  si  hsec  dona  fuissent  propria. 

O  ye  Gods,         too          powerful,  if  these    gifts    had  been     perpetual. 

Quantos   gemitus    virum        ille      campus    aget         ad 

What  groans  of  men   shall  that        plain       send  forth  near  to 

magnam    urbem    Mavortis!    vel    quce      funera,   Tiberine, 

the  great  city  of  Mars!  or       what  deaths.  O  Tiber, 

videbis          cum      praeterlabere    recentem  tumulum!  Nee 

shall  you  behold,  when        you  shall  glide  by       his  fresh  tomb!  Nor 

quisquam  puer  de    Iliaca   gente  toilet  Latinos    avos      in 

did  any  boy     from  the  Trojan  nation     exalt      the  Latin  ancestors      to 

tantum  spe;  nee  quondam     Romula    tellus    jactabit 

so  great  a  height  by  hope;    nor          ever        shall  the  Roman    land  boast 

se     tantum    ullo    alumno.      Heu,     pietas!     heu,     prisca 

itself      so  much    in  any     foster  child.        Alas,        his  piety!      alas,  his  ancient 

fides!  que    dextra     invicta  bello!  non     quisquam     obvius 

faith!        and  his  right  hand  invincible  in  war!   nor        has  any  one  encountering 

tulisset     se      illi  armato  impune,     seu   cum     pedes    iret 

presented:  himself  to  him  armed    with  impunity,  either    when     on  foot  he  went 

in      hostem,     seu     foderet      armos       spumantis     equi 

aguinst       the  foe,  or          pierced       the  flanks        of  his  foaming      horse 

calcaribus.  Heu    puer    miserande!     si  qua 

with  his  spurs.  Alas        hoy          to  be  pitied!          if  by  any  moans 

rumpas  aspera  fata,   tu  eris  Marcellus.     Date  lilia 

you  can  break  through  cruel        fate,    you  shall  he  Marcellus.  Give      lilies 

plenis  manibus;     spargam     purpureos   floras,  que    saltern 

with  full     hands;          let  me  scatter        purple  flowers,     and       at  least 

accumulem  animam      nepotis          his   donis,  et    fungar 

let  me  heap       on  the  shade  of  my  grandchild  with  these  gifts,  and  let  me  perform 

inani  munere.     Sic  vagantur    passim         tota"         regione 

this  useless  duty.  Thus  they  wander  every  where  through  the  whole    region 

in  latis    campis  aeris,  atque  lustrant    omnia;      per    quce 

in  the  broad    plains        of  air,      and      they  survey    all  things;    through  whicli 

singula,'   postquam  Anchises   duxit  natum,   que      incendit 

particulars,         after  Anchises         had  led    bis  son,     and       had  inflamed 

animum       amore     venientis    famae,  exin   memorat      viro 

his  mind        with  the  love  of  approaching    fame,       then    he  relates  to  the  hero 

qu<p    bella     deinde          gerenda;      que   docet 

what     wars       afterwards     were  to  be  waged;    and     instructs  h\m  respecting 


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Laurcntes  populos,  que  urbem  Latini;    et   quo    modo    que 

the  Laurcntian  people,       and  the  city   of  Latinus;  and  by  what  modo    he  both 

fugiat    que   ferat   quemque  laborcm.     Sunt  geminae  porlae 

shall  shun  and  shall  bear        each  labour.          Tbcreare     two  gate. 

Somni;  quarum  altera  fertur    cornea,     qus\    facilis    exitus 

of  Sleep;      of  which   the  one  is  said  to  be  of  horn,  by  which  an  easy  departure 

datur    veris  umbris:     altera       nitens,      pertecta  candenli 

is  given    to  true       shades:      the  other       glittering,         wrought    with  shining 

elephanto;  sed     Manes       mittunt  falsa  insomnia  ad  cerium. 

vory;  but  the  infernal  Gods  send  forth  false     visions  to  the  upper  world. 

Turn  ubi  Anchises  prosequitur  natum  que  Sibyllam     una\ 

Then  when    Anchises       had  followed  up     his  son    and        the  Sybil    together 

his  dictis,  que    emittit  eburnd  portS,  ille     secai 

with    these  words,     and      had  sent  them  out  by  the  ivory  door,    the  Aero  directs 

viam  ad  naves,   que    revisit     socios;       turn     fert      se 

bis  way  to    the  shins,     and       revisits    his  associates;    then  he  bears    himself 

recto  litore  ad    portum    Caietae.   Anchora  jacitur    de 

along  the  direct  shore  to    the  harbour    of  Caieta.     The  anchor     is  cast       from 

prora,  puppes  slant    litore. 

the  prow,  the  ships  remain  by  the  shore. 


JENEID. 
BOOK  SEVENTH. 


Tu  quoque  Caieta,  ^Eneianutrix,moriens  dedisti  aeternam 

THOU  also         O  Caieta,   ^Eneas'       nurse,       dying      hast  given       eternal 

famam  nostris  litoribus;  nunc  tuus  honos   servat        sedem, 

fame  to  our       shores;       now       your    honour    preserves   this  situation, 

que  nomen  signat  ossa  in  magnS.  Hesperid,  si  ea  est 

and     the  name  points  out  your      bones    in    great  Italy;  if  this       is 

qua  gloria.     At  pius  ^Eneas     exsequiis     rite         solutis, 

any    glory.  But  pious  ./Eneas    the  funeral  rites  in  order   being  performed, 

aggere          tumuli       composite,   postquam     alta    aequora 

the  mound      of  the  tomb       being  adjusted,       after  the  deep         water* 

quieverunt,     tendit          her         velis,       que     relinquit 

had  become  calm,        directs       his  course      by  the  sails,      and  leaves 

portum.    Aurae     aspirant     in  noctem;  nee     Candida     luna 

the  harbor.  The  breezes    favour  him  at    night;  nor    does  the  bright  moon 

negat  cursum;    pontus    splendet     sub      tremulo  lumine. 

•ppose  his  progress;    the  sea  shines         beneath    her  trembling          light. 

Litora    proxima     Circaeae      terrae      raduntur;        ubi   dives 

The  shores  nearest       to  the  Circean    land       are  coasted  along;  where  the  rich 


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filia         Solis      resonat  inacessos     lucos         assiduo 

laughter  of  the  sun  resounds  through  the  impervious    groves  whfl  unremitting 

cantu,    :que   superbis     tectis     urit  odoratum  cedrum   in 

cong,  and    in  ber  august     palace       burns   odorous  cedar  for 

nocturna  lumina,  percurrens   tenues  telas          arguto 

nocturnal       lights,         running  over       ber  light  web  with  her  shrill  sounding 

pecfine.      Hinc  gemitus    exaudiri,      que    irae      leonum 

shuttle.  Hence       groans  began  to  be  heard,       and  the  rage         of  lions 

recusantium  vincla,     et    rudentium    sub   ser&  nocte;  que 

refusing  their  chains,  and       roaring  in    the  late    night;       and 

setigeri  sues  atque    ursi   saevire  in  praesepibus,  ac  forme 

bristly  boars    and          bears   growl         in    their  cells,  and  the  forms 

magnorum    luporum  ululare;  quos    saeva        Dea    -Circe 

of  great  wolves  howl;       whom    the  dread      Goddess         Circe 

potentibus  herbis    induerat      ex      facie         hominum  in 

by  powerful       plants       had  changed    from  the  appearance    of  men  into 

vultus   ac  terga    ferarum;      quae  talia  monstra  ne         pii 

the  aspect  and  limbs  of  wild  beasts;       which    like    prodigies       lest  the  pious 

Troes,     delati  in         portus,         paterentur,    neu    subirent 

Trojans,        borne      to        these  harbours,        might  endure,       or  enter 

dira    litora;  Neptunus  implevit     vela     secundis    ventis, 

these  direful  shores;     Neptune       had  filled    their  sails  with  prosperous  winds, 

atque    dedit     fugam,      et         vexit         praeter         fervida 

and       had  aided    their  flight,      and     had  carried  them  beyond       the  glowing 

vada.  Que    jam    mare    rubescebat  radiis,  et 

shallows.    And    now    the  sea       blushed  with  the  rays  of  the  swn,    and 

lutea    Aurora  fulgebat  in     roseis    bigis  ab    alto    aethere; 

the  saffron  Morning   shone        in    her  roseate  chariot  from  the  lofty  sky; 

cum    venti        posuere  que    omnis    flatus    repente 

when    the  winds    laid  aside  their  violence  and       every  blast        suddenly 

resedit  et  tonsae  luctantur  in  lento  marmore.         Atque  hie 

ceas'd      and   the  oars    struggle  in  the  gentle  surface  of  the  sea..    And        here 

JEneas  prospicit  ingentem  lucum  ex  aequore.      Inter  hunc 

/Eneas       beholds  a  great  grove     from  the  sea.     In  the  midst  of  tlii,s 

Tiberinus      amoeao       fluvio,  rapidis   vorticibus,  et  flavus 

the  Tiber       with  its  pleasant  stream,    with  swift    whirlpools,    and      yellow 

multaT.     arena,  prorumpit    in  mare,  que  circum  que  supra 

with  much   sand,    rushes  forward  into   the  sea,    and   around       and       above 

varise  volucres  assuetae    ripis,     et  alveo  fluminis,  mulcebant 

various    birds       accustom'd  to  the  bank,  and  channel  of  the  river,         soothed 

sethera         cantu,         que  volabant  luco.  Imperat    sociis 

the  air       with  their  song,       and  flew  about  the  grove.  He  orders  his  associates 

flectere         iter,         que  advertere  proras    terras;     et  lastus 

to  direct       their  course,       and       to  turn    their  prows  to  the  land;  and  joyful 

succedit  opaco  fluvio.  Nunc  age,  Erato  expediam 

he  enters      the  dark    stream.    Now       come,  Erato,  muse  of  love,  I  will  explain 

qui         reges,    quse    tempora,    quis    status    rerum     fuerif 

who  were  the  kings,   what       times,  what    condition  of  things    has  bcei- 


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antiquo    Latio,  cum    primum     advena    exercitus  appulit 

in  ancient    Lacium,    when        first  a  strange       army  brought 

classem  Ausoniis     oris;  et  revocabo    exordia  primas 

their  fleet  to  the  Ausonian  shore*;  and  I  will  recall  the  commencement  of  the  first 

pugnse. 

battle. 

Tu,   tu,     Diva,   mone       vatem.     Dicam  horrida  bella, 

Thou,  thou,  O  Goddess,  advise  yov-    poet.       I  will  sing  of  dreadful      wars, 

dicam    acies,  que  reges  actos      animis      in  funera.  que 

I  will  sing  of  armies,    and      kings    driven  by  their  passions  to    death,         and 

Tyrrhenammanum  que  totam  Hesperian  coactam  sub  arma. 

the  Tuscan  band       and       all  Italy  united       under     arms. 

Major  ordo  rerum  nascitur  mihi;    moveo  majus  opus.  Rex 

A  greater  order  of  things     arises         to  me;  I  undertake  a  greater  work.     King 

Latinus,  jam  senior,     regebat   arva,   et  placidas  urbes  in 

Latinus,        now      an  old  man,    ruled      the  fields,  and    peaceful       cities      in 

longd      pace.    Accipimus  hunc  genitum   Fauno,         et 

Inns;  continued    peace.        We  receive         him      descended  from  Faunus,      and 

Maricd  Laurente  Nympha.     Picus    pater    Fauno;  que  is 

Marica       a  Laurcntian     Nymph.  Picus  teas  father      to  Faunus;  and     he 

refert    te    parentem,    Saturne;       tu        ultimus        auctor 

declares    thee      his  parent,         O  Saturn;    thou  art  the  most  distant        founder 

sanguinis.     Fuit  huic   filius,    fato     Divflm,  que nulla  virilis 

of  his  race.  There  was  to  him  no  son,  by  the  decree  of  the  Gods,  and   no  male 

proles,  que  oriens       erepta  est          prima    juventa. 

offspring,    and  each  one  growing  up  was  snatched  away  in  the  first  dawn  of  youth. 

Sola      filia    servabat  domum   et  tantas   sedes,  jam  matura 

An  only  daughter  preserved    his  house    and  these  large  seats,     now  ripe 

viro,      jam   nubilis   plenis   annis.  Multi  petebant  illam 

for  a  husband,  now  marriageable  with  full    years.      Many       sought  her 

e    magno   Latio,    que   totS.   Ausonid.      Turnus       petit, 

from      great        Latium,    and       all         Ausonia.  Turnus       sought  her, 

pulcherrimus   ante    omnes   alios,     potens         avis         que 

the  most  beautiful   before         all         others,        powerful    in  grandfathers    and 

atavis,      quern   regia  conjux  properabat    miro    amore 

great  grandfathers,  whom  the  royal     spouse         hastened  with  wonderful    love 

adjungi  generum:   sed   portenta  Defim 

to  be  joined  to  ner  daughter  as  a  son-in-law:    but    the  prodigies          of  the  Gods 

obstant   variis   terroribus.      Erat     laurus     medio      tecti, 

oppose     with  various    terrors.  There  was  a  laurel  in  the  midst  of  the  palace, 

in  altis  penetralibus,  sacra     comam,     que  servata    metu 

in  the  deep       recesses,  sacred  as  to  its  foliage,  and  preserved  through  fear 

per  multos  annos;  quam      inventam  pater  Latinus         ipse 

for       many       years;       which  irhcn  discovered     father    Latinus  himself 

forebatur      sacrasse      Phrebo,  cum  conderet  primas    arces, 

is  said  to  have  consecrated  to.  Apollo,  when      he  built      the  first       towers, 

que     posuisse       nomen      Laurentis  colonis  ab  e&.  Dens« 

ami  to  have  established  their  name  to  the  Laurentian  colonists  from  it.       Thick 


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apes  (mirabile    dictu)     vectae  ingenti  stridore   trans 

gathering  bees    (wonderful    to  be  told)    borne  on  with  great     noise         across 

liquidum   aethera,  obsedere    summum     apicem  hujus    et 

the  clear  sky,         settled  down  on  the  highest      summit       of  it        and 

pedibus     nexis    per  mutua,    subitum  examen     pependit 

with  feet      connected       together,  a  sudden       swarm  hung  down 

frondente  ramo.     Continuo     vates     mquit:  Cernimus 

from  the  leafy  branch.      Immediately  the  prophet    said:  We  behold 

externum  virum  adventare,  et  agmen  petere  easdem  partes 

a  foreign  man       to  approach,    and  an  army     to  seek     the  same       parts 

ex    fsdem  partibus,  et  dominari   summS.   arce.     Prasterea 

from    the  same      parts,       and       to  rule        in  the  lofty  palace.  Besides 

dum    virgo    Lavinia  adolet  altaria    castis   taedis,  et  adstat 

while     the  maid.  Lavinia     perfumes  the  altars  with  chaste  torches,  and   stands 

juxta  genitorem,      visa        nefas!      comprendere      ignem 

near  to       her  father,       she  seemed  O  horrible!         to  catch  the  fire 

longis     crinibus,   atque     cremari     omnem        ornatum 

with  her  long       hair,  and  to  be  burnt       in  all  her  ornaments 

crepitante  flamma;  que   accensa  regales   comas,     accensa 

in  the  noisy       flame;          and  inflamed  as  to  her  royal      locks,  inflamed 

coronam  insignem  gemmis;  turn       fumida          involvi 

•stoher  crown  distinguished  with  jewels;  then  covered  with  smoke  to  be  involved 

fulvo  lumine,  ac  spargere  Vulcanum        totis         tectis. 

in  dazzling     light,      and  to  scatter  fire  through  the  whole  palace. 

Id    vero     ferri    horrendum,  ac  mirabile      visu;    namque 

This    indeed  is  esteemed    terrible,         and  wonderful   to  be  seen;  for 

canebant  ipsam       fore       illustrem    famd    que    fatis,    sed 

they  foretold  that  she     would  be        illustrious    by  fame     and       fates,        but 

portendere  magnum  bellum     populo.       At    rex,   solicitus 

threatened  great  war         to  the  people.       But   the  king,     anxious 

monstris,  adit    oracula      Fauni        fatidici     genitoris, 

for  these  prodigies,  went  to  the  oracles   of  Faunus  the  fate-declaring  father, 

que    consulit    lucos        sub    aM    Albunea,    quas,  maxima 

and         consults    the  groves       beneath  lofty        Albunea,      which  the  greatest 

memorum,    sonat      sacro          fonte,   que  opaca       exhalat 

of  groves,  resounds  with  a  sacred       fountain,  and       dark       breaths  forth 

saevam  mephitim.     Hinc   Italae  gentes,  que  omnis  CEnotria 

a  cruel  stench.  Hence  the  Italian  nations,    and       all    the  CEnolrian 

tellus,  petunt  responsa  in    dubiis.      Cum  sacerdos          tulit 

land,         seek          replies       in  their  doubts.      When  the  priest     had  brought 

•  dona  hue  et  incubuit  stratis    pellibus  caesarum  ovium  sub 

gifts       here  and    lay  down      on  spread      skins  of  slain        sheep         in 

silenti  nocte,  que    petivit   somnos;    videt  multa  simulacra 

the  still     night,       and    had  sought      sleep;      he  beholds  many  ghosts 

volitantia        miris      modis,     et   audit  varies    voces,  que 

flying  about    in  a  wonderful  manner,       and  hears      various       voices,       and 

fruitur  colloquio  Deorum,  atque  affatur  Acheronta       imis 

tnjoys     the  converse  of  the  Gods,    and    addresses       Acheron      in  the  deepcsf 


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Avernis.    Turn  hie   et  pater  Latinus   ipse,  petens  responsa 

regions  below   Then  here  even  lather    Latinus      .himself,  seeking  replies 

mactabat   rite     centum      lanigeras  bidentes,  atque  jaceba* 

sacrificed      in  order  an  hundred        wool-bearing      sheep,  and  lay 

eflultus    tergo      que  stratis  velleribus  harum.     Subita   vox 

tupported  on  the  skins    and     spread         fleeces       of  these.       A  sudden   voice 

est    reddita     ex     alto    luco,    O  mea  progenies,  ne   pete 

t#        sent  forth    from  the  deep   grove,     O      my          offspring,     do  not     seek 

sociare         natam    Latinis     connubiis    neu  crede    paratis 

to  unite  your  daughter         in  Latin  wedlock,         nor      trust    to  prepared 

thalamis.     Extern!     generi       venient  qui  ferent  nostrum 

marriage  rites.    Foreign      sons-in-law         shall  come  who  shall  raise  our 

nomen  in  astra  sanguine,  que   a   stirpe  quorum      nepotes 

name         to  the  stars  by  their  blood,  and  from  the  stock  of  whom      our  offspring 

videbunt  omnia  que    verti    que   regt    sub    pedibus,    qu4 

i-hall  see       all  things  both    subdued     and    ruled    beneath      their  feet,  where 

recurrens   sol  aspicit  utrumque  oceanum.     Latinus     ipse 

the  reluming    sun     beholds          each  ocean.  Latinus     himself 

non     premit    suo      ore     haec  responsa  patris  Fauni,  que 

does  not  confine       in  his     mouth    these    responses      of  father  Faunus,      and 

monitus   datos  silenti    nocte;    sed  jam  fama,  volitans  late 

admonitions  given  inthesilcnt    night;       but     now      fame,         flying          far 

circum,  tulerat      per    Ausonias  urbes,  cum  Laomedontia 

around,  had  borne  them  through  the  Ausonian      cities,     when        the  Laomedon 

pubes    religavit    classem      ab      gramineo  aggere      ripae. 

youth        had  fastened      the  fleet       nearby     the  grassy       mound  of  the  bank. 

/Eneas,   que   primi    duces,    et   pulcher    lulus,   deponunt 

/Cntas,  and    the  chief    leaders,    and     beautiful        lulus,  recline 

corpora       sub     ramis      altae  arboris;  que  instituunt  dapes, 

their  bodies  beneath  the  branches  of  a  high  tree;         and       prepare         a  feast, 

et  per  herbam  subjiciunt    adorea    liba  epulis,  (sic  Jupiter 

and  along  the  grass      they  place    fine  wheaten  cakes    for  food,    (thus      Jupiter 

ipse     monebat,)          et    augent   Cereale   solum  agrestibus 

himself   admonished  them)    and  they  heap       Ceres'  soil          with  rustic 

pomis      Hie  forte    aliis         consumptis,  ut  penuriaedendi 

fruits.  Here  by  chance  other  things  being  consumed  as     scarcity       of  food 

adegit  vertere     morsus    in     exiguam   Cererem,    et 

compelled  them        to  turn       their  teeth    upon    the  small  cake,  and 

violare  orbem  fatalis  crusti      manu,      que  audacibus  malis 

to  break    the  crust  of  the  fated  cake  with  their  hands,  and         greedy          jaws, 

nec  parcere  patulis  quadris;    lulus   alludens  inquit,  Heus! 

nor       to  spare     the  broad  quadrants;       lulus       sporting  said.  Ho! 

consumimus  etiam  mensas;    nec  plura.      Ea    vox 

we  consume  also       our  tables;     nor  did  he  fay  more.          This     word 

audita     prima  tulit  finem    laborum;    que  pater     eripuit 

being  heard  first       brought  an  end  of  their  labours;  and    his  father    took  it  up 

primam  ab        ore   loquentis;    ac  stupefactus          numine 

first  from  the  mouth  of  Aim  speaking;  and  astonished  by  the  divine  impulse 


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prosit          Continue         Salve,  tellus  debita  mihi       fatis, 

restrained  his  voice.  Forthwith  he  cried  Hail,     land     destined  to  nie  by  the  fates, 

que  vos  salvete,  6     fidi  Penates  Trqjae!  Hie       domus, 

and      ye       hail,       O   faithful    household  Gods  of  Troy!    This     is  our  house, 

haec    est    patria.       Genitor      Anchises     (namque     nunc 

this        is       our  country.    My  father         Anchises  (for  now 

repeto)         reliquit  talia  arcana  fatorum  mihi.  Nate,   cum 

I  call  it  to  mind  left         such    secrets   of  the  fates  to  me.    O  son,     when 

fames      coget     te,     vectum   ad   ignota    litora,   consumere 

fmnger  shall  compel  thee,       borne         to    unknown     shores,          to  consume 

mensas,    dapibus    accisis,       turn      defessus     memento 

your  tables,  your  food   being  eaten' up,  then        weaned  out  remember 

sperare  domos,  que  ibi  locare     prima     tecta         manu, 

to  hope  for   homes,     and  then   place        your  .first  dwellings    with  your  hands, 

que    moliri  aggere.         Hsec   erat   ilia  fames,     haec 

and       fortify  them  by  a  wall.  This       was     that      famine,       these 

suprema  manebant  nos    positura   modum        exitiis. 

\aslcircumstanccs          remained      to  us  about  to  place    an  end    to  our  sorrows. 

Quare    agite,  et,  cum  primo  lumine   solis,  lasti  vestigemus 

Wnerefore  come  on,  and,  with  the  first      light  of  the  sun,  joyful     let  us  search 

qu«B  loca,  ve     qui    homines     habeant,  ubi     moenia 

what  places  these  are,  or     what          men  hold  them,  where  are  the  cities 

gentis,     et  petamus   diversa       a       portu.  Nunc    libate 

of  the  nation,  and  let  us  seek  different  ways  from  the  harbour.  Now       pour  out 

pateras  Jovi,    que  vocate  Anchisen  genitorem  precibus,  et 

goblets    to  Jupiter,  and        invoke  Anchises  my  father         by  prayers,  and 

reponite  vina     mensis.       Sic      effatus,     deinde,    implicat 

replace         wine    on  the  tables.       Thus  having  spoken,    next,  he  binds 

tempora  frondenti  ramo,  et  precatur  que    Genium       loci, 

his  temples    with  a  leafy  branch,    and     entreats      both  the  Genius  of  the  place, 

que  Tellurem  primam  Deorum,  que  Nymphas,  et    flumina 

and         the  earth       the  first    of  the  Gods,    and    the  Nymphs,  and  the  streams 

adhuc  ignota;  turn  invocat  Noctem,  que  orientia       signa 

as  yet   unknown;    then  he  invokes      Night,         and    the  rising    constellations 

jioctis,    que    Idaeum    Jovem,    que  Phrygiam  matrem 

of  night,     and         Idean         Jupiter,        and      the  Trojan          mother  Cydele, 

ex  ordine,  et  duplices  parentes  que  Coelo   que  Erebo.     Hie 

in     order,    and   his  double     parents       both  in  heaven  and      in  hell.        Hero 

omnipotens  pater  intonuit   ter  clarus   ab   alto     ccelo,     que 

the  almighty  .    father  thundered   thrice   clearly  from  the  lofty  heaven,        and 

,pse  ostendit  ab   aethere  nubem  ardentem   radiis   lucis   et 

he  exhibits    from    the  sky     a  cloud         glowing       with  rays  of  light  and 

auro,      quatiens    manu.          Hie   subito        rumor  diditur 

with  gold,  brandishing  with  his  hand.      Here    suddenly          a  report    is  spread 

per     Trojana  agmina,     diem      advenisse,  quo        condant 

through  the  Trojan  troops,       that  the  day  had  arrived,  when  they  should  build 

debita    mcenia.     Certatim  instaurant  epulas,  atque         lacti 

the  destined  walls.  Eagerly         they  renew    the  feast,    and          rejoicing 


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magno    omme  statuunt  crateras,  et  coionant  vina.     Cum 

in  the  great    omen      they  place    (he  goblets,  and     crown        the  wine.    When 

postera   dies     orta     lustrabat    terras        primd     lampade, 

the  next       day      arising       surveyed       the  earth  with  its  first  light, 

diversi  explorant    urbem,   et     fines,        et  litora 

separating  they  explore       the  city,    and  boundaries,        and    shore* 

gentis:    haec     stagna        fontis    Numici,    hunc   fluvium 

of  the  nation:  these  are  the  pools  of  the  fountain  Numicus,         this         the  river 

Tybrim,      fortes     Latinos    habitare    hie.       Turn        satus 

Tyber,  the  brave        Latins  dwell  here.         Then  he  descended 

AnchisA,        jubet      centum   oratores,    delectos   ab   omni 

from  Anclnsos,    commands  an  hundred       orators,  chosen      from      every 

ordine,     ire    ad    augusta  mcenia     regis,      omnes      velatos 

rank,  logo    to      the  proud    walls      of  the  king,         all  veiled 

ramis  Palladis;  que  ferre  dona    viro,  que  exposcere 

with  the  branches  of  Minerva;  and  to  bear    gifts  to  the  hero,  and  ask 

pacem  Teucris.         Haud   moca:      jussi      festinant,      que 

peace    for  the  Trojans.      There  is  no  delay:  commanded       they  hasten,       and 

feruntur    rapidis     passibus:  ipse    designat    moema 

are  borne  on  with  rapid         steps:  JEneas  himself    marks  nut      the  walls 

humili     fossd,  que  molitur  locum,  que    cingit    primas 

with  an  humble  ditch,       and      plans  out  the  place,     and      surrounds   the  first 

sedes     in     litore     pinnis,    atque     aggere     in       morem 

seats        upon    the  shore  with  pickets,    and          a  rampart      in        the  manner 

castrorum:     que      jam        juvenes,       emensi  iter, 

of  camps:  and  now      the  young  men,    having  measured   their  way, 

cernebant  turres  ac   ardua   tecta   Latinorum;  que  subibant 

beheld  the  turrets  and     lofty       roofs       of  the  Latins,    and    approached 

jnuro.      Ante    urbem  pueri,    et  juventus   primsevo    flore, 

the  wall.      Before     the  city      boys,       and       youth         in  primeval      bloom, 

exercentur   equis,    que   domitant    currus    m  pulvere  aut 

are  exercised    on  horses,    and  guide  chariots      in      the  dust          or 

tendunt     acres    arcus,    aut     contorquent     lenta     spicula 

stretch        their  strong   bows,       or  hurl  their  slender       darts 

lacertis,          que  lacessunt  cursu    que    ictu,      cum 

with  their  arms,     and  challenge  each  other    in  the  rare     and  in  striking,  when 

nuncius,  praevectus   equo,   reportat  ad  aures,  longaevi  regis, 

a  messenger,  borne  before  on  a  horse,  reports       to  the  ears,  of  the  a;ed    king. 

ingentes  viros  advenisse  in   ignotd  veste.     Ille  imperat 

that  great      men        had  come      in  an  unknown  dress.       He      commands  Mm 

vocari     intra     tecta,     et   consedit  medius       avito    solio. 

to  be  called  within  the  palace,    and  sat  down   in  the  midst  on  his  ancient  throne. 

Fuit  augustum  tectum,  ingens,  sublime  centum  columnis, 

TArrewas   a  proud         palace,  large,       high  with  an  hundred     columns, 

summS.          urbe,     regia          Laurentis  Pici,  horrendum 

in  the  highest  part  of  the  city,  the  royal  abode  of  Laurentian  Picus,  dreaded 

sylvis        et  religione      parentum.  Erat  omen 

for  its  woods  and  the  superstition  of  the  fathers  oftkt  nations.         It  was  a  usage 


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regibus  accipere  sccptra  hie,  et  attollere  primes      fasces: 

to  kings    to  receive  their  sceptres  here,  and    to  take       the  first  badges  of  power; 

noc    templum,         curia      illis;      has   sedes    sacris  epulis: 

this  was  a  temple,  this  a  senate-house  to  them;  these  their  stints  for  sacred  feasts; 

hie     patres,    ariete      caeso,          solid     considere   perpetuis 

hero   tlio  fathers,    a  ram    being  slain,  were  accustomed  to  sit          at  their  long 

mensis. 

tables. 

Quin  etiam   effigies    veterum     avorum   ex  ordine.    £ 

Hut          also       the  images  of  their  ancient  forefathers     in       order          of 

antiqua  ccdro;  que  Italus  que  pater  Sabinus,  que    senex 

Ancient          cedar;       and      Italua      and     father       Sabnuis,       and  old 

Saturnus,    vitisator,    servans  curvam  falcem    sub   imagine: 

Saturn  the  viiieplanter,     holding    a  crooked     sickle      beneath   his  image; 

que  imago      bifrontis     Jani  adstabant  vestibule:    que  alii 

and    the  figure   of  the  two-faced  Janus       stood  in  the  porch:      and  other 

reges      ab  origine,        qui    .passi    martiavulnerapugnando 

kings   from  the  origin  of  the  race,  who  had  suffered  martial  wounds        infighting 

ob    patriam  que  multa  arma  praeterea.  pendent  in    sacris 

for  their  country   and       many      arms       besides  hang          on  the  sacred 

postibus,    captivi    currus  que   curyas   secures,    et      cristre 

posts,  captive       chariots     and      crooked        axes,  and  crests 

capitum,    et   ingentia  claustra  portarum,  que  spicula,  que 

of  tlieirhcads,  and       great  bars  of  gates,       and       darts,         and 

clypei,  que  rostra  erepta   carinis.     Picus    ipse,      domitoi 

unit/Ms,        and      prows        torn        from  ships.        Picus      himself,       the  tamer 

equftm,      sedebat   Quirinali   lituo,  que  succinctus      parva 

of  horses,  eat        with  his  augurial  wand,  and  girt  with  a  short 

trabed,    que   gerebat   ancile       Ia3va        quern    percussum 

robe,  and       he  bore       a  shield  in  his  left  hand     whom  struck 

aurea     virga  que  versum  venenis,  conjux  Circe,     capta 

with  a  golden    wand     and     changed    by  poisons,   his  wife     Circe,     overcome 

cupidine    fecit  avem,  que  sparsit   alas  coloribus.     Latinus 

by  lust         had  made  a  bird,    and      specked  his  wings  with  colours.       Latinus 

sedens    intus  tali  templo      Divum,      que     patriot       sede 

pitting        within     this      temple       of  the  Gods,       and   on  his  paternal     seat 

vocavit  Teucros  ad  sese     in      tecta;    atque  prior  placido 

called         the  Trojans   to     him     within  the  palace;     and        first      with  mild 

ore   edidit  haec  ingressis:  Dardanidae  enim  neque 

address  he  uttered  these  words  to  them  having  entered:  Ye  Trojans    for        neither 

nescimus      et    urbem,     et  genus,  que  auditi 

are  we  ignorant  both  of  your  city,  and     race,      and  we  have  heard 

advertitis       cursum         aBquore,    dicite  quid  petitis?  qua? 

that  you  have  turned  your  course  hither  on  the  sea,  say    what  do  you  seek?  wha* 

causa  vexit     rates   aut  egentes  cujus  ad  Ausonium 

cause  has  borne  your  ships  or    wanting      what  have  you  come  to    (he  Aus^nian 

litus   per      tot  cnarula     vada?     Sive     acti    errore       via?, 

shore  through  so  many  azure       waves?  Whether  driven  by  mistake  of  your  way 


196  ioy 

sive  tempestatibus  (multa    qualia    nautae  patiuntur  in   alto 

or          by  tempests  (many    such  calamities  sailors      endure       on  the  deep 

man)    intravistis    ripas     fluminis   que     sedetis       portu; 

•ea)       you  have  entered  the  banks  of  the  river,  and  have  settled  in  our  harbour; 

ne  fugite  hospitium,  neve  ignorate     Latinos,          gentem 

do  not    avoid    our  friendship,    nor     be  ignorant  of  the  Latins,  a  race 

Saturni,  sequam  baud  vinculo  nee  legibus,         sua     sponte, 

of  Saturn,        just     with  no      bonds       nor       laws,  ruled  by  their  own     will, 

que  tenentem       se         more         veteris    Dei.          Atque 

and     restraining    themselves  by  the  law  of  their  ancient  God.  And 

equidem  memini  (fama  est  obscurior  annis)         Auruncos 

indeed  I  remember  (report     is  more  obscure  by  years)   thai  the  Autuiicnn 

senes  ferre  ita,  ut  Dardanus,  ortus    his     agris,    penetravit 

old  men    relate  thus,  that   Dardanus,    sprung  from  these  territories,  penetrated 

ad  Idaeas  urbes  Phrygiae  que  Thraciam  Samum,  quae    nunc 

to  the  Idea n      cities   ofPhrygia   and      Thracian        Samoa,        which        now 

fertur   Samothracia.     Nunc    aurea    regia  stellantis     coeli 

U  called     Samothracia.  Now      the  golden      palace   of  the  starry  heaven 

accipit    ilium     solio,     profectum   hinc  ab  TyrrhenS.  sede 

has  received    him    on  its  throne,  having  departed  hence  from  his  Tuscan      seat 

Coriti,   et  altaribus     auget    numerum  Divorum.    Dixerat, 

of  Coritus,  and  by  his  altars  he  augments  the  number  of  the  Gods.  He  said, 

et  Ilioneus  secutus         dicta      voce     sic:   Rex,  egregium 

and  Ilioneus   followed  in  these  words  with  his  voice  thus:  O  King,      renowned 

genus    Fauni     nee     atra  hiems   subegit   actos    fluctibus, 

offspring  of  Faunus  neither1  the  dark  tempest   compelled  us  driven  by  the  waves, 

succedere  vestris   terris;    nee        sidus       ve  litus       fefellit 

to  approach       your         lands:        nor  the  constellation  or  the  shore  deceived  u» 

regione        vise.      Omnes  afferimur  hanc  urbera  consilio 

from  the  region  of  the  way.     We  all      are  borne  to   this        city  by  design 

que  volentibus  animis;  pulsi     regnis    quae    sol       veniens 

and         willing  minds;      banished  from  realms  which  the  sun  approaching 

extremo       Olympo,  aspiciebat  quondam  maxima. 

from  the  extremity    of  heaven,        beheld  formerly  the  greatest. 

Principium   generis        ab  Jove;  Dardana  pubes       gaudet 

The  origin          of  our  race     is  from    Jove;      the  Trojan     youth         rejoice  in 

Jove      avo        rex     ipse,     Troius  ^Eneas     de      supremS, 

Jove  their  ancestor  our  king  himself,      Trojan    /Eneas  sprung  from       the  high 

gente  Jovis,  misit  nos  ad  tua  limina.     Quanta      tempesfas 

race       of  Jupiter,    sent      us     to  your    palace.         How  great  a  storm 

effusa   ssevis   Mycenis,     ierit    per  Idseos  campos,     quibus 

let  loose  from  dread  Mycena;,     has  passed  over  the  Ideau     plains,  by  what 

falis  uterque  orbis  Europae  atque  Asiae  concurrent     audivit, 

fates       each        circle   of  Europe      and      Asia      has  conflicted    he  has  lieard. 

et  si  quem  extrema  tellus  submovet    refuso    oceano* 

It  tuck  (tore  be  whom  the  most  remote  laud  has  removed  by  the  intervening  ocean. 


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ct  si  quern     plaga      iniqui     solio  extenta    in        medio 

and         whom       the  region  of  the  unequal  sun      stretching    into        the  midst 

quatuorplagarum    dirimit. 

01"  f>ur          climates  has  separated. 

Vecti  ex  illo  diluvio    per    tot     vasta   asquora;    rogamus 

Borne  from  this    deluge    through  so  many  extended    seas,  we  ask 

exiguam     sedem,   que  innocuum  litus     patriis      Dis,      el 

a  small  settlement,    and       a  safe  shore  for  our  country  Gods,    and 

que  undam   que  auram  patentem  cunctis.      Non    erimus 

both        water       and    air  open  to  all.  We  will  not  be 

indecores         regno;          nee      vestra    faraa  feretur  levis, 

disgraceful       to  your  kingdom,       nor       shall  your    fame    be  esteemed    light, 

que   gratia     tanti    facti  abolescet:  nee     pigebit    Ausonios 

and  the  favour  of  so  great  a  deed  be  effaced:       nor  shall  it  repent  the  Ausonians 

excepisse      Trojam        gremio.      Juro     per  fata     ^Eneoe, 

to  have  received   Troy       to  their  bosoms.    I  swear       by  the  fates    of  ^Eneas, 

que  potentem    dextram,    sive     quis    expertus  est      fide, 

and     his  powerful      right  hand,    whether  any  one    has  experienced  it   in  faith 

seu   bello,    et  armis;    multi   populi,    multae   gentes      (ne 

or        in  war,  and    arms;  many        people,        many  nations    (do  not 

temne      qubd         ultro    praeferimus      vittas     manibus    et 

despise  us     because      willingly  we  bear  before  us    fillets      in  our  hands    and 

verba  precantia)       et         petiere,     et    voluere    adjungere 

words    entreating  peace)      both        have  sought,  and  have  wished      to  unite  us 

sibi.          Sed    fata       Deum  egere          nos     suis 

to  themselves.        But    the  fates    of  the  Gods     have  compelled         us    by  their 

imperils  exquirere  vestras  terras.  Dardanus     ortus      hinc, 

commeinds     to  seek  your          lands.        Dardanus         sprung     from  hence, 

repetit     hue,     que     Apollo    urget    ingentibus    jussis    ad 

returns         here,        and        Apollo         urges  us    by  his  great        commands    to 

Tyrrhenum    Tybrim,   et     sacra    vada       fontis       Numici. 

the  Tuscan  Tyber,         and  the  sacred  streams  of  the  fountain     Numicus. 

Prseterea   dat    tibi  parva  munera  prioris    fortunjc,  reliquias 

Besides        he  gives  to  you  small    presents    of  his  former    fortune,  relics 

receptas  ex  ardente  Trojd.   Pater    Anchises         libabat 

recovered    from    burning       Troy,        Father    Anchises       performed  libations 

ad  aras     hoc         auro:         hoc  erat  gestamen  Priami  cum 

nl  the  altars  from     this  golden  bowl:    this     was     the  sceptre    of  Priam     when 

daret    jura     populis     vocatis         more,          que  sceptrum 

he  gave     laws    to  the  people    convoked    in  their  manner,       and  a  mace 

que    sacer  tiaras,  que  vestes,  labor         Iliadum.        Talibus 

and        sacred    crown,    and    dresses,  the  labour  of  Trojan  matrons.  With  such 

dictis     Hionei,    Latinus  tenet         ora         defixa      obtutu, 

words      of  Ilionius.     Latinus  holds    his  countenance  fixed   in  firm  regard, 

que  haeret  immobilis         solo,     volvens     intentos    oculos. 

and     remains    unmoved     on  the  ground,       rolling       his  attentive          eyes. 

Nec     picta     purpura    movet    regem,      nee       Piiameia 

Neither  the  painted      purple  moves        the  king,     nor  does  I'uam'i 


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sceptra   movent     eum    tantum,      quantum     moratur      in 

MM'pire  move  him       so  much.  as  be  dwells       upon 

connubio    que     thalamo         natse,          et      volvit    sortem 

the  marriage    and    marriage  rites    of  his  daughter,   and    he  revolves      the  lot 

veteris    Fauni     sub     pectore:          hunc     ilium   generum 

of  ancient   Faunufl      in  his        heart:  that  this  is        the  son-in-law 

profectum   ab  extern^  sede      fatis      portendi,  que  vocari 

proceeding       from    a  remote      seat    by  the  fates      foretold,       and         call'd 

pnnbus  auspiciis    in    regna;      hinc     futuram    progeniem 

bv  equal       auspices     to  his  kingdom;    that  hence      would  be  a  race 

egregiam    virtute  et  quas   viribus     occupet    totum   orbem. 

renowned      for  courage  and  which    by  power    shall  possess  the  whole       globe 

Tandem  laetus     ait:         Di         secundent   nostra     incepta, 

At  length    joyful    he  says:   May  the  Gods    favour  our       undertaking, 

que     suum      augurium.     Trojane,         dabitur  quod 

•nd      their  own       augury.  O  Trojan,       it  shall  be  given  which 

optas:  nee      sperno      munera.          Uber         divitis     agri, 

you  ask;    nor     do  I  despise       your  gifts.       The  richness    of  the  fertile    land. 

que  opulentia  Trojae         non         deerit     vobis          Latino 

and     the  wealth      of  Troy     shall  not         be  wanting   to  you      while  Latinus 

rege.  Modb      ./Eneas   ipse  adveniat  (si    est     tanta  cupido 

is  king.   Provided      ^Eneas    himself   will  come     (if  (Acre  is    so  great  a  desire 

nostrf,  si  properat     jungi       hospitio,  que   vocari      socius) 

of  us,       if    he  hastens   to  be  united  in  friendship,  and  to  be  call'd        anally) 

neve         exhorrescat         amicos     vultus.         Erit         pars 

nor  let  him  dread  our  friendly    countenance.  It  shall  be    the  part 

pacis  mihi    tetigisse        dextram      tyranni.     Vos       contra 

of  peace  to  me  to  have  touched  the  right  hand   of  the  prince.     You    on  the  other 

nunc     referte    mea    mandata          regi:        Est    mihi 

kand    now          boar  back      my  commands     to  your  kins'.    There  is  .  to  ma 

nata     quam     sortes    ex         patrio    adyto,          plurima 

a  daughter     whom      the  oracles   from     my  paternal      shrine,         whom   many 

monstra     ccelo     non    sinunt  jungere  viro     nostiaegentis: 

prodigies    from  heaven  do  not  permit  me  to  unite  to  a  husband  of  our      nation: 

canunt       hoc     re  stare    Latio,         generos     afibre        ab 

they  prophecy   that  this    awaits        Latinin,  that  snns-in-law  will  be  here   from 

externis   oris,    qui         sanguine       ferant  nostrum    nomen 

foreign         coasts,   who         by  their  blood       will  raise      our  name 

in    astra.    Et   reor      et  opto      (si     mens    augurat      quid 

to    the  stars.  And  I  suppose  and  desire  it     (if    my  mind       uu^urs     any  thing 

veri)       fata     poscere  hunc       ilium 

oftru(h)  the  fates     demand     this  man      himself. 

Pater         effatus         haec,      eligit  equos    otnni    numero 

The  father  having  spoken  these  words,  selected  horses      from  all  the  nuinhor 

ter     centum    nitidi  stabant   in     altis     praesepibus: 

three       hundred        shining  steeds         stood          in       the  lofty  staid 

extemplo      jubet         alipedes,  instratos     ostro      que 

forthwith      he  comma  IK!!:    the  wing  -looted  Horses    overspread      with  purple     anil 


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pictis    tapetis,       duci     omnibus     Teucris  ordine.     Aurea 

painted     trappings,  to  be  led  out     for  all  the  Trojans  in  order.        Golden 

jmonilia     pendent      demissa        pectoribus;         tecti      aurc 

martingales     hang  depending       from  their  breasts;     covered  with  gold 

Tnandunt     fulvum     aurum     sub        dentibus;  currum  que 

they  champ       the  yellow        gold          beneath        their  teeth,      a  chariot       and 

geminos    jugales    ab     jethereo  semine,   spirantes      ignem 

two  match-horses  from   the  ethereal      race,        breathing  forth  fire 

naribus  absent!     ^Eneae:     de     gente    illorum,  quos 

from  their  nostrils,    for  the  absent  ^Eneas:      from     the  race     of  those,     which 

Daedala     Circe,   furata  patri      creavit        nothos      dc 

Daedalian         Circe,  having  stolen  from  her  father  produced   a  spurious  race  from 

aupposita  matre.     ^Eneadag,    talibus  donis  que  dictis   Latini 

a  substituted   mother.      The  Trojans,    with  such     gifts     and  words  of  Latinus 

(redeunt  sublimes  in  equis,  que  reportant   pacem.    Autem 

return  proud        on  their  horses,  and     bring  back          peace.  But 

ecce!  saeva  conjux     Jovis     referebat      sese      ab    Inachiis 

lo!        the  dread     wife         of  Jupiter  brought  back      herself     from      [iiachian 

Argis,  que  invecta    tenebat     auras:    et  longe   ab   aethere, 

Argos,      and      borne  on    she  possessed    the  air:    and     far       from      the  sky, 

ab  usque  Siculo  •  Pachyno,   prospexit   laetum    ^Enean,  que 

from  even      Sicilian        Pachinus,         she  beheld       joyful  .(Eneas,        and 

Dardaniam   classem.      Videt  jam  moliri 

the  Trojan  fleet.  She  beholds  the  Trojans  already          begin,  to  build 

tecta,    jam    sidere    terras,  deseruisse    rates.      Stetit     fixa 

houses,    already   to  settle  on  the  land,  to  desert        their  ships.    She  stood  pierced 

acri     dolore;  turn  quassans     caput,       effudit      haac  dicta 

with  sharp    grief:         then      shaking          her  head,  she  poured  out  these    words 

pectore:    Heu!    invisam     stirpem,    et     fata      Phrygum 

from  her  breast:  Ah!  hateful  race,          and      fates     of  the  Trojans 

contraria  nostris  fatis!     num  occumbere  Sigeis 

opposed  toour      fates!        whether     could  I  overthrew  t/tem  on  the  Sigean 

campis?     Num     capti     potuere    capi?        num         incensa 

plains?        Whether  conquered  could  they  be  conquered?  whether  has  conflgrated 

Trqja  cremavit      viros?    invenere    viam  medias 

Troy         burnt  these  men?  they  have  found  a  way  through  the  midst 

acies,     que    per   medios    ignes.      At,  credo,  mea  numina 

of  armies,  and    through  the  midst     of  fires.        But,  I  believe,  my  divinity 

tandem  jacent   fessa;     aut  exsaturata  odiis,  quievi. 

at  length       lies         wearied;       or       satisfied     with  hatred,       I  have  rested. 

Quin  etiam  infesta    ausa         sequi       excussos        patria 

But  even     bating      I  dared      to  follow  them      driven    from  their  country 

per     undas,    et  opponere  me      profugis  toto  ponto 

through  the  waves,  and  to  oppose   myself  to  the  fugitives  through  the  whole  sea 

Vires        que     cceli    que   maris     absumptae     in     Teucros. 

The  powers    bjth  of  heaven    and      the  sea      are  consumed  against  the  Trojans. 

Quid  Syrtes.       aut  Scylla,      quid      vasta    Charybdis 

What  did       quicksands,        or      Scylla,  what  H:H  the  vast          Charybdin 


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profuit  mihi:    conduntur       optato    alvno  Tybndis,   securi 

profit  me.        they  are  moored  in  the  desired  channel  of  theTyber,    careless, 

pelagi     atquc  mei.     Mars  valuit  perdere  immanem  gentem 

of  the  ocean  and   of  me.        Mars      could      destroy         the  huge  race 

Lapitharum;      genitor     Detim      ipse     concessit  antiquam 

or  the  l.rijiiili.r;          the  father  of  the  Gods    himself         yielded  ancient 

Calydona  in    iras   Diana3:  quod  tantum  scelus       Lapithis, 

Calydon  to  the  anger  of  Diana:   what      so  great   crime  was  to  the  Lapiihc, 

aut  Calydone   merente?     Ast  ego,  magna   conjux     Jovis, 

or     was  Calydon      deserving?         But       1,      the  gredl         wife       of  Jupiter, 

quae   potui  linquere    nil      inausuin,    quae     infelix         vertt 

who      could        leave        nothing      undared,         who       unhappy    have  turned 

memet  in  omnia,  vincor    ab  jEned.      Quod  si  mea 

myself       to        all  expedients,  am  overcome  by      A'.ncas.  What     if       my 

numina  non  sunt    satis    magna,    equidem     baud   dubitem 

divinity         js       not    sufficiently  great,  indeed     I  will  not  hesitate 

implorare    quod     est    usquam:    si  nequeo  flectere  Superos, 

to  implore        that  which  is        anywhere:     if    Icannot         bend  the  Gods, 

movebo      Acheronta.       Esto,        non  dabitur 

1  will  move  hell.  Be  it  so,     Mat  it  shall  not         be  granted  to  ma 

prohibere         Latinis  regnis,  atque  Lavinra  manet   conjux 

to  forbid  Ati/i  the  Latin   kingdoms,      and      Lavinia        remains       At*  wife 

immota  fatis:    at      licet       trahere,    atque    addere    moras 

fixed  by    the  fates:  but  it  is  permitted  to  prolong,       and  to  add  delays 

tantis         rebus;    at    licet       excindere  populos  amborum 

to  these  great  events;    but  it  is  permitted    to  cut  off       the  people  of  both 

regum.     Gener          atque       socer      coe'ant    hie  mercede 

kings.        Let  the  son-in-law  and         father  in-law      unite      at  this  price 

suorum.          Virgo,         dotabere         Trojano       et    Rutulo 

of  Ihcir  friends.     O  maid,    you  shall  be  endowed  with  Trojan          and  Rutulian 

sanguine;  et  BelJona  pronuba      manet      te:      nee   tantum 

blood;  and    Bcllona    a  bridesmaid  shall  remain  to  thee:      nor  alone 

Cisseis     praegnans          face  enixa  jugales  ignes  quin 

did  Hecuba      teeming       with  a  firebrand         bear        nuptial         fires  but 

suus     partus       Veneri       idem,  et   alter  Paris,  que     tedae 

her  own  offspring  shall  be  to  Venus  the  same,  and  another  Paris,      and      torches 

iterum         funestae     in     recidiva  Pergama. 

again      shaft  be  deadly      against    new  rising      Troy. 

Ubi   dedit    hsec  dicta,  horrenda  petivit    terras.       Ciet 

When  he  uttered  these  words,  dread  she  sought  the  earth.    She  calls  up 

luctificam  Alecto   ab  sede   dirarum     sororum,  que  infernis 

mournful          Alecto    from   the  seat  of  the  direful    sisters,          and        infernal 

tenebris;     cui       cordi     tristia   bella,  que  irae,   que  insidiaa 

darkness;     in  whose    heart  are  mournful    wars,    and  wrath,   and  fraud, 

rt   noxia  crimina.  Et  pater  Pluton  ipse   odit.          Tartareae. 

and  hurtful    crimes.          And    father    Pluto    himself  hates  tier.  The  Tartarean 

sorores  odere   monstrum;    vertit     sese      in      tot        ora 

M-t.r~        hate        the  monster;       she  turns    herself    into    so  many      feature* 


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tarn    sffivas  facies,  atra        pullulat    tot      colubris.     Quam 

BO  many  cruel    forms,    black  she    sprouts  forth  so  many    snakes.  Whom 

Juno   acuit       his      verbis,  ac  fatur     talia:       Virgo,    sata 

Juno    provoked  with  these    words,    and  speaks  these  things:   O  Maid,      born 

Nocte,    da  mihi  hunc   proprium  laborem,  hanc  operam; 

from  Night,    give    tome    this         appropriate       labour,        this  work; 

ne    noster  honos,  ve  infractra  fama     cedat         loco,    neu 

let  not    our       honour,      01    mutilated      fame     yield  on  this  occasion,       nor 

^Eneadae    possint  ambire  Latinum  connubiis,  ve      obsidere 

let  the  Trojans  be  able  to  circumvent  Latinus    by  marriage,      or  besiege 

Italos         fines.     Tu     potes   armare   unanimes    fratres   in 

the  Italian  boundaries.  You      can  arm  harmonious       brothers     to 

prcelia,  atque  versare    domos    odiis;  tu         inferre  verbera 

battle          and       overturn      families  by  hatred;  you  can      bear  stripes 

que  funereas     faces  tectis;    tibi         mille   nomina,     mille 

and      deadly       firebrands  to  houses;  to  you  are  a  thousand  names,    a  thousand 

artes  nocendi:  concute  fecundum  pectus,  disjice  compositam 

arts      of  injuring;   strike          your  prolific     breast,       break      this  established 

pacem,    sere  crimina        belli:  juventus  velit,    que   simul 

peace,  sow    crimes  the  seeds  of  war;  the  youth        wish,       and      at  once 

poscat,     que      rapiat         arma.      Exin      Alecto,    infecta 

demand  it,    and      let  them  seize  upon  arms.    Forthwith      Alecto,  stain'd 

Gorgoneis    venenis,     principio    petit  Latium   et     celsa 

with  Gorgonian       poisons,      in  the  first  place    sought   Laiium    and    the  lofty 

tecta         Laurentis    tyranni,    que   obsedit    taciturn    limen 

palace    of  the  Laurentine    prince,  and      besieg'd       the  silent  gate 

Amatae   quam  ardentem   super    adventu     Teucrum     que 

•)f  Amata      whom       raging  about       the  coming    of  the  Trojans       and 

nymenasis        Tumi  que  femineae  euros  que    irae  coquebant. 

the  marriage  rites  of  Turnus  both    female         cares  and  passions         inflamed, 

Dea         conjicit     huic     unum    anguem    de    caeruleis 

The  Goddess         cast  on  her       one  snake        from       her  azure 

crinibus,    que   subdit    in     sinum     ad   intima    prascordia, 

locks,  and       it  sunk    into  her  bosom       to     her  inmost  heart, 

quo      monstro   furibunda    permisceat     omnem   domum. 

by  which      monster  raging         she  may  disturb         all  her  family. 

Tile  lapsus  inter    vestes    et    levia  pectora  volvitur  nullo 

It        gliding    between    her  dress   and   smooth      breast       rolls  on        with  no 

altactu,    que    fallit    furentem,  inspirans  viperam     animam: 

impression,  and    deludes       her  raging,      inspiring        a  viperous  soul: 

ingens     coluber      fit      tortile     aurum         collo,         fit 

the  great       snake       becomes    wreathed       gold  for  her  neck;  it  becomes 

tsenia    longae      vittae  que    innectit      comas,    et    lubricius 

A  wreath  of  a  long          fillet    and          binds         Aerhair.  and  gliding 

errat       membris.     Ac    dum    prima    lues,         sublapsa 

wanders  over     her  limbs.        And      while    the  first    infection,      gliding  under 

udo     veneno,     pertentat    sensus,    atque  implicat  ignem 

with  moist  poison,        thrills  through    her  senses,    anil         implant?  hit 


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ossibus,      necdum     animus   percepit   flammam        toto 

in  her  bonex,    nor  yd       did  her  mind       feel  ihe  flame  through  all 

pectore:    iocuta  est  mollius     et         de          solito       more 

her  heart:       she  spoke       morcgcntly  and       according    to  the  usual        modo 

matrum,  lacrymans  multa  super        nata1         que  Phrygiis 

of  mothers,    weeping  much        about       her  daughter       and      the  Trojan 

,  hymcnjeis:  0  gcnitor,    ne  Lavinia  datur    ducenda  Teucris 

i  nuptial*:  O    father,       shall    Lavinia     be  given    to  be  married  to  Trojan 

exsulibus?  ncc  miseret  te    que        natae      que     tui?    nee 

exiles?  nor     do  you  pity         both   your  daughter    and     yourself?    uor 

miseret    matris  quam   perfidus    prsedo  relinquet       printo 

do  you  pity  her  mother  whom  this  treacherous  robber  will  abandon  with  the  first 

Aquilone,     petens     alta,     virgine          abductd?    An  non 

north  wind,         seeking1    the  deep,     the  maid  being    carried  off?      Did        not 

Phrygius    pastor         sic   penetrat  Lacedoemona,  que   vexit 

the  Trojan      shepherd  Paris  thus    enter  Lacedemon,  and    bear  off 

Ledaeam  Helenam  ad   Trojanas   arcesr          Quid  tua 

Lcda'9  Helen  to      the  Trojan     towers?         What  avails  your 

sancta  fides,  quid  antiqua    cura     tuorurn,    et    dextera 

holy         faith,      what    the  ancient    regard    your  friends,    and  your  right  hand 

data    toties     consanguineo     Tiirno?     Si     gener      petitur 

pledged  so  often        to  your  relation         Turuus?         If  a  son-in-law    is  sought 

Latinis     de  externd  gente,  que  id      sedet,    que        jussa 

by  the  Latins  from  a  foreign  nation,    and  this  is  determined,  and  the  commands 

parentis        Fauni  premunt     te:    equidem    reor    omnem 

of  your  father      Faunus    restrain  you:        indeed          I  think  every 

terram  externam,  quae  libera  nostris  sceptris       dissidet; 

land  is  foreign,        which    free    from  our    authority  is  separated  from  iw. 

et  Divos    dicere   sic. 

and  the  Gods    declare   thus. 

Et  si  prima  origo    domus   repetatur,  Inachus  que  Acrisius 

And  if  the  first   origin  of  his  family  be  demanded,    Inachus     and        Acrisiua 

patres      Turno,  que  mediae  Mycenae,  Ubi 

were  ancestors  to  Turnus,  and    the  midst  of  Mycenz  is  his  country.  When 

videt    Latinum  stare   contra,          experta      nequicquam 

she  beholds    Laiinus       to  stand  opposed  taker,  having  tried  in  vain 

his    dictis,  que   furiale   malum  serpentis  lapsum  penitus 

with  these  words,  and    maddening  mischief  of  the  serpent   gliding     '      deeply 

in  viscera,    que      pererrat       totam;  turn  verb 

into  nor  entrails,  and  had  wandered  through  her  whole  frame',  then  indeed 

infelix          excita  ingentibus  monstris,  lymphata  furit  per 

the  hapless  woman  aroused  by  these  great     prodigies;          frantic       rages  through 

immensum  urbem   sine  more:  ceu  quondam  turbo  volitans 

the  extensive         city       beyond  measure:    as       whenever      a  top  flying 

sub        torto  verbere,  quem  pueri  intenti  ludo,  exercent  in 

beneath  a  wreathed    lash,  which    boys       intent     on  play,    exercise        in 

magno  gyro  circum  vacua  atria:  ille  actus  habend     fertur 

•  great      circle     around     the  empty  hall*:       it    drawn  by  the  thong     is  borne 


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curvatis     spatiis:  inscia    turba    stupei,    que  impubes 

in  circling          spires:  the  ignorant  crowd  stand  amazed,  and  the  youthful 

man  us    mirata    volubile    buxum:     dant     anitnos     plagoe. 

band  admiring  the  whirling       wood:       they  give  their  sou.s  to  the  blow. 

Agitur  non  segnior     illo    cursu,   per          medias 

The  queen  is  driven  on  not  more  slowly  than  this  course,  through          the  midst 

urbes,  que  feroces  populos.     Quin  etiam    adorta       majus 

»f  cities,    and       fierce       people.  But         even      advancing   to  a  greater 

nefas  que  orsa  majoremfuroremevolatin  sylvas,      simulato 

evil        and  rising  to  a  greater  madness    she  flies  into  the  woods,  having  feigned 

numine    Bacchi,    et  abdit    natam    frondosis        montibus, 

the  divinity  of  Bacchus,  and  hides  her  daughter  in  the  leafy  mountains, 

quo    eripiat    thalamum    Teucris,    que  moretur      taedas; 

that  she  may  snatch  marriage    from  the  Trojans,  and   delay  the  nuptial  torches 

fremens   Evoe  Bacche,   vociferans     te      solura       dignum 

crying  out       Evoe      Bacchus,         declaring       that  you   alone  are  worthy 

virgine;  etenim   sumere  molles  thyros  tibi,  lustrare      te 

of  the  maid;       for      she  has  taken     soft       spears  for  you,  she  encircles     thee 

choro,    pascere  sacrum  crinem    tibi.     Fama  volat,      que 

with  a  dance,  preserves  her  sacred    locks       for  you.      Fame      flies,  and 

simul    idem    ardor   agit  omnes  matres,  accensas     Furiis 

at  once    the  same     zeal       urges       all       the  mothers,  inflamed   by  the  Furies 

pectore,    quaerere  nova   tecta.     Deseruere    domos;  dant 

in  their  breasts,    to  seek       new  dwellings.      They  desert  their  homes;  they  give 

colla    que  comas     ventis.      Ast   aliae   complent      aethera 

their  necks  and     hair     to  the  winds.       But    others         fill  the  skies 

tremulis  ululatibus,  que  incinctae  pellibus  gerunt  pampineas 

tremulous          cries,  and      covered       with  skins  they  bear  the  vine  bound 

hastas;  ipsa  fervida  sustinet  flagrantem  pinum  inter  medias 

spears;       she       raging       upholds       a  burning          pine  in  the      midst 

ac  canit  hymenaeos        natae        que  Turni,  torquens 

and    sings  the  "nuptial  song  of  her  daughter    and   Turnus,  rolling 

sanguineam   aciem  que   repente   clamat      torvum:          lo 

her  bloody  eye-ball    and       suddenly     cries  out  in  a  stern  manner       O 

Latinae  matres,  audite,      ubiquseque,  si  qua        gratia 

ye  Latin    mothers,      hear,  wheresoever  you  are,       if    any  regard 

infelicis  Amatae  manet        piis  animis,  si  cura     materni 

of  the  wretched   Amata    dwells  in  your  pious  minds,       if  care      of  a  mother's 

juris  remordet,  solvite  crinales  vittas,   capite     orgia 

ngnl         corrodes    your  hearts,  loosen     your  hairy    fillets,       take  up  the  orgies 

mecum.     Alecto  agit  reginam   talem     stimulis       Bacchi, 

with  me.  Alecto     urges    the  queen        thus     with  the  goads     of  Bacchus, 

undique    inter  sylvas,  inter    deserta    fcrarum.     Postquam 

on  every  side  among  the  woods,  among  the  deserts  of  wild  beasts.  After 

visa  acuisse        primos    furores     satis,  que 

she  seemed    to  have  provoked   her  first      madness    sufficiently,  and 

vertisse     consilium  que  ornnem  domum  Latini,  protinua 

to  have  overturned  the  counsel  and         all         the  house  of  Latinus,    forthwith 


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tristis   Dea   tollitur   hinc      fuscis      alls  ad  muros    audacis 

lhe«ad  Goddess  is  borne  from  hence  on  mournful  wings  to  the  walls  of  the  darin? 

Turni:  quam  urbern  Danae,  delata  prcecipiti    Noto     dicitur 

I'urnus:      which       city      Danae,    borne  on    the  swift   south  wind         is  said 

fundavisse      Acrisioneis  colonis.     Locus  quondam 

to  have  been  founded  for  her  Acrisian    colonists.     The  place  was  formerly 

dictus  Ardua         avis,       et  nunc  Ardea  manet     magnum 

called        Ardua    by  our  ancestors  and     now      Ardea     remains  a  great 

nomen;  sed     fortuna    fuit, 

name;  but  its    fortune   has  been. 

Hie  in  altis  tectis  Turnus  jam  carpebat  mediam  quietem 

Here  in  the  lofty  palace    Turnus        now    enjoyed    his  midnight  sleep 

nigra"    nocte.  Alecto  exuit   torvam      faciem   et    furialia 

in  the  black  night.        Alecto      put  off   her  grim     countenance  and         Fury's 

membra;  transformat    sese    in      aniles         vultus,  et   arat 

limbs;  transforms       himself  into  an  old  woman's       looks,   and  ploughs 

obsccenam  frontem       rugis;       induit    albos    crines     cum 

her  filthy  forehead      with  wrinkles:    puts  on        white       hair  with 

vitta,    turn     innectit     ramum     olivae:         fit  Calybe 

a  fillet,     then      she  binds  on    the  bough    of  an  olive;    she  becomes       Calybe, 

anus       Junonis,  que  sacerdos     templi;    et   offert    se 

an  old  woman  of  Juno,     and    a  Priestess    of  the  temple;  and  offers       herself 

juveni    ante   oculos   cum  his  vocibus:  Turne,      patiere 

to  the  youth  before   his  eyes    with    these    words:       O  Turnus,  will  you  suffer 

tot    labores  fusos  incassum,  et      tua     sceptra     transcribi 

to  many  labours  wasted      in  vain,         and  shall  your   sceptre      be  transferred 

Dardaniis   colonis?  Rex   abnegat  conjugium  tibi,    et    dotes 

to  the  Trojan  colonists?  The  king   denies       marriage  to  you,  and  dowries 

quagsitas  sanguine;  que  externus  haeres  quaeritur  in  regnum, 

gain'd  by  blood;         and      a  foreign         heir        is  sought   for  the  kingdom. 

I   nunc,      irrise,      offer         te         ingratis        periculis;  I, 

Go,  now,     scorn'd  man,    present    yourself  to  ungrateful    dangers;      Go, 

sterne  Tyrrhenas  acies;      tege    Latinos     pace.         Adeo 

prostrate    the  Tuscan      armies;       protect    the  Latins      by  peace.  Thus 

omnipotens  Saturnia       lapsa      jussit     me       fari 

the  all   powerful  daughter  of  Saturn    gliding  down  commanded  me      tospc-'.k 

haec     palam  tibi,  cum  jaceris     placida"     nocte.     Quare 

these  words  openly  to  you,  when  you  lay    in  the  peaceful    night.      Wherefore 

age,      et     Isetus     para    pubem     armari,    que        moveri 

mme  on,  and    joyful     prepare     the  youth    to  be  armed,    and      to  be  removed 

portis      in   arma:    et    exure    Phrygios     duces,         qui 

Trom  the  gate?  to      war:       and        burn        the  Trojan  leaders,  who 

consedere     pulchro   flumine,  que   pictas  carinas.      Magna 

have  settled        by  this  fair      stream,        and      painted    ships.  The  great 

vis     coclestium   jubet    sic:      Rex    Latinus   ipse,         ni 

power    of  the  Gods  commands    thus;    let  King    Latinus      himself,  unless 

fatetur    dare  conjugium,  et       parere         dicto,         sentiat, 

lie  agrees  to  grant  the  marriage,  and    to  comply  with    his  word.  Knew 


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ct  landam   experiatur    Turnum    in   armis.    Hie   juvenis 

and  at  length      experience  Turnus         in       arms.         Here      the  youth 

irridens    vatem     sic  vicissim  refert  ore 

scoffing    the  prophetess  thus    in  turn       replies  with  A»s  mouth  U  what 

orsa:         Nupcius  non  effugit  meas  aures,  ut    rero, 

she  had  begun  to  say:  the  news  has  not  escaped    my       ears,       as  you  suppose. 

classes  invectas         alveo         Tybridis.      Ne    finge 

that  ships          have  been  wafted  to  the  channel   of  the  Tiber.    Do  not       feign 

tantos   metus   mihi,   nee  est  regia  Juno  immemor  nostrf. 

so  great     fears       to  me,      nor       is      royal       Juno     unmindful  of  us. 

Sed,  6  mater,  senectus   victa          situ     que   effceta     veri, 

But,     O    mother,      old  age       overcome      by  its  rust  and    powerless   of  truth, 

nequicquam    exercet     te     caris,    et     inter   arma  regum, 

in  vain  exercises     you  with  carps,  and      amid    the  arms    of  kings, 

ludit      vatem          fals£         formidine.  Tibi         cura  tuen 

mocks    the  prophetess  with  deceptive        fear.  To  you  is  the  care  to  guard 

effigies     et   templa    Divum;    viri   gerant   bella  que  pacem 

the  images  and    temples    of  the  Gods;    let  men  manage     wars    and          peace 

queis   bella         gerenda.         Alecto  exarsit   in  iras  talibus 

by  whom  wars    are  to  be  conducted.       Alecto      kindled   into  wrath  by  these 

dictis.  At  subifus  tremor  occupat  artus    juveni  oranti, 

words.    But  a- sudden  trembling  seizes       the  limbs  of  the  youth  while  speaking, 

oculi      diriguere:    Erinnys     sibilat        tot         hydris,    que 

his  eyes       stiffened:         The  Fury       hisses       with  so  many    snakes,        and 

tanta   facies    aperit     se:     turn   torquens   flammea   lumina 

20  great  a  form      discloses    itself     then      turning         her  flaming  eyes 

et    repulit     cunctantem,  et  quasrentem  dicere     plura, 

both  repelled  him  delaying,    and       seeking  to  say         many  things, 

et   erexit      geminos  angues     crinibus,      que         insonuit 

and  she  rais'd        two  snakes       from  her  hair,       and  sounded 

verbera,  que  addidit      haec       rabido  ore:  En  ego 

her  lash,       and    superadds  these  words    with  her  maddening    mouth:  Lo        I 

victa       situ,  quam  senectus  effoeta  veri   ludet   fals& 

overcome  by  the  rust  of  age,  whom    old  age      powerless  of  truth  mocks  by  false 

formidine  inter  arma    regum.  Respice  ad  haec:         adsum 

fear  amidst  the  arms    of  kings.    Look  back  to  these  things:  I  am  hero 

ab    sede    dirarum   sororum;  gero  bella  que  lethum      manu. 

from  the  seat  of  the  direful    sisters;     I  bear    wars    and    death       in  my  hand. 

Effata    sic,     conjecit     facem     juveni      et  fixit         taedas 

Speaking   thus,       she  cast      a  firebrand  at  the  youth    and    planted  the  torches 

fumantes         atro         lumine         sub         pectore.     Ingens 

smoking       with  blackening    light  beneath  his  breast.  Great 

pavor  rupit  olli   somnum  que  sudor  proruptus         toto 

fear  broke     his        sleep  and    sweat        bursting        from  his  whole 

corpore,  perfudit     ossa    et     artus.    Amens     fremit  arma 

body,  bathes       his  bones  and      limbs.        Mad  he  raves  for  arm*. 


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requirit  arma     toro    que         tectis.  Amor     ferri, 

be  berks        arms    in  the  bed    and  through  the  palace.       The  love  of  the  sword 

et  scelerata  insania  belli,     super  ira    saevit. 

and  execrable      madness    of  war,    moreover  anger    rages. 

Veluti  cum  virgea  flamma  suggeritur    costis         aheni 

As  when  an  osier      flame      is  placed  under    the  sides  of  a  brass  vessel 

undantis  magno    sonore,  que    latices  exsultant          aestu; 

boiling         with  great       noise,         and     the  liquids     boil  over  with  heat; 

vis      aquae       furit   intus,  atque  fumidus  amnis  exuberat 

the  violence  of  the  water  rages  within,      and      the  smoking    stream     effervesce* 

spumis         alte;     nee  jam    unda      capit    se:        ater 

with  foam      on  high;       nor    now  docs  the  water  restrain  itself:  the  blackening 

vapor   volat  ad  auras.       Ergo  indicit      iter      primis 

steam       flies      into   the  air.       Therefore         he  directs  the  way  to  the  chiefs 

juvenum   ad  reerem  Latinum,     pace     polluta",     et   jubet 

of  the  youth     to        king  Latinus,     the  peace  being  violated,   and     orders 

arma         parari,         tutari       Italiam,      detrudere     hostem 

arms        to  be  prepared,        to  protect         Italy,  to  drive  out  the  foe 

finibus;  se  venire    satis  ambobus,  que  Teucris 

from  his  boundaries;  declaring  that  he  comes  sufficient  for  both,    both  the  Trojans 

que  Latinis.  Ubi      dedit       haec  dicta,  que   vccavit     Divos 

and        Latins.    When  he  had  uttered  these  words,    and    had  invoked  the  Gods 

in   vota,     Rutuli  exhortantur  •   sese       certatim  in   arma. 

in  his  prayers,  the  Rutulians  exhort  each  other         eagerly        to        arms. 

Egregium      decus     formae     atque   juventae  movet  hunc, 

The  remarkable    beauty    of  his  form        and  youth  move     Mupone, 

atavi       reges  hunc,     dextera     claris  factis 

his  ancestor  kings  inj!ueneeanother,his  right  hand  for  renowned  deeds  distinguished 

hunc.      Dum  Turnus    implet    Rutulos    audacibus 

marts         this  one.        While     Turnus  fills          theRutulians    with  daring 

animis,     Alecto  concitat    se    Stygiis    alis        in     Teucros; 

courage,          Alecto       raises       herself  on  Stygian  wings  against  the  Trojans; 

speculata  locum      novd      arte,  quo    litore  pulcher  lulus 

watching       the  place  with  renewed  fraud,  on  which  shore       beautiful       lulus 

agitabat    feras     insidiis  que   cursu.      Hie   Cocytia    virgo 

bunted       wild  beasts  by  snares      and    the  chase.       Here  the  infernal       maid 

objicit    subitam     rabiem    canibus,      et    contingit     nares 

casts  sudden  madness      on  the  dogs,       and       touched  their  nostrils 

noto        odore,  ut  aydentes    agerent    cervum;  quae   fuit 

with  the  known  scent,      as       glowing       they  drove       the  stag;    which     was 

prima  causa      malorum,       que  accendit     agrestes  animos 

the  firsi  cause    of  their  misfortunes,    and    inflamed          the  rustic  minds 

bello.       Erat  cervus  praestanti  forma",  et  ingens    cornibus, 

to  war.  There  was     a  stag    of  excelling    beauty,    and     large  in  horns; 

quern,     raptum      ab     ubere      matris,       Tyrrheidae  pueri 

which,         snatched         from    the  dugs    of  its  mother,       Tyrrheus'  sons 

nutribant,   que  Tyrrheus        pater    cui       regia    annenta 

nursed,  and       Tyrrheus       their  father    whom     the  royal  herds 


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parent,  et  custodia  campi        late"    credita.  Sylvia      soror 

obey,        and  the  beeping  of  the  plain  far  around  is  entrusted.  Sylvia  their  sister 

ornabat  ferum,  assuetum    imperils,       omni   cura,  intexens 

adorned    the  beast,    accustomed  to  her  commands,  with  every  care,  intertwining 

cornua    mollibus    sertis,    que     pectebat,    que  lavabat  in 

its  horns         with  soft      garlands,      and     sA«  combed  it,      and      washed  it    in 

puro    "fonte.     Illepatiens  manum,  que   assuetus          herili 

the  clear  fountain.    He     enduring    the  hand,     and    accustomed  to  his  master's 

mensss,  errabat    sylvis;    que    rursus  ipse  ferebat         se 

table,         wandered  in  the  woods;  and       again        he      withdrew          himself 

domum  ad     nota    liraina,  quamvis  sera"   nocte.         Rabidse 

home  to   the  known    gates,        however      late    at  night.  The  maddening 

canes  venantis  liili  commovere  hunc  errantem  procul,  cum 

dogs        of  hunting  lulus  roused  him        wandering    afaroff,      when 

forte  deflueret     secundo     fluvio,    que    Vvaret   aestus 

by  chance     he  swam  down  the  prosperous     stream,       and      relieved    the  heat 

viridante  ripa.  Etiam  Ascanius,  succensus  amore      eximiae 

on  the  green  bank.        Also       Ascanius,         inflamed  with  love  of  distinguished 

laudis,    ipse  direxit  spicula     curvo    cornu;  nee         Deus 

praise,       himself-  directed  his  darts  from  his  crooked  bow;       nor   was  the  God 

abfuit    erranti      dextrse,  '  que  arundo    acta      multo  sonitu, 

absent  from  his  erring  right  hand,   and    the  reed    driven  on  with  much     noise, 

venit,  que    per    uterum,  que     per     ilia.      At  quadrupes 

came,      bath  through  his  stomach,  and   through  his  flank.      But       the  animal 

saucius    refugit      intra         nota  tecta,    que   gemens 

wounded      tfew  back      within       its  known  dwelling,      and       groaning 

successit    stabulis;    que  cruentus  atque  similis    imploranti, 

came  up       to  the  stables;     and      bloody  and         like    to  one  entreating, 

replevit     omne    tectum      questu.      Sylvia    soror     prima 

filled  tfte  whole      house    with  complaints.    Sylvia      the  sister          first 

percussa  lacertos    palmis,      vocat  auxilium,  et  «onclamat 

striking         her  arms  with  her  hands,    calls        assistance,     and  calls  together 

duros  agrestts.     Olli  improvisi    adsunt  (enim  aspera  pestis 

thn  hardy  rustics.  They  unexpectedly  are  present  (for       the  cruel      plague 

btet         tacitis   sylvis;)    hie    armatus  obusto  torre, 

lies  hid    in  the  silent   woods;)       this  one   armed  with  a  burnt  brand, 

hie    sodis       gravidi  stipitis:     ira    facit      telum,      quod 

this  with  the  knots  of  a  heavy     club:         anger  produces     a  weapon,  whatever 

repertum  cuique   rimanti.     Tyrrheus  spirans  :mmane, 

is  found          by  each        searching.        Tyrrhetis  breathing  forth         wrathfully, 

seam   raptS.,   vocat  agmina,   ut    forte  scindebat  quercum 

at»  axe  being  seized,  calls     the  troops,     as  by  chance     hecutup  the  oak 

q'j.adri/ttlam     coactis  cuneis. 

npKt  in  tour parts  with  driven  wedges. 

A*  ftffjva    Dea,      nacta         £       speculis  tempus 

Br.t  the  cruel  Goddess, -having  found   from  the  watch-towers  a  time 

r.ocendi,     petit  ardua   tecta     stabuli,     et    de     summc 

for  toiug  injury,   bought  the  high      roof      of  the  stable;  and  from       the  lofty 


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culmino   canit    pastorale  signum^que  intendit    Tartaream 

height        lings  forth  the  shepherd's    signal,       and    stretches  her  hellisu 

vocem     recun'o     cornu;     qui     protinus   omne     nemus 

voice        with  the  crooked  horn;        by  which    from  afar        all  this  grove 

contremuit,  et  profundce  sylvae  intonuerc.    Et  lacus  Triviae 

trembled,  and    the  deep       woods      thundered.         And  the  lake  of  Diana 

longe  audivit;  amnis  Nar,   albus     sulfured     aqud,  audivit, 

afaroflf    heard;       the  river  Nar,    whitened  with  sulphureous  water,      beard  it, 

que  fontes    Velini;  et  trepidae    matres  pressere    natos    ad 

and   fountains  of  Velinus:  and  the  trembling  mothers     press       their  children  to 

pectora.     Turn  vero  ad  vocem,   qua     dira    buccina  dedit 

their  breasts.    Then   indeed  at  the  voice,  by  which  the  direful  trumpet  gave  forth 

signum,    indomiii    agricolze  celeres  concurrunt      undique 

the  signal,  the  unconquercd   farmers       swift  run  together      on  every  side 

telis     raptis;  necnon  et    Troia  pubes  effundit  auxilium 

with  weapons  seized;      likewise    both  the  Trojan  youth  pour  forth      assistance 

Ascanio  apertis   castris.      Direxere    acies;  non      agitur 

to  Ascanius  from  the  open  camps.  They  drew  up  their  troops;  they  are  not  engaged 

jam  agresti  certamine   duris  stipitibus  ve  praeustis  sudibus; 

now     in  rustic        strife        with  hard        clubs         or       burnt  stakes; 

sed   decernunt     ancipiti     ferro,  que    atra    seges    strictis 

but      they  contend    with  the  doubtful  swoid,  and    a  direful    crop    withdrawn 

ensibus  horrescit    late    que  sera          lacessita    sole  fulgent, 

•words  bristles  up  far  around  and  the  brazen  armor  being  struck  by  the  sun  shines, 

et   jactant  lucem     sub     nubila:    uti   cum   fluctus   coepit 

and     Uirows      the  light     beneath  the  clouds:     as      when     the  wave      begins 

albescere      primo    vento,  mare  tollit  sese  paulatim,       et 

to  grow  white  with  the  first    wind,    the  sea   raises   itself    by  degrees,         and 

erigit   undas  allius,  inde  consurgit     imo     fundo  ad  jethera. 

elevates  the  waves  higher,  then      it  rises    from  the  lowest  depths   to   the  skies. 

Hie  juvenis  Almon,  qui  fuerat  maximus  natorum  Tyrrhei, 

Here    the  youth    Almon,      who      was         the  eldest     of  the  sons  of  Tyrrheus, 

sternitur  ante  primam  aciem  stridente  sagitta;  enim  vulnus 

is  overthrown  before    the  first      rank   with  a  hissing  arrow;       for    the  wound 

haesit  sub  gutture  et  inclusit     iter         udse  vocis,       que 

stuck  fast  under  his  throat  and  stopped  up  the  passage  of  his  soft    voice,  and 

tenuem  vitam  sanguine.     Multa  corpora  virfim      circa  que 

slender          life       with  blood.         Many       bodies     of  heroes  fall  around  and 

senior  Galcesus  dum  ofFert     se     medium    paci;    qui   unus 

the  elder  Galesus/alfc  while  he  offers  himself  in  the  midst  for  peace:   and     alone 

fuit   justissimus,   que     olim     ditissimus    Ausoniis      arvis 

was       the  most  just,      and       formerly   the  richest  in    the  Ausonian         fields. 

Quinque  greges    balantum,  quina  armenta   redibant   illi, 

Five  flocks     of  bleating  sheep,  five     herds  of  cattle   returned      to  him 

et  vertebat    terram      centum    aratris.  Atque  dum       ea 

and  he  turned  up  the  earth  with  an  hundred  ploughs.      And      while  these  thine* 

geruntur       zequo     Marte    per    campos,      Dea      facta 

are  done          in  the  equal  contest    through  the  plains,  the  Goddess  being  mart* 


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potens     profrnissi,     ubi   •  imbtiit     bellum  sanguine,          et 

powerful    of  her  promise,  when  she  had  stained  the  war    with  blood,  and 

commisit  funera  primae  pugnse,  deserit  Hesperiam,         et 

had  sent          death       to  the  first  contest,          deserts       Italy,  and 

convexa    per   auras     coeli,    victrix       affatur       Junon«m 

borne  through  the  air  of  heaven,  a  conqueror  she  addresses  Juno 

superba  voce.     En    discordia  perfecta  tibi    tristi     bello! 

with  a  proud    voice.       Behold  the  discord     wrought  for  you  in  this  sad       war! 

die      coant    in  amicitiam,  et  jungant  fcedera  quandoquidem 

BaytAat  they  unite  in      friendship,    and      join  treaties  since 

respersi    Teucros     Ausonio  sanguine.     Addam  hoc  etiam 

I  have  sprinkled  the  Trojans  with  Ausonian  blood.  I  will  add  this          also 

his;    si  tua  voluntas  certa  mihi,    feram       finitimas  urbes 

to  them;  if  your       will          is  sure    tome,  I  will  drive  the  neighbouring  cities 

in  bella  rumoribus,  que  accendam  animos      amore     insani 

w     war       by  rumours,      and    I  will  inflame  their  minds  with  the  love  of  mad 

Martis,  ut      veniant          undique    auxilio;   spargam  arma 

war,  that  they  may  assemble  on  every  side    with  aid:    I  will  scatter     arms 

per      agros.     Turn      contra       Juno  Est       abunde 

through  the  fields.        Then  on  the  other  hand  Juno  said.  There  is  enough 

.terrorum    et    fraudis:      causae     belli     stant;         pugnatur 

of  terrors         and      of  fraud:      the  causes  of  the  war  remain;          let  them  fight 

armis     cominus;   novus  sanguis   imbuit   arma,    quae  prima 

with  arms  hand  to  hand;      new        blood      has  stained  their  arms,  which  the  first 

fors    dedit.      Egregium  genus  Veneris,   et   rex      Latinus 

chance  has  given.     The  renowned  son          of  Venus,    and     king  Lutinus 

ipse   celebrent  talia  connubia  et  tales  hymensos.      Pater 

himself  shall  celebrate  these   marriages    and  such      nuptial  rites.        The  father 

ille     regnator   sum  mi   Olympi,    haud  velit     te       errare 

himself     the  ruler         of  high        heaven,          is  not    willing  that  you     wander 

licentius  super  aetherias  auras.     Cede          locis. 

at  liberty       about    the  etherial  skies.        Withdraw  to  your  place. 

Si  qua  fortuna  laborum   superest   ego  ipsa         regain. 

If   any      fortune       of  labour     remains  to  us  I      myself      will  manage  it. 

Saturnia          dederat    tales   voces.       Autera    ilia    attollit 

Saturnian  Juno    had  uttered        these      words.  But  she  raised 

alas   stridentes  anguibus,  que  petit  sedem   Cocyti,  linquens 

her  wings  hissing      with  snakes,    and    seeks    theseat    of  Cocytus,         leaving 

supera    ardua.  Est  locus,  sub    altis  montibus     medio 

the  exalted  high  places.  There  is  a  place,  beneath  the  lofty  mountains  in  the  centre 

Italiae,  nobilis,  et   memoratus    fama    in   rnultis  oris,  valles 

of  Italy,  renowned,  and  commemorated    by  fame     in       many  coasts,  the  vales 

Amsancti:  latus     nemoris   atrum   densis  frondibus,     urget 

of  Amsanctus,  the  side  of  the  grove       black    with  thick      leaves,  incloses 

hunc  utrimque  que     medio    fragosus  torrens  dat  sonitum 

it  on  each  side     and  in  the  midst      a  noisy         torrent    gives      a  sound 

saxis       et    torto  vortice.  Hie  specus  horrendum  et 

with  rocks  and  a  whirling   pool.        Here    a  cave  horrid  in  Us  aspect     anJ 


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spiracula  ssevi  Ditis,  monstrantur;  que  ingens  vorago 

the  breathing  p/aeej  of  dread  Pluto,       are  shown;  and     a  huge  gulf 

Acheronte  rupto,  aperit    pestiferas   fauces;  queis   Erihnyji, 

Acheron  bursting,  opens      its  pestiferous      jaws;    in    which         Erynnyj 

invisum    numen    condita    levabat      terras     que     cceluni. 

the  hateful         fury  being  bid        relieved       the  earth     and  sky. 

Nec  minus     interca         Saturnia   regina  imponit  extremam 

Nevertheless  in  the  meantime    the  Ss'-rnian    queen      places  tier  last 

manum    bello.     Omnis  numerus  pastorum     ruit  ex 

hand       to  the  war.    The  whole     number      of  shepherds  rushed  out  from 

acie      in  urbem;  que  reportant  caesos,    Almonem  puerum, 

the  army  to   the  city;      and     bring  back    the  slain,       Almon  the  youth, 

que         ora         fcedati     Galsesi:  que  implorant  Deos,    que 

and       the  features  of  the  defiled   Galusus:    and     they  iutreat  the  Gods,      and 

obtestantur  Latinum.  Turnus   adest,   que   in     medio 

implore  Latinus  for  revenge.    Turnus    is  present,    and      in      the  midst 

crimine     csedis,    et    ignis    ingeminat  terrorem,        Teucros 

of  the  crime  of  murder,  and  of  fire        redoubles       the  alarm,  that  the  Trojans 

vocari  in    regna,    Phrygiam   stirpem    admisceri 

ire  called  to  the  kingdom,  that  the  Trojan    race  is  to  be  intermingled  with  ike 

se  pelli         limine.          Turn      quorum     maties, 

Latins     that  he  is  banished  from  the  palace.     Then  they     whose  mother*, 

attonitaa  Baccho,  insultant   thiasis      avia      nemora, 

astounded  by  the  rites  of  Bacchus,  leap  about     in  dances  in  the  pathless     groves, 

(enim  neque  nomen  Amatae  leve,)          collecti     undique 

for  neither  is  the  name  of  Amata  of  light  concern,)  assembled  on  every  side 

coeunt,  que  fatigant   Martem.         Ilicet         cuncti  poscunt 

unite,          and     provoke          the  war.  Forthwith  all  demand 

perverse         numine,    infandum    bellum,    contra    omina, 

by  the  perverted        deity,  dreadful  war,  against    the  oincnx, 

contra  fata     Deflm.    Certatim  circumstant    tecta          regis 

against  the  fates  of  the  Gods.      Eagerly  they  stand  around  the-  palace  of  the  king 

Latini.     Ille   resistit,        velut     immota    rupes    pelagi:  ut 

Latinus.        He  withstands  (Ann     as          an  unmoved       rock    of  the  ocean    as 

rupes    pelagi,  quae  magno   fragore    veniente,    tenet     sese 

•  rock  of  the  ocean,  which  wuh  great    noise         approaching,       holds       itself 

mole,      multis     undis     circum    latrantibus:     nequicquam 

by  its  mass,  many  waves        around  howling.  in  vuin 

scopuli  et  spumea    saxa  fremunt  circum  que     alga      illisa 

the  clifls   and   foaming       rocks       roar  around     and  the  sea  weed  upturn 

lateri          refunditur.      Verum   ubi    nulla   potestas    datur 

on  its  ride     is  thrown  back  But  when        no  power     is  granted 

exsnperare  caecum  consilium,  et     res     eunt     nutu       saevae 

to  overcome       the  blind       counsel,       ami  affairs  proceed  by  the  will    of  dread 

Junonis,    pater    inanis   testatus     Deos     que    auras  multa, 

Juno,  «iln;  father   in  vain      attesting     theGods      and      the  air        nmrii 

inquit,    Heu!      frangjmur          fatis,  que  ferimur    procelld, 

nays.  Ala*!  we  nr«  liruken  down  by  ihe  fate»,  and  borne  off     by  Hie  Morm 


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O  miseri!       ipsi  pendetis  has  pcenas     sacrilege    sanguinet 

O  wretched  men!  you        slial)  pay    these  penalties  with  your  sacrilegious     blood. 

Turne,  te,     nefas,  triste     supplicium   manebit;     que 

O  Turnus,  thee,   disaster,     and mourni'ul       punishment       shall  await;       and 

venerabere         Deos   seris    votis.      Nam   quies   est   parta 

you  shall  entreat       the  Gods  by  late  prayers.         For          rest        is   obtained 

mihi,  que   omnis   portus  in     limine:        spolior 

for  me,     and       all      the  harbour  of  my  cares  is  in  view:  am  deprived 

felici    funere.     Nee  locutus   plura,  sepsit    se         tectis, 

of  a  happy  burial.         Nor    did  he  speak  more,   he  shut  himself   in  his  palare, 

que  reliquit  habenas   rerum.  Erat     mos  in  Hespeno 

nnd        left  the  reins     of  affairs.          There  was  a  custom  in      Hesperian 

Latio,   quern  Albanae  urbes  protinus   coluere    sacrum,  nunc 

Latium,      which  the  Alban    cities      long  since  have  honoured  as  sacred,     now 

Roma  maxima  rerum  colit,  cum  movent  Martem  in  prima 

Rome    the  greatest  of  things  honours,  when  they  excite     Mars        to    the  first 

prcelia;    sive     parant         manu    inferre  lacrymabile  bellum 

contests;  whether  they  prepare  with  the  hand  to  wage     mournful  war 

Getis.  ve    Hyrcanis,    ve     Arabis,    seu    tendere 

against  the  Getians,       or  the  Hyrcanians,   or  the  Arabians,      or        to  march 

ad         Indos,  que  sequi  Auroram,  que  reposcere       Parthos 

against  the  Indians,  and  to  follow  the  morning,  and    redemand  of  the  Parthiana 

signa. 

standards. 

Sunt  geminae  portas  belli  (sic   dicunt        nomine)    sacra 

There  are        two  gates  of  war  (thus  they  call  them    by  name)         sacred 

religione  et   formidine   saBvi  Martis.  Centum  serei  vectes, 

by  religion    and    the  fear        of  dread    Mars.       An  hundred    brazen         bolts. 

que    seterna     robora  ferri   claudunt  nee         Janus     custos 

and     the  eternal     strength  of  iron   close  them    nor  does      Janus     the  keener 

absistit      limine.      Ubi     certa    sententia   pugnae         sedet 

withdraw    from  the  gate.    When  the  sure      sentence       of  war  Is  settled 

patribus,     consul     ipse,      insignis      Quirinali   trabeS.   que 

by  the  fathers,  the  consul  himself,    distinguished    by  a  Roman      robe  and 

Gabino     cinctu.     reserat      stridentia   limina;      ipse    vocat 

Oabinian        cincture,         unlocks        the  creaking      gates;  he         invites 

pugnas:  turn  csetera  pubes   sequitur  que      aerea       cornua 

the  contest,  then  the  other    youth       follows        and      the  brazen        trumpets 

conspirait      rauco      assensu.   Et  turn  Latinus    jubebatur 

resound  with  hoarse      concord.        And     then   Latinus  was  commanded 

mdicere         bella     ^Eneadis        hoc    more,   que  recludere 

to  proclaim  war  against  the  Trojans  in  this   manner,     and      to  lay  open 

tristes   portas.  Pater  abstinuit  tactu,   que  aversus 

the  mournful  gates.    Father  Latinvs  withdrew  from  the  touch,  and  turning  away 

refugit  foeda  ministeria,    et  condidit     se    caecis      umbris. 

fled  from    the  foul    employment,    and    concealed  himself  in  the  dark       shades. 

Turn   Saturnia   regina     Deum,     delapsa         coslo         ipsa 

Then     the  Saturnian  queen      of  the  Gods,    gliding  down    fro<*i  henven          she 


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unpulit     morantes  portas         manu,   et  cardine     verso, 

mjshed  open  the  delaying  gates       with  her  hand,  and   the  hinge    being  turn'il, 

rupit  ferrates  postes  belli.  Ausonia,  inexcita  at.que  irhmobils 

kurst    the  iron       posts       of  war.    Ausunia       at  rest        and  unmoved 

ante,    ardet.    Pars  parat    ire  pedes  campis;    pars  arduus 

before,  is  inflamed  A  part  prepare   logo  on  foot  to  tin;  plums;  a  part         proud 

altis         equis         pulverulcntus  furit;  omiies 

on  their  high    horses  involved  in  dust  rush  furiously  on:  all 

requirunt     arma.    Pars     tergunt      16ves      clypeos,    et 

agerly  demand       arms.        A  part       cleanse      their  light        shields,        and 

lucida  spicula  pingui   arvind,  que  subigunt         secures  in 

shining    spears        with  fat       tallow,      and      sharpen         their  axes          on 

cote:         que    juvat  ferre     signa       que     audire 

the  whetstone    and      it  delights  them    to  bear  the  standards  and  to  hear 

sonitus    tubarum.  Adeo  quinque  magnac  urbes,   incudibus 

the  sounds   of  trumpets.   Thus       five  great  cities,         their  anvil* 

positis,    novant         tela,         potens  Atina  que  superbum 

being  placed,     renew       their  weapons,    powerful    Atina    and  proud 

Tibur,  Ardea  que   Crustumeri    et     turrigerae      antemnae. 

Tibur,        Ardea       and       Crustumeri        and       turret  bearing          antcmnz. 

Cavant     tuta  tegmina    capitum,    que  flectunt    salignas 

They  hollow  out   safe     coverings    of  their  heads,   and      bend  the  willow 

crates  umbonum:  alii  ducunt   ahenos     thoracas,  aut  leves 

hurdles  of  their  shields:  others  draw  out      brazen       breastplates,     or        light 

ocreas      lento      argento.       Honos  vomeris  et 

greaves  from  ductile       silver.  The  honour  of  the  ploughs  are       and 

falcis       hue.  omnis  amor  aratri      cessit,      hue  recoquunt 

sickle  yields   here,         all  love  of  the  harrow  yields  here,    they  reforge 

patrios    enses    fornacibus,    que     jam   classica    sonant, 

their  paternal    swords      in  furnaces,       and  now    the  trumpets       sound. 

tessera         it         signum         bello.         Hie     trepidus  rapit 

the  die  goes  forth    a  signal        for  the  war.       This  man  trembling     seizes 

galeam      tectis:       ille   cogit    frementes     equos    ad  juga, 

a  helmet  from  the  roof:  this  one  joins      the  neighing       horses       to  the  yoke, 

que  induitur  clypeum,   que     loricam     trilicem      auro, 

and       puts  on       the  shield,       and      coat  of  mail       triple  with  gold. 

que  accingitur        fido        ense.         Deae        nunc  pandite 

and      is  girded  with  a  faithful   sword.    Ye  Goddesses       now  open 

Helicona,    que    movete  cantus;  qui   reges  exciti 

Helicon,  and       direct       my  song;      what  kings  have  been  aroused 

bello;       quae    acies    secutae      quemque       compleverint 

by  the  war;       what      troops       following     each  leader  have  filled 

campos;    quibus   viris  jam  turn  alma     Itala  terra  floruerit, 

the  piling;    by  what       men    even     then    the  fair     Italian  land       flourished, 

quibus  armis         arserit:         enim  Divas'       et  meminislis, 

with  what  arms     it  was  inflamed:       for     ye  Goddesses        ye  both  remember 

et  potestis  memorare:  vix         tenuis      aura   famae 

and    ye  can    commemorate  these  things;  scarcely      has  a  light    breath   of  fame 


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perlabitur  ad  nos   Asper  Mezentius    contemtor      DivQm, 

glided  by  to     u*.       Cruel       Mczentius  the  dcspiser      of  the  Gods, 

primus  init  bellum  ab  Tyrrhenis   oris,  que  arma.t  agmina. 

first        enters    the  war  from    the  Tuscan     coasts,   and<    arms        his  troops. 

Huic  juxta         filius    Lausus,         quo  non     fuit 

JVcxt  to  him  near  at  hand  his  son      Lausus,         than  whom    there  was         not 

alter        pulchrior,     corpore    Laurentis    Tumi       excepto. 

another      more  beauti ful,      the  form      ofLaurentine    Turnus    being  excepted. 

Lausus  domitor  equorum,  que  debellator    ferarum,      ducit 

Lausus      the  tamer     of  horses,      and       destroyer       of  wild  beasts,    leads  on 

mille     viros,    secutos         nequicquam   ex     urbe  Agyllina 

a  thousand  men,     following  him          in  vain  from    the  city  Agylla 

dignus          qui          esset          laetior    patris    imperiis,    et 

a  worthy  youth  who  should  have  been  more  joyful  in  a  father's  commands,  and 

cui     Mezeniius     haud    esset    pater. 

to  whom  Mezentius   should  not  have  been  a  father. 

Post    hos  pulcher    Aventinus,   satus   pulchro    Hercule, 

After     these    beautiful         Aventinus,        sprung      from  fair  Hercules, 

ostentat  currum  insigiiem     palma,     que     victores      equos 

displays        his  chariot  distinguished   by  the  palm,    and    his  victorious       horses 

per    gramina:    que      clypeo       gerit    paternum   insigne, 

through      the  grass:         and     on  his  shield    he  bears    his  father's  emblem, 

centum   angues  que  hydram  cinctam  serpentibus;      quern 

an  hundred      snakes      and     a  hydra      surrounded      by  serpents;  whom 

Rhea  Sacerdos,  mulier  mixta      Deo,   partu  edidit  furtivum 

Rhea    the  priestess,    a  woman  uniting  with  a  God,  at  a  birth    bore  secretly 

sub     auras      luminis     sylva     Aventini    collis,    postquam 

into    the  ctherial        light          in  a  wood  of  the  Aventine   hill,  after 

Tirynthius      victor      attigit    Laurentia    arva,       Ge.ryone 

Hercules  a  conqueror  had  reached  the  Laurentinc    fields,  Geryon 

exstincto,    que   lavit   Iberas  boves  in  Tyrrhene   flumine. 

being  destroyed,  and    bathed  his  Iberian  heifors    in       the  Tuscan  stream. 

Manu    gerunt  pila  que   saevos   dolones    in    bella,      et 

In  their  hand  they  bear   darts      and       cruel         daggers       for     the  war,     and 

pugnant       tereti     mucrone,  que  Sabello  veru.  Ipse  pedes 

they  contend  with  the  tapering  blade,          and      Sabine      dart*        He      on  foot 

torquens  immane  tegmen  leonis,  impexum    terribili     seta 

ehaking  the  huge          skin        of  a  lion,     uiitrimrned    with  frightful  bristles 

cum  albis  dentibus,  indutus    capiti;     sic  subibat  regia 

with    white        teeth,        placing  this  on  his  head;    thus  entered  the  royal 

tecta  horridus        que  innexus  humeros     Herculo    amictu. 

palace  horrid  to  the  view  and  covered  as  to  his  shoulders  with  Hercules'          dress. 

Turn  gemini  fratres  linquunt    Tiburtia    mcenia;    gentem 

Then       the  two     brothers         leave  theTiburtian  ramparts;     the  nation 

dictam  cognomine      fratris     Tiburti,  que  Catillus  que  acer 

is  rolled      by  the  name    of  their  brother  Tibertus,    both    Catillus       and     brave 

Coras,  Argiva  juventus:  et    feruntur    ante   primam   aciern 

Coras,       Argive          youth;       and  they  are  borne  before     the  fir**  troo» 


214  675 

inter  densa      tela:  ecu  duo  Centauri       nubigense,       cum 

•midst  thick  flyitf  dart*:     as     two      Centaurs  descendants  of  the  clouds,  wheo 

descendant  ab    alto  vertice    montis,    linquentes  Omolen, 

they  come  down  from  the  lofty   top     of  a  mountain,       leaving  Omole, 

que  nivalem    Othryn     rapido     cursu;    ingens   sylva   dat 

nn.i        snowy  Othrys        in  their  swift   course;      the  great      wood     givei 

locum     euntibus,     et    virgulta    cedunt    magno     fragore. 

place          to  them  going      and  the  shrubbery  withdraws  with  great  noise. 

Nec  Caeculus,   fundator   Pranestinae   urbis,  defuit;     quern 

Nor     was  Cieculus,  the  founder  of  the  Prsenestin*     city,      absent;  whom 

regem  omnis  setas  credidit  genitum  Vulcano  inter  agrestia 

o.t  king      every       age       believed     descended    from  Vulcan  amidst    the  rustic 

pecora,   que  inventum     focis.      Agrestis  legio     comitatur 

flocks,          and  found       by  the  fires.      A  rustic        legion       accompanies 

hunc    late:    que   viri   qui  colunt  altum  Praeneste  que     qui 

him      from  afar:   and  the  men  who    inhabit     high       Preneste       and      who 

arva    Gabinae    Junonis,  que  gelidum  Anienem,     et 

inhabit  the  fields  of  Gabinian    Juno,  and       the  cold  Anio,  and 

Hernica   saxa  roscida    rivis:    quos  dives  Anagnia,    pascis, 

the  Hernican  rocks  watered    with  rivers:  whom   O  rich     Anagnia,       you  feed, 

quos  pater  Amasene.     Non  omnibus  illis     arma, 

whom  also  you  feed  O  Father   Amasenus.         Not          to  all         these    do  arms, 

nec  clypei  ve  currus  sonant:  maxima  pars   spargit  glandes 

nor      shields      or  chariots    sound:    the  greatest    purl       scatter  balls 

liventis  plumbi,  pars  gestat  bina  spicula    manu,    que  habet 

of  livid          lead,        apart    bear      two       darts     in  their  hand,   and       have 

fulvos  galeros  de   pelle     lupi,   tegmen     capiti;     instituere 

yellow       caps       from  the  skin  of  a  wolf,  a  covering  for  their  head;      they  form 

vestigia  sinistri   pedis  nuda:  crudus  pero  tegit   altera.    At 

the.  prints  of  their  left     foot      naked:       a  raw      shoe   protects  the  other.    But 

Messapus,  domitor  equorum,  Neptunia  proles,  quern   neque 

Mes*apus,         the  ruler      of  horses,       Neptune's    offspring,  whom        neither 

fas        cuiquam  sternere  igni  nec  ferro,  subitb      vocat 

was  it  allowed  to  any  one  to  prostrate  by  fire   nor  sword,  suddenly  calls 

populos  jampridem  resides  que  agmina     desueta    bello,   in 

the  people      long  since       at  rest,     and    the  troops  unaccustomed   to  war,     to 

anna,  que»retractat  ferrum.     Hi  Fescennias    acies, 

ann-»,      and       resumes      the  sword.    These  command  the  Fescennine        troops, 

quo   jequos   Faliscos;    hi     habent     arces    Soractis,       que 

and        just          Falisci;        these      possess    the  towers  of  Soractes,  and 

Flavinia    arva,    et  lacum    Cimini,     cum    monte,       que 

the  Flavinian  fields,     and   the  lake    ofCiminus,       with  the  mountain,       and 

Capenos   lucos.     Ibant    sequati  numero,  que  canebant 

IhpCapenian  groves.      They  went  uniform  in  number,   and  sang  praxes  tetkeir 

regem:  ceu  quondam  nivei  cycni  inter  liquida  nubila,  cum 

Kii'g:  as  when        snowy    swans    amid     the  liquid    clouds,       when 

referunt       sese      e      pastu,    et    dant   canoros     modes 

they  withdraw  themselves  from  Ibe  pa-iurc,  uiid  give  forth  tuneful        measures' 


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per    longa  collar  amnis,  et    Asia  palus  pulsa  ionge 

through  their  long  necks;    the  river  Cagster  and  the  Asian  lake    struck  from  afar 

sonat. 

resounds. 

Nec     quisquam  putet  aeratas    acies   misceri    ex 

Nor       would  any  one  think  them  brass  clad      troops  intermingled  from 

tanto  agmine,  sed  seriam  nubem  raucarum  volucrum   urgeri 

so  great  a  band,        but    an  airy    cloud         of  hoarse  birds         driven  on 

ab     alto   gurgite   ad  litofa.      Ecce!    Clausus,  de       prisco 

from  the  deep   sea  to  the  shores.        Lo!  Clausus,      from  the  ancient 

sanguine    Sabinorum,    agens   magnum    agmen,  que   ipse 

blood  of  the  Sabines,    leading         a  great  troop,         and  himself 

instar  magni  agminis;    a    quo  et    Claudia    tribus  et    gens 

like        a  great        troop;         from  whom  also  the  Claudian    tribe    and   nation 

diffunditur     per      Latium,    postquam'  Roma      data      in 

is  spread  through      Latium,  after  Rome  was  surrendered  in 

partem    Sabinis.     Una  ingens  Amiterna  cohors,  que 

part        to  the  Sabines.    Together  with  them  great     Amiterna's        band,       and 

prisci      Quirites,     omnis      manus      Ereti    que    Mutuscaa 

the  ancient   Quirites,  all  the  troop    ofEretus      and  Mutusca 

oliviferss:  qui          urbem  Nomentum,         qui 

abounding  in  olives;  those  who  inhabit  the  city     Nomentum,  who  inhabit 

rosea         rura  Velini,  qui  colunt  horrentes  rupes  Tetricae, 

the  roseate    fields  of  Velinus,  who  inhabit      the  frightful      rocks      of  Tetrica, 

que    montem    Severum,  que  Casperiam,  que   Forulos  et 

and       the  mountain    Severus,        and       Casperia,  and       Foruli      and 

flumen  Himellae:      qui  bibunt  Tyberim  que  Fabarim;    quos 

Ihe  river    of  Himella:  those  who    drink   the  Tyber      and       P*abar;  whom 

frigida  Nursia  misit,  et   Hortinaa  classes,  que  Latini  populi; 

cold  Nursia       sent,    and  the  Hortine   ships,        and    Latin         nations; 

que  quos  Allia,  infaustum  nomen,  secans    interluit:   quam 

and     whom   Allia,      inauspicious      name,       dividing    flows  between:  aa 

multi   fluctus    volvuntur      Libyco     marmore,    ubi    saevug 

many         waves       are  rolled  along  on  the  Libyan    sea,  where      severe 

Orion  conditur  hibernis    undis;    vel    quot     densae      aristaj 

Orion        is  hid       by  the  wintry  billows;       or    as  many   thickset  ears  of  corn. 

torrentur    novo         sole,  aut  campo  Hermi,  aut  flaventibua 

are  burnt  by  the  early  summer  sun,  oitheron  the  plain  of  Herrnus,  or         the  yellow 

arvis  Lyciae.     Scuta      sonant,    que    tellus    excita     tremit 

fields      of  Lycia.    Their  shields  resound,       and    the  earth     excited      trembles 

pulsu  pedum.     Hinc   Agamemnonius  Halesus,    hostis 

by  the  tread  of  their  feet.    Hence         Agamemnon's  Halesus,    the  enemy 

Trojani    nominis,  jungit  equos     curru,     que  rapit      mille 

of  the  Trojan    name,         joins  his  horses    to  his  chariot,  and  draws  a  thousand 

feroces  populos  Turno,         qui    rastris   vertunt  Massica 

fierce  people    to  Turnus;  those  who  with  harrows  turn  up  the  Massicplains 

felicia  Baccho,  et    quos   Aurunci   patres  misere    de     altis 

fruitful       in  wine,  and   whom  the  Auruncian  fathers      sent       from  the  high 


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collibus,  que  juxta  Sidicina  aequora  que  qui  linquunt  Gales, 

tiilU,  ant\ttw*c  near  by  the  Sidicinian  plains  and  who       leave  Calcs. 

que    accola      vadosi    amnis   Vulturni,   que  pariter  asper 

and  the  vicinage  of  the  shallow  stream     Vulturnus,        and      likewise        rude 

Saticulus  que  manus  Oscorum.  Teretes  aclides  sunt       tela 

Snticulus         and    the  band  of  the  Osci.      Tapering      darts         are        weapons 

illis;    sed  est          mos  aptare   base   lento    flagello.     Cetra 

to  them;  but    it  is    their  custom  to  fit       these  to  a  slender    thong.         A  target 

legit  illis  laevas;  falcati  enses  cominus. 

covers  their    left  arm*;  hooked  swords  are  theirs  withwhich  they  fight  hand  to  hand. 

.Nec     tu,      CEbale,  abidis  indictus  nostris  carminibus,  quern 

Nor  shall  you,    O  CEbale,    pass  off  unincntioncd  in  our        verses,  whom 

Telon  fertur    generavisse          nymphd    Sebethide,    cum 

Telon        is  said      to  have  begotten         with  the  nymph      Sebethis,  when 

jam  senior  teneret       Capreas,   regna     Teleboum;    sed  et 

now     an  old  mart  he  held  Cuprea,  the  kingdom  of  the  Teleboans;    but  also 

filius,  non  contentus  patriis  arvis,  jam    turn         late 

the  son,  not       content       with  his  paternal  lands,     even      then         far  around 

premebat   populos    Sarrastes         ditione,     et  cequora   qua? 

oppressed         the  people  called  Sarrastes  by  his  authority,  and  I  he  plains  which 

Sarnus  rigat;    que  qui  tenent  Rufas,  que  Batulum,  atque 

Sarnus      waters;     and     who       bold         Rufas,        and        Batulum,  and 

arva     Celennae,     et          quos    mcenia     maliferae      Abellae 

the  fields  of  Celenna,     and    those  whom     the  walls  of  fruit-bearing         Ahull* 

despectant;      solid   torquere         cateias    Teutonico      rilu; 

look  down  upon;  accustomed  to  hurl          their  darts       in  the  Teutonic  manner; 

queis  tegmina  capitum     cortex  raptus   de    subere,       que 

whose     coverings    of  their  heads  was  bark  torn       from    the  cork-tree,        and 

ffiratae     peltae  micant,  et  zereus  ensis  micat.    Et     montosae 

their  brazen  shields    glitter,    and  the  brazen  sword  shines.       And  mountaiuoui 

Nursoe  misere   te,   Ufens,     in  proelia,   insignem    fama    et 

Nursae  sent        you,    O  Ufens,      to       battle,        distinguished   by  fame,  and 

felicibus  armis;    cui     praecipue  ^Equicola       duris      glebis, 

successful      arms;    to  whom  especially  are  the  JCquicoIie  with  their  hardy      soil, 

horrida    gens,    que  assueta   multovenatu  nemorum,  armati 

a  frightful    nation,      and  accustomed  to  much  hunting    of  the  groves,        armed 

exercent  terram,  que  semper  juvat  convectare  recentes 

they  till        the  earth,    and       ever    it  delights  them     to  bear  off  fresb 

praedas  et  vivere    rapto. 

plunder     and   to  live  by  violence. 

Quin  et    fortissimus  Umbro  venit      missu  regis 

But        also     most  brave,      Umbro       came    by  the  sending  ofki.i? 

Archippi,    sacerdos    de     Marrubia    gente,   comtus     super 

Archippus,          a  priest        from    the  Marrubian    nation,      adorned  upon 

galeam     fronde     et  felici  oliva,  qui      solebat        spargere 

Jus  helmet  with  the  leaf  and  happy    olive,     who  was  accustomed         to  scatter 

somnos    vipereo  generi,  et  hydris  graviter  spirantibus,  que 

sleep         on  the  viperous  race,       and    hydras    dreadfully        breathing,       bulb 


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cantu    que      manu,     que  mulcebat    iras,      et      levabat 

by  charming   and  with  the  hand,   and    he  soothed    their  rage,  and          relieved 

morsus       arte.     Sed  non  evaluit  medicari  ictum  Dardaniae 

iheir  stings  by  kis  art.      But      he  could  not          cure         the  blow      of  a  Trojan 

cuspidis;  neque  somniferi  cantus  et  herbs  quaesitae  in   Marsis 

spear;  neither    sleep  bearing  charms  and  herbs          sought  in  the  Marsian 

montibus,  juvere  eum    in      vulnera.     Nemus         Angitiaa 

mountains,       assisted     him  against  those  wounds.    The  grove  ofAngitea 

te,     Fucinus  vitred  unda.  te,  liquidi      lacus 

lamented  thee,      Fucinus    with  glassy  wave  lamented  thee,  the  liquid  lakes 

flevere   te.     Et  Virbius     proles     Hippolyti      pulcherrima 

lamented   tbee.    And   Virbius    the  offspring  of  Hippolytus  most  beautiful 

ibat     bello,     quern   insignera     mater    Aricia         misit, 

marched  to  the  war,     whom       illustrious      his  mother    Aricia  sent, 

eductum      lucis     Egeriae,    circum   humentia     litora,    ubi 

brought  up    in  the  groves  of  Egeria,      around       the  moistened    shores,    where 

pinguis 'et  placabilis  ara  Dianae.     Namque     ferunt      famd, 

the  rich     and     placable     altar  of  Diana  is.       For  they  report     by  fame 

Hippolytum,  postquam    Occident     arte        novercae,      que 

that  Hippolytus,         after  he  had  fallen  by  the  art  of  his  stepmother,     and 

distractus      turbatis  equis,          expleverit    patrias     pcenas 

drawn  apart  by  frightened     horses,  had  satisfied  his  father's  punishment 

sanguine,  venisse  rursus  ad  astheria  sidera,  et   sub   superas 

by  blood,       had  come         again    to  the  celestial   stars,  and  beneath  the  superior 

auras   cceli,    revocatum  Paeoniis    herbis,  et  amore  Dianas. 

airs      of  heaven,     recovered       by  Paeon  i  an    herbs,       and  the  love   of  Diana. 

Turn  omnipotens  pater,  indignatus   aliquem     mortalem 

Then       the  almighty    father,        enraged         that  another        mortal        could 

surgere    ab      infernis    umbris    ad   lumina  vitse,  ipse 

rise  from     the  infernal      shades       to     the  lights   of  life,          himself 

fulmine       detrusit     Phoebigenam   repertorem          talis 

with  his  thunderbolt    hurled         the  son  of  Apollo     the  discoverer  of  such 

medicinae   et    artis  ad  Stygias    undas.      At   alma    Trivia 

medicine  and      art      to    the  Stygian      waves.         But      fair  Diana 

recondit  Hippolytum  secretis  sedibus,  et  relegat       nymphae 

concealed       Hippolytus       in  secret       seats,  and  transferred  him  to  the  nymph 

Egeriae  que  nemori,    ubi    solus,  ignobilis,  exigeret    asvum 

Egeria        and     the  grove,   where    alone,    unhonoured,    he  passed        his  life 

in      Italis  sylvis,  que  ubi  esset  Virbius  nomine    verso: 

among  the  Italian  woods,  and   where  he  was   Virbius  Ais  name  being  changed: 

unde    etiam     cornipedes    equi    arcentur     templo        que 

whence       also         the  horn-footed    horses      are-driven  from  the  temple      and 

sacratis    lucis     Trivioe,  quod    pavidi     rnarinis      monstris 

consecrated    groves     of  Diana,    because  frightened       by  sea  monster* 

effudere      currum  et  juvenem     litore.       Filius     baud 

they  overturned    the  chariot  and    the  youth     on  the  shore.      His  son  not 

segnius     exercebat   ardentes    equos     aequore      campi, 

more  slothfully     exercised        Ais  glowing      horses    on  the  surface  of  the  plain. 


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que  ruebat         curru  in    bella.     Turnus    ipse    praestanti 

and       rushed     in  AM  chariot   to    the  war.       Turnus       himself    of  beautiful 

corpore  vestitur  inter  primes,   tenens   arma,  et  est  supra 

body  is  exercised  among  the  chiefs,    grasping  his  arms,  and    is        above 

toto    vertice:  cui  alta  galea,  crinita  triplici  juba, 

tk»  «Ueri  by  a  whole   head:       whose  lofty  helmet,     plumed   by  a  triple     erect. 

sustinet  Chimaerara  effanteni  ^Etnaeos  ignes   faucibus:    ilia 

upholds  a  Chimera        breathing     /Etnean        fires    from  her  jaws:     she 

freraens    tarn     magis,    et     efFera     tristibus  flammis,  quam 

raging         so  much    the  more,    and    savage  with  mournful        flames,  as 

pugnje    magis    crudescunt     efiuso    sanguine.      At     lo, 

the  contest   the  more    becomes  fierce    with  flowing     blood.  But        lo, 

cornibus  sublatis,  insignibat    levem    clypeum    auro,    jam 

with  horns     upraised,     distinguished      his  light        shield         with  gold,     now 

obsita      setis,    jam    bos    ("ingens  argumentum)    et  Argus 

covered  with  bristles,  now  a  heifer   (a  great  device)  and       Argus 

custos     virginis,    que  pater  Inachus    fundens      amnem 

the  keeper      of  the  maid,    and     father      Inachus        pouring  out  a  river 

caelatd       urna".      Nimbus    peditum    insequitur,      que 

from  bis  engraved    urn.  A  cloud      of  foot  soldiers     followed,  and 

clypeata  agmina  densantur    totis     campis;   que      Argiva 

shielded  troops  condense      through  all  the  plains;    and       the  Argive 

pubes,  que  Auruncae  manus,     Rutuli,    que  veteres   Sicani, 

youth,       and    Auruncian      bands,     the  Rutulians,    and     ancient    Sicanians, 

et  Sacranas   acies,  et   Labici  picti  scuta:  qui  arant 

and  Sacranian      troops,  and  the  Labici  painted  as  to  their  shields:  who    plough 

tuos   saltus,   Tiberine,  que    sacrum   litus    Numici,       que 

your      lawns,         O  Tiber,         and     the  sacred     shore     of-Niimicus,          and 

exercent-      Rutulos     colles      vomere,        que      Circceum 

cultivate  the  Rutulian  .  hills    with  the  ploughshare  and         the  Circxan 

jugum;      queis  avis  Anxurus  Jupiter  prassidet,  et  Feronia 

mount;       over  whose  fields     Anzurian   Jupiter         presides,     and        Fevonia 

gaudens    viridi    luco;  qua    atra    palus  Saturae  jacet,    que 

rejoicing     in  her  green  grove;  where  the  black  marsh     Satura       lies,  and 

gelidus  Ufens  quaerit    iter    per    imas  valles,  atque  conditur 

the  cold       Ufens     seeks     its  way  through  deep  ^  vales,       and  is  lost 

in  mare. 

in    the  sea. 

Super  hos  Camilla      bellatrix,       advenit    de      Volsca 

Beside  these       Camilla     a  female  warriot,       came          from  the  Volscian 

gente,    agens   agmen  equitum  et  catervas  florentes     sere. 

nation,    leading  on  a  troop  of  horsemen  and  companies    flourishing  with  brass. 

Bla    non    assueta  femineas   manus       colo       ve  calathis 

She    had  not  accustom'd  her  feminine    hands        to  the  distaff   or  baskets 

Minervae;  sed  virgo  pati     dura  prcelia,    qus 

of  Minerva;      but   a  maid  she.  had  learnt    to  endure  severe    warfare,         and 

praevertere  ventos       cursu       pedum.  Ilia  volaret  vel  per 

lo  outstrip       the  wind  in  the  swiftness  of  her  feet.    She     flew       either  ovri 


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sumrna    gramina  segetis    intactae,   nee    laesisset     teneras 

the  highest    blades  of  corn       untouched,     nor    did  she  injure    the  tender 

aristas     cursu;      vel  ferret      iter      per    medium    mare, 

ears       in  her  course;      or     she  bore    her  way    through    the  midst  of  the  sea, 

suspensa     tumenti    fluctu,  nee     tingeret    celeres   plantas 

sustained      by  the  swellia"   wave,      nor       did  she  dip      her  swift  feet 

eequore.     Omnis    juventus   effusa        tectis        que    agria 

in  tin;  sea.        All  the  youth    pouring  out  from  the  houses    and       fields 

que   turba  matrum  miratur,   et  prospectat  illam   euntem, 

and  the  crowd  of  matrons    admire       and       regard  her  going, 

inhians     attonitis     animis;  ut  regius   honos  velet    leves 

gaping     with  astonished    minds;         as  the  royal    honour    veils     her  smooth 

numeros    ostro,      ut  fibula    internectat  crinem  auro; 

shoulders  with  purple,     as  the.  buckle     intertwines       her  hair  with  gold; 

ut  ipsa   gerat  Lyciam  pharetram,   et  pastoralem   myrtum 

as    she        wears    her  Lycian      quiver,  and      shepherd's  mvrtlc 

praefixS.     cuspide. 

on  her  pointed    spear. 


jENEID. 
BOOK  EIGHTH. 


UT  Turnus  extulit  signum    belli  ab   Laurenti    arce,   et 

As      Turnus      raised      the  standard  of  war  from  the  Laurenti ne  tower,  and 

cornua   strepuerunt  rauco  cantu;    que  ut  concussit   acres 

the  trum'pets  resounded       with  harsh  din;  and     as     he  aroused  the  swift 

equos,  que  ut  impulit     arma,    extemplo      animi    turbati; 

horses,       and     as     he  struck  the  arms,    immediately  all  minds  were  agitated; 

simul         omne  Latium  conjurat  trepido  tumultu  que  effera 

at  the  same  time  al!       Latium   conspires  with  trembling  tumult      and  the  eager 

juventus  ssevit.     Primi  ductores,  Messapus  et  Ufens,  que 

youth  rage.       The  first       leaders,       Messapus       and    Ufens,       and 

Mezentius,  contemtor    Defim,  cogunt    auxilia       uridique, 

Mezentius,  thedespiser   of  the  Gods,   collect    their  forces    from  every  side, 

et  vastant    latos   agros   cultoribus.       Et  Venulus  mittitur 

and  lay  waste  the  broad  fields  for  the  cultivators.      And    Venulus  is  sent 

ad  urbera  magni  Diomedis,  qui  petat    auxilium,  et  edoceat 

to   the  city     of  great    Diomede,       Who  may  ask  assistance,    and       inform 

Teucros        consistere    Latio;    .flSnean  advectum       classi 

Oat  tbeTrojaus  are  established  in  Latiura;  tkatJEneaa  had  arrived  with  his  fled 


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que  referre    victos         Penates,  et  dicere    se  posci 

and      brings  the  conquered  household  Gods,  and  declares  himself  to  be  demanded 

regem    fatis;  que  multas  gentes   adjungere     se    Dardanio 

king    by  the  fates;  and    that  many  nations  join     themselves  to  the  Trojan 

viro,  et      nomen  increbescere  late     Latio.  Quid          struat 

hero,  and  that  his  name         spreads        wide    in  Latium.  What  he  may  purpose 

his     caeptis;    quern   eventum  pugnae    cupiat,      si  fortuna 

by  these  attempts;     what  event          of  war  he  may  desire,      if        fortune 

sequatur,  apparere  manifestius  ipsi      quam  regi  Turno  aut 

favours,  appears         more  clear      to  himself    than    to  king  Turnus        or 

regi  Latino.    Talia  per  Latium;     cuncta  quae 

to  king  Latinus.      Such  things     vert  done  through  Latium;  all        which 

Laomedontius  heros  videns,  fluctuat     magno  sestu  curarurn, 

the  Trojan  hero       seeing,      fluctuates  with  a  great    tide          of  cares. 

atque  dividit  celerem  animum  nunc  hue,  nunc  illuc,  que 

and         divides    his  active         mind  now       here,      now        there,       and 

rapit         in  varias  partes  que  versat    per.      omnia,       sicut 

bear*  it  away  to  various  subjects    and      turns  it    through        all  things,  as 

ubi  tremulum  lumen  aquae  ahenis  labris,  repercursum  sole, 

when  the  tremulous    light    of  water  in  brazen  vessels,       reflected     by  the  sun 

aut  imagine   radiantis  lunae,  pervolitat  omnia  loca         late 

or    by  the  image  of  the  glowing  moon,     flits  over          -all         places  far  around 

que  jam  erigitur  sub     auras,  que   ferit     laquearia   summi 

and    now     is  raised  near  to   the  skies,    and    strikes        the  ceiling  of  the  lofty 

tecti.     Erat   nox,     et  altus  sopor    habebat  fessa  animalia 

roof.         It  was    night,    and      deep       sleep       possessed  wearied        animals 

per    omnes  terras,  genus  alituum  que  pecudum;  cum  pater 

through    all  lands,    the  race   of  birds      and        flocks;  when    father 

./Eneas,  turbatus  pectora  tristi  bello,  procubuit  in  ripd   que 

/Eneas,       disturbed  in  his  breast  by  sad  war,  lay  on  the  bank  and 

sub    axe     gelidi  aetheris  que   dedit  seram  quietem         per 

under  the  pole  of  the  cold   sky         and       gave         late  rest  through 

membra.      Deus     ipse        loci,    senior   Tiberinus,  amaeno 

his  limbs.  The  God  himself  of  the  place,  the  aged         Tiber,  by  the  pleasant 

fluvio,  visus   huic    attollere    se     inter    populeas  frondes; 

stream,    seemed     to  him       to  raise    himself  among         poplar  leaves; 

tenuis  carbasus  velabat  eum     glauco    amictu,  et  umbrosa 

a  light  sail  covered     him  with  a  sea-green  dress,       and  shady 

arundo  tegebat  crines.     Turn         affari  sic  et  demere  curas 

reed  protected  his  locks.  Then  he  began  tospeak  thus  and  to  banish       carea 

his     dictis:   O  sate          gente   Deum   qui     revehis     nobis 

by  these  words:     O  sprung,   from  the  race  of  Gods   who     bringest  back       toua 

Trojanam  urbem  ex  hostibus,  qui  servas   seterna     Pergama, 

the  Trojan          city  from  our  enemies,  who  preserves!  the  eternal  citadel  of  Troy, 

expectate    Laurenti     solo   que  Latinis    arvis;  hie      cerla 

looked  for    on  the  Laurentian  soil       and       Latian        fields;     here  is  a  certain 

domus   tibi,  certi     Penates;      ne     absiste,   neu      terrere 

borne       for  you,    sure  household  Godr:    do  not  withdraw,       or    be  frigliteund 


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minis  belli.  Omnis  tumor  et  irae  DeQm  concessere,  que' 

by  ilie  threats  of  war.    All       the  rage  and  anger  of  the  Gods  have  ceased,       and 

jam  lie     putes          somnum  fingere  base  vana,       ingens 

now  lost  you  should  think  that  sleep          feigns       these  vain  things,    a  great 

BUS  inventa  tibi     sub        litoreis     illicibus,    enixa        fetus 

BOW  discovered  by  you  under  the  shore-broidering  oaks,  having  borne      a  litter 

triginta  capitum,  jacebit;  alba,  recubans     solo;  albi 

of  thirty          head,       shall  lie;   white,    reclining   on  the  ground;        her  white 

nati     circum  ubera.  Hie   erit  locus   urbis,  ea  certa  requies 

offspring  around    her  dugs.    This  shall  be  a  place  of  a  city,  this  a  sure  rest 

laborum;  ex  quo         ter   denis  annis  redeuntibus,  Ascanius 

of  labours;  from  which  time  thrice    ten       years         returning,  Ascanius 

condet     urbem  Albam   clari    cognominis.  Haud  cano 

Bhall  build     the  city     Alba  of  renowned       name.  Neither  do  I  sing  things 

incerta.     Nunc    adverte,     docebo     paucis,        qua  ratione 

boubtful.        Now  attend,        1  will  teach   in  a  few  words  by  what     means 

victor        expedias          quod      instat.       Arcades,      genus 

a  conqueror  you  may  accomplish  what     is  to  be  done.    The  Arcadians,       a  race 

profectum  a  Pallante,  qui    comites    regem  Evandrum,  qui 

descended        from    Pallas,        who  as  companions  to  king        Evander,          who 

secuti     signa,     delegere  locum   his    oris,  et  in    montibus 

following  his  banners,  have  chosen  a  place  in  these  coasts,  and  on  the  mountains 

posuere  urbem  Pallanteum  de  nomine  Pallantis         proavi. 

have  placed    a  city        PalUnteum  .  from  the  name      of  Pallas     their  ancestor. 

Hi  ducunt  bellum  assidue  cum  LatinA.  gente;    adhibe    hos 

They    wage         war       continually  with  the  Latin    nation;         take        them 

socios         castris,  etjunge     foedera.      Ego  ipse  ducam   te 

associates  to  your  camps,  and  unite        inatreaty.          1        myself  will  lead  you 

ripis          et  recto  flumine,  ut  subvectus  superas     adversum 

by  the  banks  and  direct     stream,  so  that  upborne  you  may  overcome  the  opposing 

amnem  remis.   Age,  surge,  nate    Ded,     que    primis   astris 

river        with  oars.    Come,    arise,      born  of  a  Goddess,  and  with  the  first    stars 

cadentibus  fer  preces    rite    Junoni,  que  supera    iram    que 

declining  oflfer  prayers  formally    to  Juno,     and  surmount  her  anger      and 

minas  supplicibus  votis.     Victor      persolves  honorem  mihi. 

threats        by  humble        vows.    A  conqueror  you  shall  pay      honour        to  me. 

Ego  sum,  quern  cernis  stringentem    ripas    pleno    flumine, 

I          am  he,  whom      you  see      grazing  the  banks  with  full  stream, 

et   secantem    pinguia      culta,         caeruleus    Tibris,  amnis 

and    separating       the  rich       cultivated  Jidda,    azure  Tiber,         a  river 

gratissimus    ccelo.  Hie   mihi   magna  domus:    caput     exit 

most  grateful  to  heaven.    Here    to  me  ts   a  great    house:      my  source  proceeds 

celsis    urbibus.  Fluvius  dixit,  deinde  condidit    se  alto 

from  lofty  cities.  The  river    God  said,      then        concealed  himself  in  thedeep 

lacu,    petens     ima;      nox     que  somnus  reliquit  ^Enean. 

lake,       seeking  the  bottom;     night       'and       sleep        abandoned        ./Eneas. 

Surgit,    et  spectans  orientia  lumina    fefherii    solis  sustulit 

He  arises,  and   surveying     the  rising       lights    of  the  celestial  sun  raised 


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tmdam    rite        cavis   palmis  de  flumine,    ac  effudit  talcs 

water       formally  in  his  hollow  hands  from    the  river,     and     uttered       these 

voces  ad  sethera:    Nymphae,   Laurentes   nymphs,         unde 

words    to    the  skies:      Ye  nymphs,    ye  Laurentian       nymphs,     from  whence 

est  genus  amnibus;  que    tu,     O  Tybri  genitor,   cum   tuo 

is     the  origin    to  rivers;       and     ihou,        O  Tyber         father,         with        thy 

sancto  flumine:  accipite  ./Enean,  et  tandem  arcete  periculis. 

holy  stream:         receive         ./Eneas,    and    at  last    free  Aim  from  dangers. 

Quocunque     fonte     lacus      tenet    te    miserantem   nostra 

In  whatever         fountain  your  lake       detains  you    compassionating  ou 

incommoda,  quocunque  solo  pulcherrimus  exis,  celebrabere 

misfortunes,        from  whatever   soil      most  beautiful  you  proceed    you  shall 

semper  meo  honore,  semper  donis,  corniger  fluvius, 

honoured    ever        by  my    regard,         ever       by  gifts,    horn-bearing       river, 

regnator  Hesperidum  aquarum;  0  tandem  adsis,    et  proprius 

ruler  of  the  Italian  waters;       O  at  length  be  present,  and        kindly 

firmes   tua  numina.      Sic   memorat,     que    legit   geminas 

confirm      thy       divinity.         Thus    he  speaks,         and        selects  two 

biremes   de    classe,     que     aptat          remigio;  simul 

galleys         from    the  fleet,      and       prepares  them  for  rowing;  at  the  same  time 

instruit        socios        armis. 

be  furnishes  his  companions  with  arms. 

Autem  ecce  subitum  monstrum   atque    mirabile     oculis, 

But  lo  a  sudden        prodigy  and        wonderful     to  the  eyes; 

Candida  sus   concolor  cum         albo    fcetu,    procubuit  per 

a  white       sow    of  one  colour  with    her    white   litter,  lay  in 

sylvam    que    conspicitur     in     viridi     litore;    quam   pius 

the  wood       and        is  seen  on    the  verdant      shore;        which      pious 

^Eneas   mactat    tibi,     enim     tibi,     maxima    Juno,  ferens 

/Eneas       offers         to  thee,      even      to  thee,      supreme         Juno,        offering 

sacra      et      sistit     ad   aram   cum    grege.     Tybris   lenivit 

sacrifices  and     places    it    at    the  altar    with     the  flock.         Tiber         suoth'd 

tumentem  fluvium  e£  nocte,  quam  longa  est,  et      refluens 

his  swelling     stream        that  night,    however    long    it  is,    and     flowing  hack 

ita     substitit         tacitS.         undo",    ut    sterneret         acquor 

'thus      stood  with  its  silent       wave,       .as      he'smooth'd        the  surface 

aquis      in     morem     mitis    stagni  que  placidae   paludis 

with  it*  waters  in    the  manner  of  a  gentle    pool        and    a  peaceful  lake 

ut     luctamen         abesset        remo.         Ergo      celerant 

•o  that      struggling  was  absent     from  the  oar.    Therefore     they  hasten 

inceptum    iter    secundo    rumore.     Uncta     abies     labitui 

tkeir  begun  journey  with  favouring  shout.        The  anointed     boat  glides 

vadi*     et     undae     mirantur;    nemus    insuetum 

on  the  waves,  and   the  surges  admire;  the  grove        unused  to  these  things 

miratur   scuta    virum      fulgentia  longe  que  pictas  carinas 

admires     the  shields  of  men         shining         from  far   and  the  painted      keel? 

innare      fluvio.    Olli    fatigant    que   noctem  que         diem 

over    the  river.    They       weary         both       night  and  da) 


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remigio,     et    superant  longos  flexus,  que  teguntur     variis 

with  rowing,  and  they  overcome  the  long  windings,  and  are  protected  by  various 

arboribus,  que  secant  virides  sylvas  placido    sequore. 

treea,  and    cut  the  green  woods  reflected  on  the  peaceful       water. 

Igneus   sol    conscenderat  medium  orbem    coeli,         cum 

The  fiery   sun       had  ascended  the  middle      circle     of  heaven,          when 

vtdent        muros   que    arcem    procul,    et      rara        tecta 

they  behold    the  walls    and        citadel       afar  off,      and    scattered  roofs 

domorum,    quae  nunc  Romana  potentia         equavit    coelo: 

of  the  houses,    which    now      Roman          power        has  equalled  with  the  sky: 

turn  Evandrus  habebat  inopes    res.      Advertunt        proras 

then     Evander          possess'd      his  poor  estates.        They  turn     their          prows 

ocius   que   propinquant    urbi.      Forte     illo  die  rex  Areas 

quickly    and       approach  the  city.  By  chance  on  that  day    king     Areas 

ferebat    solennem    honorem     magno    Aphitryoniadse,  que 

offered  an  annual       honour  to  the  great  son  of  Amphitryon,       and 

Divis   in    luco  ante   urbem.    Pallas  filius    una,  omnes 

to  the  Gods  in   the  grove  before  the  city.       Pallas      his  son  together,  all 

primi    juvenum      una,      que   pauper    senatus,       dabant 

the  chief  of  the  youth    together,        and      the  poor       senate,  offered 

thura       huic;    que  tepidus  cruor  fumabat  ad     aras.     Ut 

frankincense    to  him;     and    the  warm    blood      smoked       at    the  altars.    Aa 

videre    celsas     rates   atque  allabi    inter  opacum  nemus, 

they  saw  the  lofty       ships       both      to  glide      among    the  dark  forest. 

et  incumbere     tacitis    remis,    terrentur      subito 

and  the  sailors  to  lean  on  their  silent  oars,    they  are  alarmed  at  the  sudden 

visu,     que  cuncti   consurgunt    mensis       relictis;         quos 

Bight,       and       all  arise  the  tables     being  abandoned;    whom 

audax  Pallas  ^vetat    rumpere     sacra      que  ipse,      telo 

daring       Pallas     forbids    to  interrupt    the  sacrifices    and       he,    his  weapon 

rapto,    volat     obvius,     et    procul    e     tumulo     inquit: 

being  seized,    flies       to  meet  ihem,  and     \  far        from      the  tomb  said. 

Juvenes,    quae  causa  subegit '  tentare  ignotas  vias?       quo 

Young  men,    what      cause  compels  you  to  attempt  unknown  ways?     whither 

tenditis?      qui  genus?    unde    domo?    ne      fertis 

do  you  steer?  who  are  you  as  to  your  race?    where  your  home?   do  you        bring 

pncem  an   arma?    Turn  Pater  ^Eneas  sic  fatur  ab,     aM 

peace  or      arms?       Then    Father       ^Eneas    thus  speaks  from  the  lofty 

puppi  que  praetendit  rarnum  pacifera  olivee     manu:      vides 

ship         and    extends         a  branch    of  peaceful    olive  in  his  hand:       you  see 

Trojugenas,   ac     tela    inimica-  Latinis,   quos  profugos  illi 

thesonsof  Troy,  and   weapons    hostile    to  the  Latins,  whom      fugitives    they 

eg£re     superbo    bello.   Petimus  Evandrum.  Ferte  hsec 

have  made  by  proud      war.  We  seek     Evander.  Bear    these  thiug-t 

et   dicite     lectos  duces   Dardaniae  venisse,  rogantes    socia 

and    say  that  chosen      leaders       of  Troy        have  come,   asking         friendly 

arma*     Pallas  perculsus     tanto    nomine     obstupuit;      ait, 

arms.  Pallas    struck  by  so  great    a  name         .stood  umaz'd;  be  said 


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O  quicunque    es,    egredere  que  alloquere  coram  parentem 

O    whoever       you  arc,       approach     and       speak          before          my  father 

ac  hosnes  succcde  nostris  Penatibus.  Que  accepit    manu, 

•nd  a  guest     approach       our       household  gods.  And  he  took  him  by  the  hand, 

que    amplexus      dextram     inhaesit;      progress!     subeunt 

•nd       embracing       his  right  hand     clung  to  Aim;     advancing  they  cuter 

luco,  que  relinquunt  fluvium  Turn  ./Eneas  affatur  regem 

the  prove,  and        leave  the  river.       Then    JEneas    addresses  the  king 

amicis     dictis:  Oplime       Grajugenflm,         cui      fortuna 

with  friendly  words:       Obest      of  the  sons  of  the  Greeks,  to  whom        fortune 

voluit       me     precari,    et  praetendere   ramos         comptos 

has  willed     that  I       pray,  and      holdout  branches  adorned 

vittS.:  Equidem        non        extimui,         quod 

with  the  fillet  Indeed  neither       had  I  feared,         because 

ductor  Danaum   et     Areas,      que   quod       a        stripe 

a  leader  of  the  Greeks  and  an  Arcadian,    and    because      from         your  origin 

fores    conjunctus    geminis     Atridis;       sed     mea    virtus, 

you  were    united  with  the  two  sons  of  Atreus;     but     my  own     courage, 

et  sancta  oracula  Divum,  que  cognati  patres,     tua    fama 

and  the  holy       oracles    of  the  Gods,   and  our  related  fathers,    your  own    fame 

didita     terris,    conjunxere   me   tibi;      et    egere         me 

«pread  over   the  earth,    had  united  me    to  you;    and        made  me 

volentem         fatis;         Dardanus  primus   pater    et    auctor 

obedient  to  the  fates;  Dardanus       the  first     parent    and       founder 

Iliacse    urbis,    cretus    Electra         Atlantide,       ut   Graii 

of  the  Trojan    city,         born        from  Electra       daughter  of  Atlas,   as   Greeks 

perhibent,    advehitur      Teucros;      Maximus    Atlas,      qui 

relate,  is  borne  on        to  the  Trojans;    All  powerful      Atlas,  who 

eustinet    aetherios     orbes      humero,      edidit         Electram. 

upholds        the  celestial     spheres  with  his  shoulder,      begot  Electra. 

Mercurius    est    pater  vobis,    quern    conceptum     Candida 

Mercury  is       father    to  you,        whom      being  conceived  fair 

Maia  fudit     gelido     vertice   Cyllenes.    At,   si    credimus 

Mara       bore     on  the  cold       top  of  Cyllene.      But,    if          we  believe 

quicquam      auditis,  Atlas,  idem    Atlas,  qui    tollit     sidera 

any  thing  in  things  is  heard,    Atlas,  the  same      Atlas,    who    supports  the  stars 

cceli,    generat  Maiam.  Sic  genus  amborum  scindit        se 

of  heaven,    begat  Maia.      Thus    the  rac«    of  both  divides  itself 

ab    uno  sanguine.  Fretus      his,      non     pepigi     legates, 

from   one        blood.  Trusting    to  these,  I  did  not    resort  to  ambassadors, 

neque    prima     tentamenta    tui   per  artem:    ipse    objeci 

nor  the  first  trials  of  you    by  art:  I  have    exposed 

me,    me,  que  meum  caput,  et  supplex    veni   ad  limina. 

.myself,  myself,  and  my  own    life,        and      humbly    have  come  to  your  gates. 

Eadem  Daunia  gens,  quae  insequitur  te  crudeli  bello;    si 

The  same    Daunian      race,    which     persecutes      you  by  cruel      war;         u 

pellant      nos,    credunt    nihil    abesse,   quiu       mittanl 

they  phouid  banish  us,     they  believe    nothing  is  wanting,    but     they  will  s°nd 


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oranem  Hesperiam  penitus  sub   sua  juga,  et  teneant  mare, 

til  Italy  far         under   their  yokes,  and  will  hold  the  sea, 

quod   alluit  supra,  que  quod     infra.     Accipe  que      da 

which     flows       above,       and     which    is  beneath.     Receive       and       impart 

fidem.          Sunt  nobis  pectora  fortia  bello,  sunt  animi,  el 

confidence.      These  are  to  us     breasts       brave   for  war,  these  are    minds,    and 

juventus  spectata  rebus.     ^Eneas  dixerat;  ille   jamdudum 

youth  experienced  in  deeds.      .(Eneas          said;         he  long 

lustrabai     os  que  oculos  loquentis,  et  totum  corpus  lumine 

had  surveyed  the  face  and  eyes    of  him  speaking,  and  his  whole  body  with  his  eye 

Tune     refert     pauca        sic:      ut     libens     accipio      que 

Then      he' responds  in  a  few  words  thus:     how   willingly        I  receive  and 

agnosco  te,  fortissime  Teucrflm!    ut     recorder         verba, 

acknowledge  you,   most  brave   of  the  Trojans!  how    I  call  to  mind      the  words, 

et  vocem  que  vultum       magni  parentis  Anchisae;          nam 

and  voice       and     looks  of  your    greart       father         Anchises;  for 

memini    Laomedontiaden   Priamum,    visentem       regna 

I  remember  that  Laomedon's  son  Priam  visiting          the  kingdom! 

sororis  Hesiones,   petentem  Salamina,  protinus       invisere 

of  Aii-  sister    Hesione,  seeking  Salamis,       from  afar  came 

gelidos      fines    Arcadiae. 

to  the  cold  boundaries  of  Arcadia. 

Turn  prima  juventa  vestibat  mihigenas       floret         que 

Then      early       youth  clothed         my      cheeks  with  its  flower:       and 

mirabar  Teucros  duces,  et  mirabar  Laomedontiaden  ipsum; 

I  admired    the  Trojan    leaders,   and  I  admired    the  son  of  Laomedon      himseli; 

sed   Anchises     ibat    altior    cunctis.     Mens    ardebat  mihi 

but       Anchises        walked    higher      than  all.       My  mind     glowed        tome 

juvenili   amore  compellare  virum,  et  conjuhgere    dextram 

with  youthful  love         to  address       the  hero,  and       unite  my  right  hand 

dextrae.       Accessi,     et  cupidus  duxi  sub  mrenia  Phenei. 

to  his  right  hand.  I  approached,  and  anxiously  I  led  him  to   the  walls  of  Pheneiis. 

Ille  disced  ens  dedit  mihi  insignem  pharetram,  que  Lycias 

He       departing       gave      to  me      a  splendid  quiver,  and        Lycian 

sagittas,  que  chlamydem  intertextam    auro    que  bina  aurea 

arrows,       and          a  cloak  interwoven      with  gold   and     two      golden 

froena,  quae  meus  Pallas  nunc  habet.      Ergo    et       dextra 

bridles,    which    my        Pallas      now       has.         Therefore  both  my  right  hand 

quam   petitis   est  juncta  mihi    fcedere,    et  cum    primum 

which       yott  ask      is        joined      by  me.     in  treaty,    and  when     '  first 

crastina  lux    reddet     se     terris,     dimittam    laetos  auxilio 

to-morrow's  light  shall  restore  itself  to  the  earth,  I  will  send  you  joyful,  with  aid 

que  juvabo       opibus.  Interea,      quando      venistis 

and  I  will  assist  you  with  my  wealth.  In  the  mean  time      since      you  have  come 

hue  amici,  faventes  nobiscum  celebrate  haec  annua  sacra 

here     friends,      rejoicing         with  us          celebrate      these    annual  sacrifices 

quae      nefas  differe  etjam — nunc — assuescite        mensis 

which,  it  it  wrong  to  put  off  and     now— now—     be  accustomed     to  the  tabls* 


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sociorum.      Ubi    h«c          dicta,     jubet  dapes  et  pocula 

of  your  friends.     When  these  things  were  said,  he  orders  feasts      and       bo  wit 

sublata    reponi    que  ipse  local  viros  gramineo  sedile:  que 

borne  in   to  be  replaced  and     ne     places  the  men  on  the  grassy     seat:         and 

accepit  praecipuum  ^Enean    toro,     et    pelle    villosi  leonis, 

receives      distinguished     ./Eneas    on  a  couch,  and  the  skin  of  a  shaggy       lion, 

que  invitat    acerno  solio.    Turn  lecti  juvenes  que  sacenlos 

and    invites  Aim  to  a  maple  throne.     Then    chosen  ^youth       and      the  priesi 

ara    certatim  ferunt   tosta  viscera  taurorurh  que  onerant 

of  the  altar  eagerly       bear        roasted   entrails  /'~~>|of  bullsf^and  load 

dona  laboratae  cereris    canistris,  que  miniswlnt  Bacchum. 

the  gifts  of  prepared     corn         in  baskets,      and         supply/  wine. 

jEneas  et  simul  Trojana  juvenlus,  vescitur  tergo  perpetui 

JEneaa       and  at  once  the  Trojan      youth,  fed       on  the  chine  of  a  whole 

bovis    et  lustralibus*    extis.     Postquam  fames  exempta,    el 

ox          and  the  consecrated  entrails.       After  hunger  was  overcome,  and 

amor    edendi    compressus,     rex    Evandrus    ait:          Non 

the  love    of  eating       repressed,  the  king      Evander        said:  Not 

superstitio  vana  que  ignara  veterum  Deorum,  imposuit  haec 

superstition       vain     and    ignorant  of  the  ancient    gods,      has  imposed  tbes« 

solenma  nobis,  has  dapes       ex       more,     hanc         aram 

•olemnities    onus,    these    feasts  according  to  our  manner,   this  altar 

tanti    numinis,  Trojane  hospes,  servati    soevis    periculis, 

of  so  great     a  god,         O  Trojan      guest,       preserved  from  cruel         dangers. 

facimus  que  novamus  meritos  honores.    Jam  primum  aspice 

we  perfprm  and       renew         deserved     honours.       Now       first  see 

hanc  rupem  suspensam  saxis — ut  moles  disjecta       procul, 

this         rock  suspended       by  cliffs— as   the  mass  scattered       far  around, 

que  domus     mentis      stat    deserta,  et  scopuli      traxere 

and    the  house  of  the  mountain  stands  abandoned,  and  the  rocks  have  drawn  down 

ingentem    ruinam.      Hie    fuit   spelunca  submota     vasto 

great  destruction.        Here  has  been     a  cave          removed     into  a  vast 

recessu,  quam,  inaccessam  radiis    solis,       dira  facies 

recess,       which,       inaccessible  to  the  rays  of  the  sun,  the  direful  foira 

Caci  semihominis  tenebat:  que    semper  humus    tepebat 

ofCacus       half  human  held:        and       always       the  ground  was  warm 

recenti    ccede;    que   ora      virflm  affixa   superbis      foribus 

with  fresh  slaughter;    and  the  faces-  of  men     fastened  to  the  proud  doors 

pendebant  pallida  tristi    tabo.     Vulcanus  erat  pater      huic 

hung  pale       with  sad   gore.          Vulcan        was    father        to  this 

monstro;  vomens  illius  atros  ignes  ferebat     se  magnS 

monster;          belching      his       black    flames   he  bore       himself   with  his  vast 

mole.     Aliquando  aetas  attulit  et  auxilium  que  adventum 

bulk.  At  length        time     brought  both       aid  and        the  advent 

Dei    nobis  optantibus.     Nam  Alcides   aderat,       maximus 

of  a  God  tons        desiring.  For       Hercules   was  present,  mtr  great 

ultor  superbus     nece    que  spoliis     tergemini     Geyronis, 

•vender      e  ated       by  the  death  and     spoils    of  the  triple-form*)          €!cj  ron, 


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que   victor  agebat  ingentes  tauros  hac:  que  boves  tenebant 

and  a  conqueror  drove     his  great       bulls       here:    and  the  heifers    possessed 

vallem  que  amnem.     At  mens    Caci    effera      furiis,     ne 

ihe  vale     and    the  river.        But  the  mind  of  Cacus   brutal     through  rage,  lest 

quid      ve     sceleris  ve   doli      fuisset       inausura        aut 

any  thing  either      of  crime      or     fraud  should  have  been  not  dared  of 

intractatum,     avertit     quatuor  tauros  praestanti  corpore    a 

unattenipted,          turned  away     four        bulls       of  beautiful       form       from 

stabulis,          totidem  juvencas   superante   forma:       atque 

the  stables,    and    as  many        heifers  of  excelling       beauty:  and 

occultabat   hos   opaco   saxo,  tractos  in  speluncam  cauda, 

hid  ,  them  in  a  dark   cliff,       dragged  into      the  cave       by  the  tail, 

que    raptos     versis     indiciis  viarum    ne     forent          qua 

and         drawn  by  the  inverted  tracks     of  the  paths  lest  there  should  be        any 

vestigia    rectis   pedibus.      Nulla  signa  ferebant  quEerentem 

marks       of  direct  feet.  No        signs         led  him  seeking 

ad   speluncam.        Interea      cum  jam     Amphitryoniades 

to          the  cave.          In  the  mean  time  when    now  Hercules 

moveret    saturata   armenta     stabulis,    que  pararet  abitum 

moved  the  full  fed        flocks      from  the  stables,  and     prepared    to  depart 

boves        mugire     discessu,     atque  omne  nemus  impleri 

the  heifers  began  to  low  at  their  departure,   and         all       the  grove  to  be  filled 

querelis,     et   colles  relinqui    clamore,    Una        bourn 

with  complaints,  and  the  hills     to  be  left       with  a  cry.      One       of  the  hcifen 

reddidit  vocem,  que  mugivit  sub  vasto  antro,  et  custodita 

returned     the  cry,        and      bellowed   under  the  vast   cave,     and         guarded 

fefellit      spem  Caci.     Hie  vero  dolor   atro  felle  exarserat 

deceived        the  hope  of  Cacus.    Here  indeed    grief  with  black  gall        inflamed 

Alcidae  furiis:    rapit    arma     manu,    que    robur  gravatum 

Hercules*      rage:       he  seizes    arms     in  his  hand,  and      a  club  heavy 

nodis,  et  petit   ardua  ae'rii    mentis     cursu.  Turn  primum 

with  knots,  and  seeks  the  height  of  an  airy  mountain  in  his  course.  Then  first 

nostri        videre  Cacum  timentem  que  turbatum    oculis. 

our  friends     beheld       Cacua  fearing          and       disturbed      in  his  eyes. 

Eicit    fugit       ocior      Euro,      que  petit  speluncam;  timor 

,  Forthwith  he  flies  swifter  than  the  east  wind,  and  seeks       the  cave;  fear 

addidit  alas  pedibus.     Ut  inclusit  sese,  que  catenis     ruptis 

added        wings  to  his  feet.      As  he  inclosed  himself,  and  the  chains  being  burst 

dejecit    immane    saxum,    quod      pendebat    ferro,     et 

he  threw  down  the  huge  rock,       which  hung   suspended        by  iron,    and 

paternd   arte,  que  emuniit     postes    fultos     obice;    ecce! 

his  father's    art,       and        fortified        the  posts  supported   by  a  bolt;  io! 

Tirynthius,  furens     animis,       aderat   que  lustrans  omneni 

Hercules,  raging   in  his  feelings,  was  present  and    surveying  all 

accessum,  ferebat   ora  hue  et  illuc,    infrendens   dentibus. 

the  approach;       cast      his  eyes  here  and  there,        gnashing      with  his  teeth. 

Fervidus     ir£,      ter  lustrat  totum  montem  Aventini;  ter 

Glowing       with -age,  thrice  he  surveys  all      the  mountain  of  Aventine;  ttific* 


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nequicquam  tentat    saxea  lirnina:    ter    fcssus         resedtt 

in  vain  he  tries    the  rocky     gates:       thrice    wearied        he  Bat  dowc 

valle.      Acuta  silex    stabat    saxis     praecisis     undique, 

in  the  vale.      A  sharp     cliff*         stood    with  rocks      cut  off  on  every  side, 

insurgens    dorso   speluncse,  altissima  visu,  domus  opportuna 

rising  on  the  back  of  the  cave,    very  high    to  view,  an  abode  fit 

rudis  dirarum  volucrum* 

foi  nests  of  direful         birds. 

Dexter,      nitens      in      adversum,  concussit    hanc, 

On  the  right    bending     against    the  opposing  rock,  he  shook  it, 

ut      prona     incumbebat      jugo     ad    aranem  laevum,    et 

•b  that  inclining  it  leaned  against  the  mountain  to     the  river    on  the  left,    and 

solvit  avulsum      irnis    radicibus;  inde  repente  impulit; 

broke  it    torn  up  from  its  lowest       roots;          then    suddenly  he  hurled  it  down; 

quo    impulsu    maximus     aether  insonat,   ripae     dissultant 

by  which  effort        the  wide-extended     air         resounds,  the  banks        leap  apart 

que  amnis  exterritus    refluit.     At  specus,    et  ingens  regia 

and    the  river     terrified         flow?  back.    But  the  den,     and      great        palace 

Caci     detecta    apparuit,    et    ambrosae     caveriwe    penitus 

of  Cacus  uncovered     appeared,       and     the  shady  caverns  deeply 

patuere;  non     secus    ac  si    terra,  penirus  dehiscens    qua 

were  exposed;  not   otherwise  than  if  the  .earth,      deeply       opening        by  any 

vi,          reseret     infernas  sedes,  et  recludat  pallida    regna, 

violence, should  unlock  the  infernal  seats,     and    lay  open      the  pale    kingdoms, 

invisa      Dis;  que  immane  barathrum     cernatur  super,  que 

haled  by  the  Gods;  and  the  dreadful         abyss     should  be  seen    from  above,  and 

manes  trepident  lumine   immisso.    Ergo     Alcides    premit 

the  shades  tremble  light      being  admitted.  Therefore  Hercules    pierced  Aim 

telis        desuper  repente  deprensum  in  insperata  luce,  que 

with  darts   from  above  suddenly  seized          in  the  unhoped-for  light,     and 

inclusum    cav6    saxo,  atque   rudentem    insueta,  que 

•but  up       in  the  hollow  rock,     and       braying  forth  unaccustomed  souiufc,  and 

advocat    omnia      arma,   et    instat  ramis     que   vastis 

calls  on       every  kind    of  arms,  and     presses  Aim  with  branches  and  vast 

molaribus.    Autem  ille  enim  neque  jam  ulla  fuga  pericuh 

mill-stones,  But  he       fur      neither      now    any      flight    of  dangei 

superest  evomit  ingentem  fumum  faucibus,  mirabile   dictu! 

remained       vomits         much  smoke  from  his  jaws,  wonderful  to  be  told! 

que   involvit  domum  caecA    caligine,  eripiens  prospectum 

arid  overwhelms    the  house    with  black  smoke,        snatching  the  prospect 

oi'ulis;          que  glomerat  fumiferam   noctem    sub    antro, 

from  our  eyes;     and       gathers  smoky  night  under  the  cave, 

tenebris  commixtis    igne.     Alcides     animis  non  tulit, 

darkness         mingled       with  fire.      Hercules      in  his  rage          did  not  bear  it, 

que  ipse  jecit     se        per    ignem     pnecipiti    sa,tu,    qua 

and      he         cast       himself    through    the  fire    with  headlong      leap,      where 

plurimus    fumus    agit    undam,  que  ingens  specus    aestuat 

•the  abundant    smoke  drives  out.  its  wave,   and    the  huge        den       undulates 


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atr£        ncbuld.    Hie    corripit    Cacum,    vomentem    vana 

ivitha  black   cloud.          He  seizes  Cacus,  vomiting  vain 

incendia  in  tenebris,   complexus     in  nodum,    et  inhaerens 

fires  in    darkness,      grasping  Aim          in      a  knot,      and  seizing 

angit        elisos  oculos,  et  guttur  siccum  sanguine.  Extemplo 

he  squeezes  Ins  forced  out  eyes,  and  throat       dry  of  blood.  Forthwith 

atra     domus  panditur  foribus    revulsis;  que  abstract®  boves 

the  black  house      is  opened     the  doors  being  torn  off;  and     the  stolen        heifers 

que  abjuratse  rapinae,  ostenduntur  coelo:  que  informe  cadaver 

and      forsworn    plunder,       are  exposed    to  heaven;  and  the  deformed       corse 

protrahitur     pedibus.    Corda   nequeunt      expleri     tuendo 

is  drawn  out         by  the  feet.    Our  hearts    cannotf      be  satisfied  with  beholding 

terribiles   oculos,   vultum  que  pectora"  •„  semiferi      villosa 

lh«  terrible       eyes,  face          and       breast    of  the  half-monster   shaggy 

setis,       atque   ignes     extinctos    faucibus.         Ex    illo 

with  bristles,  and      the  fires      extinguished    in  his  jaws.  From    that  tune 

honos        celebratus,  que  tati   minores    servavere     diem; 

ti*  fame         is  celebrated,      and  joyful      posterity      have  observed       the  day, 

que     primus    auctor     Potitius,    et    Pinaria   domus   custos 

*nd      our  first         founder         Potitius,      and  the  Pinarian   family  the  keeper 

Herculei     sacri,       statuit     hanc  aram   luco,     quae  semper 

of  the  Herculean  sacrifice,  has  established  this  altar  in  the  grove,  which         ever 

erit  maxima.  Quare    agite,  O  juvenes,  inmunere  tantarum 

shall  be  greatest.  Wherefore  come  on,  O  young  men,   in  the  favour     of  so  great 

laudum   cingite     comas     fronde,         et    porrigite    pocula 

praises          encircle       your  hair  with  the  leaf,        and        holdout          goblets 

dextris;  que  vocate  communem  Deum,  et  volantes 

in  your  right  hands}       and    invoke       our  common          God,  •  and        willing 

date  vina.     Dixerat,     cum  populus   vicolor  velavit  comas 

give    wine.  He  said,       when     the  poplar  variegated      veiled      his  locks 

Herculea   umbra",  que  pependit,   innexa    foliis:    et      sacer 

with  Hercules'   shade,      and       hung,  bound  with  leaves:  and  the  sacred 

scyphus  implevit    dextram.  Omnes  ocius    Iseti  libant 

cup  filled       his  right  hand.       All         quick    joyful       make  libation 

in  mensam,  que  precantur  Divos.         Interea  Vesper 

on    the  table,       and       entreat        the  Gods.    In  themeantime        the  evening 

fit      proprior    devexo     Olympo:  que  jam   sacerdotes,  que 

becomes  nearer  in  the  declining  sky:          and      now       the  priests,       and 

primus  Potitius,  ibant  cincti  pellibus      in  morem, 

first  Potitius        went   covered   with  skins  according  to          their  manner, 

que  ferebant  flammas.     Instaurant  epulas,  et  ferunt    grata 

and          bore  flames.  They  renew    the  feasts,  and     bear       gratqful 

dona  secundae  mensa?,  que  cumulant  aras  oneratis  lancibus. 

gifts      to  the  second    table,       and        heap       the  altars  with  loaded      dishes. 

Turn  Salii    evincti       tempora    populeis  ramis,    adsunt  ad 

Then   the  Salii  bound  about     their  temples  with  poplar  branches,  are  present  at 

cantus,  circum   incensa   altaria;   hie  chorus  juvenum,   illft 

%he  songs,    around     the  burning     altars;       this      band      of  young  men,    that 


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senum,  qui  ferunt  Herculeas  laudes  et  facta  carmine;  ut 

or  old  men,  who      eilol         Hercules'        praises    and   deeds       in  song;    how 

premens  eliserit  prima  monstra      novercae,     que  geininos 

strangling        be  lore      the  first      monsters  of  his  step-mother,   and          her  two 

angues    manu;     ut  idem  tlisjecerit  urbes  que  Trojam,  que 

•nakes    with  his  hand;  how  the  same  overthrew     cities    both       Troy,         and 

CEchaliam  egregias  bello;  ut  pertulerit  mille   duros  labores 

OSchalia  renowned    in  war;  how    he  endured  .a  thousand  severe      labours 

sub  rege  Euryslheo,    falls    iniquae  Junonis.     Tu   invicte 

oder    king      Eurystheus,  by  the  fates  of  unjust     Juno.  You  unconquercd 

bimembres     nubigenas,    que  Hylaeum  que  Pholum 

slay       the  double  limbed  sons  of  the  clouds,  both      Hyla-us        and          Phulus 

manu;       tu  mactas  Cressia  prodigia,  et  vastum  leonem 

with  your  hand;  you      slay     the  Cretan    monsters,   and    the  vast  lion 

sub  rupe   Nemeae.      Stygii  lacus  tremuere     te.       Janitoi 

tinder  the  rock  of  Nemea.    The  Stygian  lakes     trembled     for  you.   The  keepvi 

Orci,  recubans   cruento    antro  super  semesa  ossa,          te, 

of  hell,      reclining    in  his  bloody    cave       upon    half-eaten  bones,  for  you 

nec     ulla  facies  non      arduus      Typhaeus 

trembles,    nor  did  any    forma    terrify     you,    nor  did      lofty  Typtieus 

ipse,    tenens   arma  terruit   te;    Lsernaeus  anguis     turba 

himself,      holding      arms       terrify     you;   the  Lirnean    snake     with  his  host 

capitum,  circumstetit  te  non  egentem  rationis.     Salve  vera 

of  heads,        stalked  around  you    not       deprived     of  reason.          Hail        true 

proles  Jovis,  addite  decus     Divis:    dexter  adi  et  nos  et 

offspring  of  Jove,        add       honour   to  the  Gods:     kindly    visit   both  us     and 

tua  sacra      secundo  pede.     Celebrant    talia     carminibus: 

your  sacrifices  wkh  favouring  foot.      They  celebrate  these  things      with  songs: 

super  omnia  adjiciunt  speluncam  Caci,  que  ipsum  spirantem 

above        all         they  add          the  cave      ofCacus,  and    himself         breathing 

ignibus.     Omne   nemus    consonat     strepitu     que      colles 

in  fires.  All         the  grove      resounds     with  the  noise     and        the  lulls 

resultant. 

rebound. 

Exin    divinis     rebus         perfectis,         cuncti     referunt 

Then    these  divine   actions    being  accomplished,  all  withdraw 

se        ad  urbem.    Rex    ibat  obsitus          sevo;          et 

themselves        to  the  city.     The  king   went  oppress'd        with  age;          and 

mgrediens  tenebat  JEnean    comitem       que  natum  juxta. 

walking  he  held        ./Eneas       as  a  companion      and    his  son     near  ty. 

Que  levabat     viam      vario      sermone.  ^Eneas     miratur 

And    be  relieved     the  way    with  various     discourse.       ./Eneas  admires 

que    fert    faciles    oculos   circum     omnia,   que     capitur 

and    moves    his  nimble     eyes  around         all  things,     and    is  captivated 

locis,         et  Icetus    que  exquirit    que    audit    singula 

with  the  places,     and   joyful      both     he  seeks        and       hears  all 

monumenta  priorum  virum.  Turn    Rex   Evandrus  conditor 

the  monuments   of  former     men.         Then    the  king    Evandrus       the  builder 


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Xomanse    arcis:          Fauni  que  Nymphae  indiginae,  que  o-ens 

of  the  Roman  tower  spoke:  The  Pauns  and    Nymphs        natives,          and  a*  race 

virflm  nata    truncis       et  duro  robore,  tenebant  haec  neraora, 

of  men  born  in  trunks  of  trees  and  hard       oak,    possessed        these         grove^ 

queis  erat    neque     mos     neque     cultus;         nee  ndrant 

to  whom  was    neither    manners        nor         cultivation;        nor  did  they  know 

jungere    tauros,    aut    componere    opes,    aut        parcere 

to  yoke  bulls,  or  to  gather  wealth,      or  to  spare 

parto;  sed    rami     atque  asper  venatus    victu 

what  they  had  obtained:     but      branches    and        savage  hunting       with  food 

alebat.          Saturnus  primus  venit    ab     aetherio      Olympo. 

cherished  them.    Saturn    •       first  came     from      celestial  Olympus. 

fugiens     arma    Jovis,     exul       regnis         ademptis.         Is 

flying  the  arms   of  Jove,    an  exile    his  kingdoms  being  taken  away.        He 

composuit  genus   indocile   ac  dispersum     altis     montibus, 

formed  a  race      untaught      and    scattered        in  the  lofty     mountains, 

que   dedit  leges;  que  maluit     vocari      Latium,    quoniam 

and       gave       laws;        and    chose  to  be  called   Latiam,  since 

latuisset     tutus  in  his  oris.  Aurea    secula,  quae  perhibent, 

he  lay  conceal'd    safe    in   these  coasts.  The  golden    ages,     which  they  speak  of, 

fuerunt   sub   illo  rege;  sic  regabat  populos  in  placidal  pace; 

had  been    under    this      king;  thus  he  ruled        the  people  in    tranquil      peace; 

donee  paulatim  deterior   et   decolor  aetas,  et      rabies   belli, 

until      by  degrees        a  worse        and    varied        age,    and  the  madness  of  war, 

et   amor    habendi   successit.     Turn     Ausonia    manus,    et 

and  the  love  of  possessing  succeeded.         Then    the  Ausonian      band,         and 

Sicanae  gentes  venere;    et  saepius    Saturnia    tellus     posuit 

the  Sicilian  nations    came,        and      often        the  Saturnian  land         laid  aside 

nomen.    Turn      reges     que  asper  Tibris  immani   corpore; 

its  name.     Then    came  kings      and     cruel        Tiber      of  immense  body; 

a   quo       post      Itali  diximus  fluvium  Tibrim  cognomine; 

from  whom  afterwards  the  Italians  called     the  river       Tiber  byname, 

vetus  Albula  amisit  verum   nomen.     Omnipotens   fortuna 

old  Albula        lost  her  true     name.  Omnipotent  fortune 

et  ineluctabile  fatum     posuere     me      his    locis,  pulsum 

and    inevitable  fate         have  placed      me      in  these    places,      banished 

patria",       que  sequentem  extrema    pelagi;  que  tremenda 

from  my  country,  and    following    the  extremity  of  the  ocean;  and  dreadful 

monita      Carmentis   Nymphae      matris,    et  Deus     Apollo 

admonitions  of  Carmentis     the  Nymph     my  mother,    and   the  God         Apollo 

auctor,     egere.     Vix      ea         dicta,   progressus  dehinc, 

our  patron,  urced  us  on.  Hardly  these  words  were  said,  proceeding  thence, 

monstrat     et     aram,    et    Carmentalem    portam       Romano 

he  points  out  both  the  altar,  and    the  Carmentalian      gate    calPd  by  a  Roman 

nomine,  quam  memorant     priscum     honorem     Carmentis 

name,  which  they  declare  to  be  the  ancient  honour     of  the  Garments! 

Nymphae       fatidicae     vatis,     quae  prima  cecinit    ^Eneados 

Nymph         ibc  fate  declaring  prophetess,  who     first    foretold  that  the  Trojan* 


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futures     magnos     et   Pallanteum    nobile.  Hinc     ingentem 

WD'jId  be       great  and      Pallanteum  noble.    Hence  A<s/<ou>»  a  great 

ucum,  quern   acer   RoYnulus  retulit     asylum,     et  monstrat 

grove,        which      brave      Romulus       made         a  sanctuary,   and  shews 

Lupercal    sub     gelida"  rupe;  dictum  de     Parrhasio     moce 

the  Lupercal    under    i/ie  cold    rock,       call'd        from    the  Arcadian      manner 

Lycaei—  Panos.  Nee  non  et  monstrat   nemus  sacri   Argileti, 

of  Lycean    Pan,         Likewise  also  he  points  out  the  grove  of  sacred    Arciletus, 

que     testatur    locum,  et  docet  lethum  hospitis  Argi.  Hinc 

mid  calls  to  witness  the  place,  and  teaches  the  death  of  his  guest  Argus.     Hence 

ducit  ad  Tarpeiam    sedem   et   Capitolia,   nunc         aurea, 

lie  leads  to  the  Tarpoan        seat  and  the.  Capitol,        now  golden, 

olim     horrida     sylvestribus    dumis.     Jam  turn     dira 

formerly        rough  with  wild  bushes.        Even     then    the  dreadful 

religio     loci     terrebat  pavidos  agrestes;  jam  turn  tremebant 

religion  of  the  place  frightened  the  fearful  rustics;       even    then    they  trembled 

sylvam    que  saxum.    Inquit,  Deus  (est  incertum  quis  Deus) 

at  the  wood  and  the  rock.        He  says,   a  God    (it  is   doubtful         what       God) 

habitat  hoc  nemus,  hunc  collem  frondosa  vertice.    Arcades 

inhabits    this      grove,        this       bill  with  leafy        top.      The  Arcadians 

credunt   se   vidisse   Jovem    ipsum  cum  saepe     concuteret 

believe       they    have  seen     Jupiter       himself    when    often         he  had  shaken 

nigrantem      ^Egida         dextra",  que     cieret    nimbos. 

his  blackening       shield        with  his  right  hand,      and        aroused    the  clouds. 

Praeterea  vides  haec  duo  oppida  muris      disjectis,      reliquias 

Besides       you  see  these    two  towns    the  walls  being  overthrown,  the  reliqups 

que    monumenta    veterum  virorum:   pater  Janus  condidit 

and       monuments  of  former  men:  father        Janus  built 

hanc,    Saturnus    hanc   urbem,    Janiculum     fuerat  nomen 

this,  Saturn  tli.it  city,  Janiculum  has  been  the  name 

huic,  Saturnia   illi.  Talibus  dictis  inter         se         subibant 

to  this,    Saturnia    to  that.  With  such  words    among    themselves,  they  arrived 

ad  tecta  pauperis  Evandri;  que  videbant  armenta      passim 

at  the  palace    of  poor        Evandcr;        and       saw  tho  herd?    every  where 

mugire   Romano     foro,  et  lautis          Carinis.     Ut  ventum 

to  low        in  the  Roman  forum,  and  proud  street        Carinie.        As     they  came 

ad  sedes,  inquit,  Alcides   victor    subivit   haec  limina;  haec 

to     the  seats,  he  said,    Hercules    a  conqueror  entered    these       gates;         tins 

regia  cepit  ilium:  hospes,    aude  contemnere  opes,  et  finge 

palace  received     him;        O  guest,       dare       to  despise  riches,  and  render 

te     quoque  dignum   Deo   que   veni  non  asper    egenis 

yourself       also       worthy        a  God      and      come    not     churlish   to  our  poor 

rebus.      Dixit,    et   duxit   ingentem  ^Enean  subter  fastigia 

jxissessions.  He  said,     and    lead  great  ./Eneas     beneath        the  roof 

angusti      tecti,    que    locavit      stratis,      effultum    foliis    et 

of  his  humble  house,      and        placed  Aim  on  a  couch,     supported  by  leaves  and 

pelle    Libystidis  ursae.     Nox     ruit,    et  amplectitur  telhircm 

the  skin  of  a  Lybian     bear         Night  rushes  on,  and       embrares         the  earit 


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fuscis      alis.  At  Venus    maler,  baud  nequicquam  exterrita 

with  gloomy  wings.  But  Venus  At's  mother,      not       in  vain  alarmed 

animo,     mota  que      minis         Laurentum,         et         duro 

in  her  mind,  moved    also  by  the  threats    of  the  Laurenti'ans,       and         direful 

tumultu,  alloquitur  Vulcanum,  que  incipit  haec  aureo 

tumult,  addresses  Vulcan,          and     begins    these  rords  in  the  golden 

thalamo         conjugis,         et    aspirat    divinum     amorem 

marriage  chamber  of  her  husband.        and        inspires        divine  love 

dictis.       Dum    Argolici    reges    vastabant    bello      debita 

by  her  words.    While    the  Grecian    kings       laid  waste       by  war  the  destined 

Pergama  *  que  arces     casuras     inimicis    ignibus,         non 

walls  of  Troy  and     towers    about  to  fall    by  hostile  fi.es,  neither 

rogavi     ilium  auxilium  miseris,  non  arma  tua? 

did  I  ask      that  aid  for  my  wretched  friends,       nor    arms   of  your 

artis  que  opis,  nee         volui         exercere     te,       carissime 

art       and      aid,      nor      have  I  wished       to  exercise      you,  O  dearest 

conjux,  ve  tuos   labores   incassum.  Quamvis   et  deberem 

husband,       or    your       labours       in  vain.  Although       even. I  had  owed 

plurima      natis     Priami,  et  saepe    flevissem  durum  laborem 

many  things  to  the  sons  of  Priam,  and  often   I  had  mourned  the  cruel         laboui 

./Enese.  Nunc  constitit         oris       Rutulorum  imperils 

of  .(Eneas.  Now    he  has  landed  on  the  coasts  of  the  Rutulians  by  the  commands 

Jovis:       ergo,     eadem    venio  supplex   et   genetrix     nato, 

of  Jove:      therefore      the  same    I  come      humble       and   a  mother    for  a  son, 

rogo    arma     numen   sanctum  mihi.          Filia         Nerei 

ask    arms  of  your     deity        sacred  tome.        The  daughter         ofNereus 

potuit  flectere  te,  Tithonia  conjux  te    lacrymis. 

could        influence   you,    Tithonua'    wife  could  influence  you      with  tears. 

A  spice    qui  populi   coe'ant,    qu®    masnia    acuant    ferrum 

Behold        what    people       unite,  what      .towns  sharpen    the  sword 

portis       clausis         in         me  que  excidium      meorum! 

their  gates     being  closed      against         me    and        the  ruin         of  my  friends! 

Diva       dixerat,    et   niveis     lacertis     hinc    atque   hinc 

The  Goddess      spoke,        and  with  snowy    arms        on  this  side    and  that 

fbvet          cunctatem     molli     amplexu:  ille  repente  accepil 

she  fondles  him,    delaying     in  her  soft       embrace.        he       suddenly      catches 

solitam     flammam   que     notus    calor  intravit  medullas, 

the  accustomed    flame  and    the  known  warmth   entered       his  marrow, 

et  cucurrit    per    labefacta.  ossa;  non  secus  atque    olim 

and    ran          through    his  agitated-  bones;    not    otherwise  than    as  sometima 

cum  ignea  rima  rupta    corusco   tonitru,  micans   percurrit 

when    a  fiery      flash  bursting  from  glittering  lightning,    shining          runs  over 

nimbos   lumine.    Conjux    lasta     dolis,      et  conscia  formae 

the  tlouds  with  light.      His  wife   rejoiced  by  the  fraud,  and  conscious  of  beauty, 

sensit.      Turn      pater,     devinctus   seterno  amore,  fatur 

perceived  it.      Then   "  the  father,       bound  by  eternal       love,  sayg1 

Quid    petis    causas  ex    alto?      quo    fiducia     haei  cessit 

Why    do  von  seek  causes    from     afar?  whether  has  confidence  of  me    ceas'd 


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tibi   Diva?     si        fuisset  aimilis' cura,  turn  quoque  fuisset 

to  you  O  Goddess?  i  f there  bad  been    alike      care,     then       also       it  had  been 

fas    nobis  armare  Teucros.  Nee   omnipotens  pater,   nee 

lawful   for  me    to  arm       the  Trojans.    Nor       the  Almighty        father,       nor 

fata    vetabant    Trqjam     stare,   que   Priamum   superesse 

the  fates    did  forbid  Troy         to  stand,    and       Priam  to  survive 

per    alios  decem  annop.  Et   nunc  si     paras    bellare   atque 

through  other    fen  years,     And    now       if  you  prepare  to  fight  and 

est  tibi  hiEC  mens,    quidquid  curse       in  me&  arfe  possum 

there  is  to  you  this  disposition,  whatever  of  care  there  is  in  my        art  I  can 

promittere,  quid  potest     fieri    ferro   ve    liquido-    electro, 

promise,  what       can         he  done    by  iron  or       liquid  amli-r, 

quantum    ignes    que    animse     valent;     absiste  indubitare 

whatever  tires          and         blasts        can  cflcct;         cease  to  doubt 

tuis     viribus    precando.      Locutus      ea     verba,     dedit 

your  own     powers        in  praying.         Having  spoken  these     words,         he  gave 

optatos   amplexus;  que   infusus     gremio     conjugis     petivit 

the  desired     embraces;       and     stretched  on  the  bosom  of  his  wife      he  sought 

placidum  soporem     per    membra.    Inde  ubi  prima   quies 

peaceful  sleep         through     his  limbs.        Then    when  the  first          rest 

expulerat  somnum;     medio     curriculo  noctis  jam   abactae, 

had  banished     sleep;  in  the  midst  of  the  circle    of  night  now  passM  away, 

cum  fcemina    cui          primum      tolerare  vitam         colo 

when  the  female  to  whom  it  is  a  first  duty    tosupport        life         by  the  distaff 

que     tenui         Minerva1,         suscitat    cineram    impositam 

and    the  graceful     arts  of  Minerva,         awakens     the  ashes  covered  up 

et   sopitos      ignes,    addens  noctem      operi,      que  exercet 

and  the  sleeping    fires,  adding       night       to  her  labour,    and       exercises 

famulas         ad  lumina     longo    penso,  ut  possit   servare 

her  female  servants  by  the  lights  with  a  long   task,       that  she  may     preserve 

cubile     conjugis     castum,  et   educere   parvos   natos;.haud 

the  bed      of  her  husband      chaste,    and     bring  up        her  little   children;       nol 

secus         ignipotens,  nee      segnior      illo  tempore 

otherwise      the  fire  powerful  God,  not      more  slothful  at  that  time 

surgit  e    mollibus  stratis   ad   fabrilia   opera.  Insula  erigitur 

arises   from    his  soft         couch    to  his  mechanical  labours.  An  island         arises 

juxta    Sicanium    latus   que    Eoliam    Liparen,         ardua 

near  to       the  Sicilian         side       and        Eolian  Liparc,  high 

fumentibus    saxis;    subter  quam  specus,   et   Etnea   antia, 

with  smoking      rocks;       beneath     which       a  den,        and  Etnean         caves, 

exesa   cammis    Cyclopum,   tonant,    que    validi         ictus 

perforated  by  chimneys  of  the  Cyclops,    thunder,      and       powerful  blows 

incudibus  auditi  referunt  gemitum  que   stricture  chalybum 

on  anvils  beard       re-echo       the  groan      and         bars  of  sii;ul 

stridunt   cavernis,      et  ignis   anhelat   fornacibus;    domus 

hiss  in  the  caverns,     and  Hie  fire    pants  in        the  furnaces;        the  house 

Vulcani,  et   Vulcania  tellus   nomine.  Tune    Ignipotens 

Of- Vulcan,    and  the  VnlcHiiian  Irnd       'jy  name.        Then  the  (ire  jiov.vfuJ  Cod 


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descendit  hue   ab   alto    ccelo.    Cyclopes   que  Brontes  que 

descended       here  from  the  high  heaven.   The  Cyclops   and       Brontes        and 

Steropes    et     Pyraemon     nudus         membra,   excercebant 

Sleropes         and        Pyramon  naked  as  to       his  limbs,  exercised 

ferrum    in     vasto     antro.    Erat     his    manibus         fulmen 

the  iron        in     the  vast     cave.     There  was  in  these  hands  a  thunderbolt 

informatum,  quae  plurima  genitor  dejecit          toto     ccelo  in 

informed,  which     many     the  father       sent       from  the  whole  heaven  to 

terras,      parte    jam     polita;      pars    manebat    imperfecta. 

the  earth,      apart      now  being  polished,  a  part        remained  unwrought. 

Addiderunt  tres    radios     torti     imbris,  tres    aquosae   nubis, 

They  added        three       rays   of  wreathed  storm,     three  of  the  watery    cloud, 

tres     rutili       ignis      et     alitis    Austri.  .Nunc    misceban 

three  of  glittering  lightning  and    the  swift  south  wind.     Now         they  mingled 

operi         terrificos    fulgores   que   sonitum  que   metum, 

in  their  labour        terrific        corruseations  and        noise  and  fear, 

que  iras     sequacibus      flammis.          Alii     parte  instabant 

and  rage       with  persecuting  flames.        From  another  part     they  press  on 

Marti     que    currum  que  volucres  rotas,  quibus  ille  excitat 

for  Mars        both    the  chariot- and    swift  wheels,    by  which    he      arouses 

viros,    quibus  urbes;     que   certatim    polibant     horriferam 

men,        by  which    cities;  and        eagerly      they  polished  the  dread  bearing 

^Egida  arma  turbatae   Palladis,      squamis    serpentum     que 

shield      the,arms  of  troubled    Minerva,        with  scales       of  serpents  and 

auro,  que  angues    connexos  que    Gorgona  ipsam  in  pectore 

gold,        and    snakes        intertwined    and      the  Gorgon    itself     in     the  breast 

Divae     verteritem  lumina         desecto         collo.     Inquit, 

of  the  Goddess    turning  its  eyes        to  its  dissevered        neck.          He  says, 

JEtnei  Cyclopes,      tollite     cuncta  que   auferte          cseptos 

ye  Etnean    Cyclops,  take  away  all  things  and       bear  off  yourbegim 

labores,   et  advertite   mentem   hue. 

Jabo'.irs,      and         turn  your  mind        here. 

Arma   facienda      acri   viro;  mine    usus     viribus,  nunc 

Arms     are  to  be  made  for  a  brave  man;    now  there  is  need  for  strength,  now 

rapidis  manibus,  nunc    omni     magistra'    arte.     Praecipitate 

for  rapid        hands,  now      for  all  your  masterly        art.  Banisb 

moras.     Nee       effatus  plura.  At  omnes  illi  ocius  incubuere 

delays.          Nor   did  he  speak       more.      But     all         they    soon  ply  their  work 

que  pariter  sortiti  laborem.    sEs   que  metallum    auri    fluit 

and     equally      assort      the  labour.      Brass    and       the  metal       of  gold    flows 

rivis;    que  vulnificus  chalybs  liquescit    vastav    fornice. 

In  streams;   and    the  wounded     stc-el  melts        in  the  vast    furnace 

Informant  ingentem  clypeum,  unum  contra  omnia    tela 

They  form  a  great  shield,          alone        against        all       the  darts 

Latinorum,   que  impediunt  septenos  orbes    orbibus.     Alii 

of  the  Latins,       and       interweave       sevenfold      circles  with  circles.     Others 

accipiunt  que    reddunt  auras  ventosis  follibus;  alii   tingunt 

receive  und         return        blasts    from  windy     bellows;   others  dip 


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aera    stricferffia    lacu;     antrum  gcmit  incudibus  impositis. 

the  metal     hissing      in  the  trough;  the  cave  resounds      anvils         being  placed 

Illi  tollunt  brachia  inter     sese,      multsi    vi  in   numerum, 

They    raise      their  arms  among  themselves,  with  much  force  in  regular  number. 

que  versant  massam    tenaci    forcipe.     Dum  Lemnius  pater 

and    they  turn    the  mass  with  grasping  tongs.  While  the  Lemnian   father 

properat     hacc        ^Eoliis     oris,     alma     lux    et  matutini 

hastens      these  things  on  the  ^Eolian  coasts,  the  cheering  light    and         morning 

cantus  volucrura    sub    culmine   suscitat  Evandrum       ex 

•ougs  of  birds          under       his  roof         arouses         Evandcr  frnru 

humili     tecto.     Senior    consurgit   que  inducitur    tunica 

liis  humble  mansion.  The  old  man       arises  and         equips          with  a  coat 

artus,  et   circumdat  Tyrhena  vincula    plantis       pedum: 

bis  limbs,  and         girds  Tyrhene       bandages    to  the  soles       of  his  feel: 

turn   subligat  Tegaeum    ensem     lateri,      atque    humeris, 

then       he  binds        a  Tegsean         sword       to  his  side,          and          shoulders, 

retorquens  terga  pantherae  demissa  ab    laev<t.     Nee  non  et 

turning  back     theskiri  of  a  panther  suspended   from  his  left  side.  Likewise 

gemini  canes    custodes  procedural    ex     alto      limine  que 

two  dogs         his  guards        proceed  from    the  high       gate          and 

comitantur   herilem    gressum.     Heros    petebat   sedem   et 

accompany       their  master's      step.  The  hero      sought        the  seat    and 

secreta    hospitis    JEnex,   memor  sermonum   et    promissi 

retreats      of  his  guest      ./Eneas,        mindful        of  Ins  words      and         promised 

muneris.    Nee  minus  ^Eneas  matutinus  agebat    se.    Pallas 

favour.  Nevertheless      ./Eneas  early  aroused  himself.     Pallas 

n'lius   ibat     comes         huic,  Achates        olli.        Congressi 

the  son    went  as  companion  to  the  one,  Achates     to  the  other.  Meeting 

jungunt     dextras,       que     residunt       mediis         aedibus, 

they  join  right  hands,         Hnd         sit  down         in  the  midst     of  the  rooms, 

et    tandem  fruuntur    licito    sermone.     Rex    prior       haec. 

and    at  length      enjoy      uninterrupted  discourse.      The  king    first    said    these 

Maxime   ductor  Teucrorum,  quo    sospite    equidem 

things.      Greatest        leader       of  the  Trojans,     who     being  safe  indeed 

nunquam.  fatebor  res  Trojae  aut     regna         victas. 

never  will  I  confess    the    affairs  of  Troy  or  her  kingdoms  to  be  conquered. 

Nobis  exiguae   vires   ad  auxilium  belli  pro  tanto  nomine: 

To  us     are  slender  powers   for          aid  of  war     for     so  great       a  name: 

hinc      claudimur      Tusco    amni,  hinc  Rutulus  premit, 

on  this  side  we  are  surrounded  by  the  Tuscan  river,  on  this  theRutulian      presses, 

et  circumsonat    murum    armis.      Sed  ego   paro  jungere 

and    sounds  around        our  wall    with  arms.       But        I       prepare       to  unite 

ingentes  populos  tibi;  que    castra  opulenta     regnis,    quam 

great  people     to  you;  and        camps          rich         in  kingdoms,    which 

salutem     inopina    fors   ostentat;      affers      te     hue     fatis 

succour          unexpected    chance   presents;         you  bring  yourself  here    the  fates 

poscentibus.     Haud  procul  hinc  sedes    urbis        Agyllinse, 

demanding.  Not  far         hence  the  scat  of  the  city  Agylla, 


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fundata     vetusto    saxo,  -incolitur,    ubi    quondam    Lydia 

founded       on  an  ancient  rock,      is  inhabited;    where       formerly     the  Lydian 

gens,   prseclara  bello    insedit      Etruscis     jugis.     Deinde 

nation,     renowned   in  war  settled  down  on  the  Etruscan  mountains.  Afterwards 

rex  Mezeritius  tenuit  hanc,  florentem  muitos  annos,  superbo 

the  king  M>.-/.oictius        held        this,        flourishing     many     years,         in  proud 

imperio,    et   ssevis   armis       Quid     memorem         infandas 

rule  and    cruel       arms.  Why       should  I  relate          At's dreadful 

cffides?   quid  effera   facta   tyranni?  Dii       reservent 

murders?     why  the  savage  deeds  of  the  tyrant?  May  the  Gods          reserve  them 

ipsius  capiti  que  generi.  Quin  etiam  jungebatmortua  corpora 

for  his      head      and      race.          For       even      he  united       dead  bodies 

vivis,  componens  manus  manibus,  atque  ora  oribus,  genus 

to  living.        placing  hands         to  hands,        and       faces  to  faces,      a  kind 

torment!  et   sic  necabat         fluentes  sanguine  que  tabo  in 

of  torture      and  thus   he  slew  Mem        dripping     with  blood        and     gore      in 

misero  complexu     longa"      morte.     At  tandem         cives 

wretched      embrace      by  a  prolonged  death.         But    at  last       his  countrymen 

fessi,    armati  circumsistunt  que  ipsum  furentem    infanda 

wearied  out,  armed  surround  both      him  raging        unutterable 

que  domum;  obtruncant     socios,    jactant  ignem    ad 

things   and   his  family;    they  butcher    his  associates,  they  cast      fire          to  his 

fastigk.     Ille  elapsus  inter     caedes   confugere    in     agros^ 

roof.  He     escaping    amidst  the  slaughter       fled          to  the  territories 

Rutulorum,    et    defend!      armis      Tumi  hospitis.     Ergo 

of  the  Rutulians,  and  was  defended  by  the  arms  of  Turnus    his  host.      Therefore 

omnis  Etruria  surrexit  justis  furiis  praesenti  marte  reposcunt 

all  Etruria          arose        in  just    wrath   in  present      war     they  redemand 

regem  ad   supplicium.      jEnea  ego  addam    te    ductorem 

the  king    for        punishment.  /Eneas       [         will  add     you  a  leader 

his      millibus.       Namque    puppes    condensae     fremunt 

to  these   thousands.      For      the  ships    gathered         rage. 

toto          litore  que  jubent   ferre        signa.       Longjevus 

through  the  whole  shore    and      order      to  unfold  the  standards.  The  aged 

aruspex   canens   fata  retinet.      O  delecta  juventus  Maeonias 

prophet         foretelling    fates  restrains  them.    O  chosen       youth.  ofMieonia 

flos     que  virtus  veterum  virum  quos  Justus   dolor      fert 

the  flower   and  strength    of  ancient     heroes   whom  a  righteous  grief         bears 

in    hostem  et   Mezentius  accendit    merits,     iri      fas 

against    the  foe      and      Mezentius        inflames    with  deserved  anger  it  is  lawful 

nulli  Italosubjungere  tan  tarn  gentem;  optate  externos  duces. 

for  no   Italian       to  subdue      this  great    nation;       chose         foreign       lealeis. 

Turn  Etruscaacies  resedit  hoc  campo  exterrita       monitis 

Then  the  Tuscan   army  sat  down  on  this  plain        frightened  by  the  admonition 

DivGm.        Tarchon    ipse    misit   oratores   que      coronam 

of  the  Gods.  Tarchon      himself     sent          orators        and  the  crowr 

regni      cum    sceptro  ad    me   que   mandat     insignia: 

of  the  kingdom  with      the  sceptre    to      me       and     commends  these  stanJarJa 


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sucredam        castris  que  capessam  Tyrrhena    regna.     Sed 

•JUl  1  would  come  to  the  camps  and      possess          the  Tuscan     kingdoms.        But 

seneclus   tarda  '  gelu         que    effeta   seculis  invidet    mihi 

old  age    •     restrained     by  its  frost  and   powerless    by  time     envies  ma 

imperium.  que    vires      serae  ad  fortia.  Exhortarer 

the  empire,        and  my  strength  too  late  for    brave  deeds  envies  me.  I  would  exhort 

natum,     ni     mixtus     Sabelld     matre    traheret        parlem 

ny  son.      unless     mixed      v  ith  a  Sabine  mother        derives  a  pan 

patriae       hinc.       Tu,    cujus  et  annis   et  generi  fatum 

of  his  country  from  hence.     You,      whom  both  in  years  and       race  fate 

indulget,    quern   numina.  poscunt,   ingredere   6   fortissime 

indulges,          whom       the  Cods        demand,  proceed  O     thnu  bravest 

ductor  Teucrorum  atque.    Italorum.     Praterea    adjungam 

leader         of  the  Tuscans     and  Italians.  Besides  I  will  join 

Pallanta     hunc     tibi,      spes    et     solatia       ostri:     sub   te 

Pallas  himself    to  you,    the  hope  and  consolation    of  me:        under  you 

magistro        assuescat        tolerate   militiam   et   grave   opus 

his  master    he  shall  be  accustomed  to  endure       warfare      and  the  severe  labour 

Martis,  cernere  tua  facta  et   miretur  te    ab  primis  annis. 

of  Mars,       to  behold    your    deeds    and  to  admire  you  from    his  first       years. 

Dabo   bis  centum  Arcadas    equites    huic,     lecta     robora 

I  will  give  two    hundred      Arcadian      horsemen      to  him,  the  chosen   strength 

pubis,  que  Pallas         totidem   tibi       suo   nomine.   -Vix 

nf  our  youth,  and  Pallas  v>illgioe  as  many  to  you  in  his  own     name.        Scarcely 

fatus      erat       ea  que     ./Eneas  Anchisiades  et   fid  us 

had         lv  spoken  these  words     both        A'.noas    the  son  of  Anchisesand  faithful 

Achates  tenebant        ora       defixi,     que   putabant     multa 

Achates          held  their    countenances  unmoved,     and        thought  many 

dura   cum  suo  tristi  corde,   ni    Cytherea  dedisset  signum 

hard  things  in        Iheir     sad      hearts,   unless      Venus         liad  given      a  signal 

aperto    ccelo;    namque    improvise     fulgor,     vibratus  ab 

In  the  open      sky;  for  unexpectedly      lightning,       glittering    from 

aethere,    venit   cum  sonitu;    et   omnia    visa   mere  repente 

the  air,          came       with    a  sound;    and    all  things  seemed  to  rush     suddenly 

que  Tyrrhenus   clangor        tubae     mugire     per     aethera. 

and          the  Tuscan        clangor    of  the  trumpet   to  rattle     through  (hi;  heavens. 

Suspiciunt  iterum    atque   iterum   ingens  fragor    intonat; 

They  look  up      again  anj          again         a  great       sound    thunders  forth; 

vident  arma  inter  nubem  rutilare    per     sudum    in  sercnd 

they  see     arms    within    the  cloud    to  glitter  through  the  clear  sky  in  th"  <••<•!•. -..e 

regione      coeli,     et  pulsa  tonare.     Alii     obstupurre 

lejriun  nf  heaven,  and  clashed  together  to  thunder     Others  were  axtoi.isni-d. 

animis;     sed  Troius  heros  agnovit  sonitum,  et     promissa 

n  their  minds;   but  the  Trojan    hero        knew        the  sound,    a:id    the  promises 

Diva?  paienlis.  Turn  memorat,  hospes,  ne  vero,  ne  profecto 

/hi*  divine  mother    Thru       he  says.    .    O  host,    do  not  indeed  do  not      indeed 

»iu,tre  quern  casum     portenta   feranU  ego   poscor  Olympo. 

.ck  what       event      these  nro:!igies    bring:        1  »m /leiuauiled  by  heavetu 


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Diva    creatrix  cecinit   missuram    hoc  signum  si  belluna 

My  divine      mother        foretold    she  would  send   this       signal       if  war 

ingrueret,     que         laturam     Vulcania  arma     per    auras 

should  attack  me,  and  that  she  would  bear    Vulcanian       arms      through  the  sKiea 

auxilio.     Heu  quantse  csedes  instant    miseris  Laurentibus? 

to  my  aid.       Alas    how  great   slaughter  threatens  the  wretched     Laurentines? 

quas  poenas    dabis    mihi  Turne?  quam  multa  scuta  virorurr, 

whal  penalties  shall  you  give  to  me  OTurnus?    how    many  ^shields(T~*1of  men. 

que  galeas    et    fortia  pectora,    volves    sub     undas^rater' 

and     helmets     and     brave     breasts,    will  you  roll  under  your  waves  O  Fallier1 

Tybri!    Poscant    acies,  et  rumpant  foedera.    Ubi  dedit 

Tiber!  Let  them  demand  armies,  and     break         treaties.     When  he          uttered 

haec  dicta,  tollit     se     ab     alto    solio;  et  primum     excitat 

these  words,  he  raises  himself  from  the  lofty  throne;  and        first  arouses 

sopitas  aras  Herculeis  ignibus,  que  laetus  adit  Larem, 

the  sleeping  altars  with  Hercules'    fires,  and  joyful  approaches  the  household  God, 

hesternum  que  parvos    Penates:  mactatlectas  bidentes 

worshipped  yesterday  and  the  little  household  Gods;  he  sacrifices  chosen         sheep 

de       more;        Evandrus    pariter,    Trojana      juventus 

according     to  custom;          Evander  also,  the  Trojan  youth 

pariter.        Post   hinc   graditur   ad    naves,    que     revisit 

'n  like  manner.        After      this       he  walks       to     the  ships,     and         revisits 

socios;      de  numero  quorum   legit    praestantes     virtute, 

his  companions;  from  the  number  of  whom  he  selects  those  excelling  in  courage, 

qui  sequantur  sese    in   bella:  caetera  pars  fertur    prona 

who    may  follow      him    to  the  wars:    the  other     part   is  borne  on  the  declining 

aqu&,  que  segnis  defluit  secundo  amni,    ventura     nuncSa 

water,    and    slow  flow  down  the  favouring  stream,  about  to  come  bearing  tidings 

Ascanio  que     rerum     que  patris.     Equi  dantur  Teucris 

to  Ascanius  both    of  his  affairs    and  his  father.    Horses  are  given  to  the  Trojans 

petentibus  Tyrrhena  arva:  ducunt    exsortem   TEneae,  quern 

seeking  the  Tuscan    fields:     they  lead  a  chosen  one  for  /Eneas,       which 

obit      fulva    pellis  leonis,  praefulgens    aureis      unguibus, 

covers    the  tawny    skin      of  a  lion,         shining          with  golden  claws, 

totum.    Subito  fa'ma    vulgata    volat    per  parvam     urbem, 

all  over.     Suddenly     fame    spread  abroad  flies    through  the  little  city, 

equites         ire     ocyus  ad    litora  Tyrrheni  regis.  Matres 

that  horsemen  were  going  quickly  to  the  shores  of  the  Tuscan  king.  The  mothers 

duplicant     vota      metu;     que  timor   it  propius  periculo, 

redouble         their  vows  through  fear;  and      fright  goes     nearer    to  the  danger, 

et   imago   martis   apparet  major.      Turn  Pater  Evandrus 

and  the  image    of  war'      appears      greater;          Then     Father  Evander 

complexus         dextram       euntis,         haeret         lacrymans 

embracing  the  right  hand      of  him  going,        bangs  to  him  weeping 

inexpletum,  ac  fatur  talia;      O  si  Jupiter  referat  pra-'teritos 

immeasurably,    and  speaks  these  words:  O  if  Jupiter    would  restore        my  past 

annos  mihi!  qualis  eram,  cum     stravi     primam  aciem  sub 

years       to  me!    such  as   I  was,    when  I  threw  down  the  first      band    un.ler 


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ips&  Praneste,  que    victor  incendi  acervos  scutorum,  et 

even        Preneste,       and  a  conqueror  1  burnt         piles  of  shields,      and 

hfic     dextrd     misi    regem   Herilum  sub  Tartara;    cui 

with  (his    rit'lit  liaml      I  sent    the  king       IJerilua       under   Tartarus;  to  whom 

nascent!    mater   Feronia  dederat  tres  animas,  horrendum 

when  born    his  mother   Feronia       had  given    three       lives,  dreadful 

dictu;    terna  arma  movenda;    erat  ter    sternendus    letho; 

10  be  told;     triple      arms    to  be  moved;  he  was  thrice  to  be  overthrown  by  deaili: 

cui     tamen    turn  haec   dexlra    abstulit  omnes   animas, 

from  whom  nevertheless  then     this    right  hand    took  away      all  his  lives, 

et      exuit      tbtidem     armis!    nunc   ego   non     divellerer 

and     stripped  him  of  as  many       arms!         now         I      neither    had  been  torn 

usquara     tuo      dulci   amplexu,     nate;      neque     unquain 

ever  from  your    sweet        embrace,         O  son;  nor  ever 

finitimus     Mezentius,  insultans  huic  capiti,  dedisset  tot 

should  my  neighbour  Mczentius,        insulting      this       bead,  have  given  so  many 

saeva  funera     ferro,    viduasset  urbem  tarn  multis  civibus. 

cruel       deaths  by  the  sword,  have  deprived  the  city    of  so      many          citizens 

At  vos,  0  Superi,  et   tu    maxime  rector    Divfim     Jupiter, 

But  you,    O  ye  Gods,      and  thou  the  greatest     ruler     of  the  Gods          Jupiter. 

quseso    miserescite  Arcadii  regis,  et  audite  patrias  preces: 

I  pray  you  pity         the  Arcadian  king,   and     hear     a  father's       prayers: 

si  vestra  numina,   si    fata    reservant  Pallanta  incolumem 

if       your  deity,  if  the  fates      preserve         Pallas  unharmed 

mihi,  si   vivo   visurus  eum,  et  venturus  in     unum     oro 

to  me,     if     I  live        to  see        him,     and     to  come       to  my  only  son,  I  pray 

vitam,  et  patiar  durare  quamvis  laborem.     Sin,      fortuna, 

for  life,    and  I  will  bear  to  undergo     any  labour.          But  if,      O  fortune, 

minaris    aliquem    infandum     casum,     0   nunc,        nunc 

you  threaten        any  unspeakable      misfortune,     O      now,  now 

liceat      abrumpere  crudelem  vitam,  dum  curse  ambigune, 

may  it  be  allowed  to  break  through  this  cruel      life,       while   cares    are  doubtful, 

dum  spes    futuri        incerta;    dum  teneo  te       complexu, 

while   hopes  of  the  future  are  uncertain;  while     I  hold    tbee        in  my  embrace, 

care  puer,  mea  sera  et  sola  voluptas,  ne    gravior   nuncius 

Odear    boy,       my      late    and   only     pleasure,      lest  a  more  cruel      message 

vulneret    aures.     Genitor  fundebat  haec  dicta      supremo 

fthould  wound  my  ears.      The  father  poured  forth  these   words  alhislart 

digressu;    famuli   ferebant  collapsum   in   tecta.     Que  adeo 

departure;     his  servants  bore  him        fainting       to  the  palace.      And        thui 

jam   equitatus     exierat      apertis    portis;  ^Eneas   et   fidus 

ow      the' cavalry    had  departed  from  the  open  gates;      ./Eneas        and  faithful 

Achates  inter  primos;  inde  alii  proceres  Trojoe,  Pallas   ipse 

Achates       among    the  first;       then  other     nobles       of  Troy,     Pallas  himself 

in  medio   agmine,   conspectus  chalmyde  et  in  pictis  armis; 

in  th»  midst  of  the  band,     conspicuous       in  a  cloak    and  in   painted       arms; 

qualis  ubi  Lucifer,  perfusus    undd      oceani,  quem  Venus 

u  when   Lucifer        bathed      in  the  wave  of  the  ocean   whom        Venus 


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<Uligil  ante   alios  ignes  astrorum,  extulit  sacrum         os 

loves       before     other      fires         of  stars,       has  raised  his  sacred  countenance 

ccclo  que  resolvit  tenebras. 

:n  heaven  and    banished     darkness. 

Matres  slant  pavidae  in  muris,  que  sequuntur  pulveream. 

The  iiiothers  stood   frightened  on  the  walls,  and        follow  the  dusty 

nubcm     oculis,     et   catervas   fulgentes    aere.     Olli  armati 

cloud      with  their  eyes,  and  the  bands      shining  with    brass.       They       armed 

tendunt    per       dumos    qua    meta     viarum          proxima. 

murch       through       the  bushes  where     the  end    of  the  ways  is  nearest. 

Clamor         it       et  agmine     facto,  ungula  quatit      putrem 

A  shout      goes  forth  and  a  band  being  formed,  the  hoof  shakes  the  mouldering 

campum  quadrupedante   sonitu.       Est  ingens  lucusprope 

plain  with  a  four  footed       sound.    There  is      a  great      grove         near 

gelidum  amnem  Caeritis,  sacer    late      religione         patrum; 

the  cold       stream        of  C;cris,  sacred  far  around  by  the  religion  Of  our  fathers; 

cavi  colles  inclusere  undiquej  et  cingunt  nemus      nigra 

hollow     bills        inclose  it     on  each  side,  and    surround  the  grove  with  black 

abiete.        Est    fama         veteres         Pelasgos,  qui      primi 

fir.  There   IB      a  report     that  the  ancient        Pelasgi,       who  first 

aliquando  habuere  Latinos     fines,     sacravisse    que    lucum 

long  since  held  the  Latin  boundaries,  consecrated      both      the  grove 

que  diem  Sylvano,     Deo     arvorum  que  pecoris.         Haud 

and      day      to  Sylvanus,    the  God      of  fluids       and    the  flock.  Not 

procul     hinc    Tarcho  et  Tyrrheni    tenebant    castra  tuta 

far  from  hence    Tarcho    and    the  Tuscans       held  their       camps       safe 

locis:         que  jam  omnis    legio    po'terat  videri         de 

in  these  places-         and    now        all        the  legion        could        be  seen          from 

celso       colle,  et  tendebat  in    latis     arvis.    Pater  ^Eneas 

the  high        hill,        and    march'd        into  the  broad  fields.        Father       ^Eneas 

et    juventus    lecta    bello     succedunt    hue,     que     fessi    ' 

and     the  youth        selected    for  war  come  here,         and       weary 

.  curant      et        equos         et  corpora.    At  Venus,   Candida 

provide  for  both        their  horses       and    bodies.         But     Venus,  the  fair 

Dea     aderat,    ferens   dona  inter   setherios   nimbos;  que 

Goddess    was  present,  bearing     gifts      within    the  celestial      clouds,         and 

ut  vitlit  natum   secretum   procul       egelido      flumine   in 

as  she  saw    her  son       retired  afar  by  the  cold         stream  in 

reducta"    valle  affata  est         talibus     dictis,         que 

a  secluded      vale  addressed       him.  in  these         words,  and 

obtulit    se      ultro.     Eja  munera  perfecta     promissa4   arte 

offered      herself  voluntarily.  Lo       gifts  wrought     by  the  promised    aid 

mei  conjugis,  nate,     ne  mox  dubites  poscere   aut  superbos 

of  my    husband.      O  son,  do  not    now    hesitate    to  demand  either      the  proud 

Laurentes  aut   acrem    Turnum  in  prcelia     Cythere?    dixit, 

Laurentines    or      the  brave      Turnus        to     battle.  Venus  snid . 

et  petivit  amplexus    nati;    posuit    radiantia  anna     sub 

and   tought    the  embraces  of  her,eon;  she  placed  the  glittering  arau        beneatb 


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adversd   quercu.     Illc,  laetus     donis         Dese,        et    tanto 

an  opposite      oak.  lie,    joyful  with  the  gifts  of  the  Goddess,  and  so  great 

honore,  ncquit     explcri,   atque  volvit  oculos  per    singula, 

an  honour,  could  not    be  satisfied,    aud       rolls       his  eyes    over   every  thing. 

que  miratur,      que   inter  manus  et  brachia  versat  galeam 

and    admires  them,     and  between  his  hands  and    arms       ho  turns  his  helmet 

terribilem     cristis    que  vomentem  flam  mas,  que    fatiferum 

terrible  witli  crests,    and   throwing  out        flames,        and    biafateltcaring 

ensem,  loricam   ex   acre  rigentem,  sanguineam,  ingentem, 

sword,  his  coat  of  mail  of    brass       stiff,  bloody.  huge, 

qualis  cum   caerula  nubes  inardescit      radiis      soils,     que 

as  when    an  azure    cloud  glows         with  the  rays  of  the  sun,     and 

refulget  longe:  turn  l£ves   ocreas  electro  que  auro   recocto 

shines          afar:       then    the  light      boots     of  amber    and    gold          rcforged 

que  hastam  et  non  enarrabile  textum     clypei.      Ignipotcns 

and    the  spear    and       indescribable       texture  of  the  shield.  The  fire-powerful 

baud  ignarus    vatum      que    inscius       aevi        -venturi 

God   not       ignorant  of  the  prophet   and  unconscious       of  time  to  come 

fecerat     illic     Italas         res     que  triumphos    Romanorum; 

had  made    there    the  Italian      affairs       and    the  triumphs       of  the  Romans; 

illic  omne      genus       stirpis       futurse        abAscanio,  que 

there       all     the  generation  of  his  race  nbout  to  proceed  from    Ascanius,     and 

bella  pugnata    in     ordine.      Et      fecerat      fctam    lupam 

wars       fought  in      their  order.    And     he  had  made   a  teeming         wolf 

procubuisse     in       viridi  antro   Mavortis;  gcminos   pueros 

to  recline  within    the  green  cave       of  Mars;  the  two  children 

ludere  huic  pendentes  circum  ubera,    impavidos  lambere 

to  sport   by  her      hanging  around    her  dugs,       fearless  to  lick 

matrem;  illam     reflexam        tereti        cervice   mulcere 

their  mother;       her  turning  back  witli  her  tapering    neck        tolickfAcn* 

alternos  et  fingere  corpora      lingud.     Nee  procul     hinc 

by  turns    and      form    their  bodies  with  her  tongue.  Nor    far  from  hence 

addiderat     Romam  et         Sabinas         raptas     sine     more 

he  bad  added       Rome       and      the  Sabine  maids    ravished    without  lav 

concessu  caveae,     magnis    Cercensibus          actis,         que 

in  the  crowd  of  the  theatre,  the  great    Cercensian  games  being  performed,      and 

subito   novum  bellum  consurgere     Romulidis     que       seni 

suddenly    a  new  war  to  arise  to  the  Romans       and         to  old 

Tatio   que  severis   Curibus.     Post    idem   reges,  certamine 

Tatius     and  the  severe       Cures.    Afterwards  the  same  kings,        the  contest 

inter  se  posito,         armati  stabant     ante     aras     Jovis 

among  them  being  laid  aside,  armed       stood  before  the  altars  of  Jupiter 

que   tenentes   pateras  et    pored          caesa,          jungebant 

and       holding  goblets       and    a  sow       being  sacrificed,          they  joined 

iedera.  Haud  procul       inde       citae    quadrigae    distulerant 

treaties.       Not  far       from  thence     swift       chariots  tore 

Metium    in   diversa,          at  Albane     tu        maneres 

Metius          in      different  parts,     but    O  Alban     you        should  have  adbere4 


243  614 

dfctis,       que    Tullus  raptabat      vicera    mendacis  viri 

to  your  promises,    and    Tullus       dragged       the  entrails  of  the  deceitful    man 

per    sylvam  et  vepres  sparsi  sanguine  rorabant.  Necnon 

through   the  wood  and  the  briers  sprinkled  with  blood    dripped.  Also 

Porsenna  jubebat  accipere  Tarquiniun  ejectum  que 

I'orsenna       commanded  the  Romans  to  receive       Tarquin        rejected        ar.d 

premebat   urbem   ingenti     obsidione.  ^Eneadae  ruebant  ia 

jpprt'sscd        the  city    with  a  great       siege.  The  Romans     rushed       on 

ferrum    pro   libertate.      Aspiceres  ilium         similem 

the  sword    for         liberty.  You  might  have      seen  him  like 

indignant!  que  similem     ninanti,        quod   Codes  auderet 

ons  enraged       and  like    to  one  threatening,  because   Codes       had  dared 

vellere     pontem  et   Cloalia  innaret    fluvium     vinculis 

lo  tear  down      the  bridge    and      Cloelia       swam  the  river        her  chains 

ruptis.    In  summo  Manlius  custos       Tarpeiae  arcis  stabat 

being  broken.  On  the  top       Manlius  the  keeper  of  the  Tarpean  citadel      stood 

pro  templo,  et  tenebat    celsa  Capitolia  que  recens  regia 

before  the  temple,  and  guarded      the  lofty    Capitol  and    the  new   palace 

horrebat     Romuleo       culmo.  Atque  hie    argenteus  anser 

was  rough    with  Romulean       straw.  And      here  a  silver        goose 

volitans  per    auratis  porticibus  canebat  Gallos    adesse    in 

flying       through  the  gilded  porches          declared       the  Gauls  were  present  at 

limine.    Galli    aderant    per    dumos   que  tenebant  arcem 

the  gate.    The  Gauls  advanced  through  the  bushes   and         held         the  tower, 

defensi  tenebris  et  dono    opacae  noctis.   Ollis  aurea  csesaries 

defended  by  darkness  and  favor  of  the  gloomy  night.    On  them  golden  hair 

atque  aurea  vestis  lucent    virgatis     sagulis;  turn     lactea 

and      a  golden      dress     shine     with  variegated    cloaks;  then  their  milk  white 

colla  innectuntur    auro;    coruscant      quisque   duo  Alpina 

necks      are  bound          with  gold;  they  brandish       each  one      two          Alpine 

gsesa     manu,   protecti         corpora        longis    scutis,    Hie 

darts  in  their  baud,  protecting         their  bodies       with  long     shields.          He 

extuderat    exsultantes  Salios,   que  nudos     Lupercos,  que 

had  engraved      the  dancing         Salii,  and   the  naked      Luperci,  and 

lanigeros     apices   et  ancilia  lapsa      coelo:       castae   matres 

their  woollen      caps       and    shields      fallen    from  heaven;  the  chaste  matrons 

in      mollibus  pilentis  ducebant      sacra       per      urbem. 

in      their  soft  sedans  led  on          the  sacrifices  through       the  city. 

Procul  hinc   addit  etiam  Tartareas   sedes  alta    ostia    Ditis 

Far  from  thence    he  adds    also    the  Tartarean    seats    the  deep  doors  of  Pluto 

et      poenas        scelerum,    et    te   Catalina        pendentem 

and  the  punishment     of  crime,         and    thee    O  Cataline  hanging 

minaci         scopuloque  trementem         ora         Furiaram; 

from  a  threatening .    rock       and    trembling  at  the  faces  of  the        Furies; 

que     pios     secretes,  Catonem  dantem    jura    his. 

and  the  pious    separated  from  the  wicked,       Cato    administering  laws  to  them. 

Inter         haec    aurea    imago     maris      late      tumidi  ibat, 

Among  these    the  golden   image      of  the  sea  far  around    swelling  wyjt. 


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aed    caerula        spumabant     oano      flucttt  Ct    delphines 

D>it     the  azure  wattrt       foamed         with  hoary     wave*;    and  dolphins 

clari     argento     verrebant      sequora     circum    in     orbera 

bright        with  silver       swept  through    the  waters     around         in         a  circle 

caudis  que  secabant  aestura.     In    medio   erat   cernere 

with  their  tail!  and         cut          the  tide.        In     the  mictrt     waf     to  be  seen 

aeratas         classes,     Actia  bella,   que       videres        totum 

brazen  protc'd    ships,  Actian      wars,       and       you  might  see  all 

Lcucaten  fervere  instructo  Marie,  que  fluctus  effulgere  auro. 

Leucate          to  glow  with  arrayed      war,     and    the  waves   to  glitter  in  gold. 

Hinc   Csesar  Augustus     agens       Italos     in   proelia  cum 

Here        Cesar        Augustus        leading  on  the  Italians   to      battle          with 

patribus    que    populo,     Penatibus      et  magnis  D?s,~~stans 

the  fathers     and     the  people,  the  household  Gods  and      great      Gods,  standing 

in  celsd  puppi,  cui  laeta  tempera  vomunt  geminas  flammas, 

on  the  lofty    stern,    whose  joyful     temples     pour  forth     double  flames, 

que   patrium    sidus  aperitur        vertice.        Alii       parte 

and      his  paternal    star       is  exhibited       from  his  head.         In  another      part 

Agrippa,  ventis    et  Dts     secundis,   arduus    agens   agmen 

Agrippa,      the  winds  and  Gods  being  propitious,    boldly       leading  on-  his  fleet 

cui    tempora  fulgent      rostratS.    navali   corond  superbum 

whose     temples       glitter         with  a  beaky      naval        crown  a  proud 

insigne        belli.     Hinc        victor      Antonius      barbaricS. 

ensign  of  war.    On  this  side   victorious       Anthony          with  foreign 

ope  que  variis   armis  vehit  uEgyptum,  que   vires  Orientis, 

aid     and    various     arms     bears  Egypt,         and  the  powers  of  the  east, 

et    ultima      Bactra  secum,  ab  populis  Aurora   et      rubro 

and  the  most  remote  Bactra  with  him,  from  the  people  of  the  east  and  the  red  sea 

litore  que    nefas!  ^gyptia  conjux  sequitur.     Omnes  ruere 

shore     and  O  disgrace!  his  Egyptian   wife          follows  All  rush 

una\     ac  totum  sequor  spumare  convulsum  remis   reductis, 

together  and    all       the  sea         foams  torn  oars       drawn  back, 

que  tridentibus  rostris.  .Petunt         alta  credas 

and        trident         beaks.         They  seek    the  deep  waters       you  would  believe 

Cycladas    revulsas    innare      pelago       aut    altos     niontes 

t/iatlhe  Cylades  torn  up         swam         on  the  sea  or  that  high    mountains 

concurrere    montibus:     viri     instant         turritis  puppibus 

rushed  against       mountains:   the  men      press  on   in  their  towering          ships 

tantS.        mole.     Stuppea  flamma  spargitur     manu    que 

with  the  great      mass.        The  hempen  flame.       is  scattered    by  the  hand     and 

volatile  ferrum    telis.    Neptunia    arva   rubescunt       novd 

the  flying      steel    with  darts.    Neptune's  territories         blush  with  new 

caede.'       In  mediis  regina  vocat  agmin& 

slaughter.       In  the  midst  Cleopatra  the  Egyptian      queen        calls     her  bands 

patrio          sistro.    Necdum  etiam         respicit  geminos 

with  her  native  trumpet.      Nor  yet       even     does  she  look  back  on          the  two 

angucs    a  tergo,  que      monstra     omnigenum    Deflm,   et 

snakes       from  behind,     and    the  monsters         of  every  kind       of  Cod*     and 


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Anubis    latrator.     tenent      tela      contra      Neptunum     et 

Anubis        the  barker,         wield      their  darts    against  Neptune  and 

Venerem  que  contra     Mmervam.     Mavors    ca^latus    ferro 

Venus  and     against  Minerva.  Mars  engraved    on  steel 

sasvit  in  medio  certamine  que  tristes   Diras  ex   aethere;  et 

rases    in    the  midst  of  the  contest    and      the  sad      Furies  from     the  sky;  and 

Discordia   vadit    gaudens       scissd  palla,      quam   Bellona 

Discord  walks        rejoicing  with  her  torn  cloak,  whom         Bellnna 

soquitur  cum  sanguineo   flagello.     Actius   Apollo     cernens 

follows         with        a  bloody  whip.  Actian          Apollo          beholding; 

hrrc         desupcr       intendebat  arcum;       eo     terrore  omnis 

these  things  from  above        was  stretching  his  bow:    with  this     terror  all 

jEgyptus,  Indi     et   omnis  Arabs,  omnes  Sabaei   vertebant 

Egypt,         the  Iiidiansand     every        Arab,  all    the  Sabeans  were  turning 

terga.     Regina   ipsa  videbatur  dare    vela   ventis      vocatis,- 

their  backs.  The  queen  herself  seemed        to  give    sails  the  winds  being  invoked, 

et  jam  que  jam   immittere     laxos      funes.          Ignipotens 

and  nc-w      and    now       to  relax       the  loosened  ropes.    The  fire  powerful  God 

fecenit   illam    inter     caedes      pallentem    morte    futura — 

hailiiii.'u      her         amidst  the  slaughter        pale          with  death  approaching— 

ferri          undis          et    lapyge — autem  contra 

to  be  borne  on  by  the  waves  and  west  wind — but  opposite         he  had  formed 

Nilum    mag-no    corpore  moerentem,  que  pandentem     sinus 

the  Nile  with  his  great      body          mourning,         and         opening  his  robes 

et    tota     veste  vocantem      victos       in    caeruleum 

and  with  all  his  dress  thrown  open,  inviting    the  conquered    into  his  azure 

gremium  que  latebrosa  flumina.  At  Caesar  invectus  Romana 

bosom  and      his  riaik       streams.       But  Csesar       borne  to    the  Roman 

mcenia    triplici       triumpho    sacrabat      immortale    votum 

walls        by  a  threefold         triumph         consecrated        his  immortal  vow 

Italis          Dis,   ter   centum     delubra     per     totam  urbem. 

to  the  Italian   Gods,  three     hundred          temples        through  the  whole         city 

Vise    fremebant  laetitia  que  ludis  que  plausu.     In  omnibus 

The  streets  resounded  with  joy    and    sports    and    applause.        In  all 

templis     chorus   matrum;  omnibus       aras.         Ante     aras 

the  temples   is  a  band    of  matrons;      in  all         are  altars.        Before  the  altars 

csesi  juvenci  stravere  terram.         Ipse  sedens      niveo 

slnin       bullocks  overspread  the  earth.   Casar  himself  sitting  in  the  snow  white 

limine  candentis  Phoebi  recognoscit  dona    pcpulorum   que 

gate          of  glowing      Apollo       counts  up       the  gifts      of  the  people        and 

aptat  superbis    postibus.     Victas      gentes   incedunt   longo 

fits  them  to  proud  posts.  Conquered     nations        march  on         in  long 

ordine,  qudm  variae    linguis    tarn     habitu         vestis         et 

array,  as        various    in  languages  as     in  the  form    of  their  dress        and 

armis.     Hie    Mulciber  genus       Nomadum       et 

in  anns.       Here         Vulcan      had  engraved    the  race    of  the  Numiilians        and 

discinctos  Afros;  hie  finxerat        Lelegas    que   Caras  que 

.ooFely  rirrssi'd  Africans;  h-.-re  he  had  engraved  the  Ltlegi.-ins  and      Carians     and 


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sagittiferos  Gelonos.  Euphrates,  ibat  jam   mollioi          undis 

Arrow-bearing    Geloni.      The  Euphrates,  went  now  more  gently  with  >'•>  waves, 

que  Morini    extremi,    hominum,  que       bicornis     Rhenus, 

•n<1  the  Morini  the  most  distant     of  men,         and   the  double  horned         Rhine, 

que  Dahae   indomiti,  et  Araxes  indignatus  pontem.    Miratur 

and   the  Dahte  iinconqiiered,  and  Araies      spurning        abridge.   JEnem  a -Inure* 

talia  dona      parentis  per  clypeum  Vulcani:  que  gaudet 

these    girts  of  his  mother  daptayed  over  the  shield        of  Vulcan;  and        rj.iicrs 

imagine  rerum  ignarus,  que  attollens  famam 

In  the  representation  of  these  things  alt/to'    ignorant,    and     bearing      the  fame 
.1*1  i 


et  fata    nepotum         humero. 

and  fatea  of  his  offspring  on  his  shoulder. 


^NEID. 
BOOK    NINTH. 


ATQUE  dum       ea       geruntur    penitus    diversS.    parte, 

AND       while    these  things    are  done  in  a  far        distant  p:irt, 

Saturnia  Juno  misit    Irim  de    ccelo  ad  audacem  Turn  urn. 

Saiurnian      Juno  despatched   Iris    from     heaven  to       the  daring  Turnus. 

Turn    forte*    Turnus    sedebat      luco        parentis    Pilumni 

Then   by  chance     Turnus  sat  in  the  grove    of  his  parent       Piluinnus 

sacratd    valle;    ad   quern     Thaumantias       sic     locuta  est 

in  a  hallowed  vale;      tu       whom  the  daughter  of  Thaumas  thus  spoke 

roseo     ore:  Turne  en  volvenda  dies    attulit      ultro,    quod 

with  rosy  month:  O Turnus,  lo    revolving     time    has  brought  voluntarily,    what 

nemo  Divfim  auderet  promittere  optanti!    jEneas,    urbe,  et 

nooneof  the  Gods  would  dare  to  promise  to  me  desiring!  /tineas,  the  city,    and 

sociis,  et   classe      relictd,    petivit  sceptra  que  sedem 

his  companions  and      fleet  being  abandoned  has  sought  the  sceptre  and         seat 

Palatini    Evandri.          Nee  satis;       penetravit    ad 

of  Palatine      Evander.  Nor  was      '   this  enough;  he  has  made  his  way     to 

extremas    urbes  Coriti,  armat  manum  Lydorum  que  a.gresteo 

the  most  distant  cities  of  Coritus,  he  arms   a  band    of  Lydians    and          rustics 

collectos.     Quid     dubitas?        nunc  tempus  poscere   equos, 

collected.  Why    do  you  hesitate?  it  is  now       time      to  demand         horses, 

nunc  currus.  Rumpe  omnes  moras,  et  arripe  turbata  castra. 

now        chariots.        Banish        all        delays,      and  seize  on  the  troubled  camps. 

Dixit,    et    sustulit    se       in      coelum       paribus     alis,  que 

She  .-aid,  and        raited    herself  towards  heaven  \vithequal    wings,     and 


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fugd  secuit  ingentem  arcum    sub     nubibus.      Juvenis 

n  her  flight  she  cut      a  great  bow         under      the  clouds.         The  youth 

agnovit       que    sustulit     duplices     palmas     ad  sidera,  ac 

kiiPwAer          and         raised  both         Ais  hands  to    the  stars,  and 

secutus  est  fugientem     tali      voce:     Iri,  decus  cceli, 

followed  her  flying  with  this     address:    O  Iris,  tkou  glory  of  heaven 

quis    detulit      te   actam     nubibus     mihi   in    terras!    unde 

xvhii  commissioned   thee   sent      from  the  clouds    to  me     on     the  earth!  whence 

liasc  tempestas  tarn    repente  clara?    Video  medium    ccelum 

this         storm  so         suddenly    bright?        I  see       the  midst      of  heaven 

discedere — que  stellas   palantes      polo.         Sequor      tanta 

separate —  and  the  stars    wandering  through  the  sky.  I  follow  these  great 

omina,  quisquis  vocas   in  arma.     Et     elFalus       sic, 

omens,        whoever  you  Are leho  call  me    to    arms.        And  having  spoken  thus, 

processit  ad  undam,  que  hausit  lymphas  de   summo  gurgite, 

he  proceeded  to  the  stream,  and     drew          water      from  the  surface  of  the  pool; 

orans   Deos    multa;   que   oneravit   aethera  votis.    Que  jam 

praying  the  Gods  many  things;  and       loaded  the  air  with  vows.  And      now 

omnis  exercitus  ibat    apertis   campis,  dives  equorum,  dives 

all  the  army    went     to  the  open      plains,       rich        in  horses,  rich 

pictai,        vestis    et   auri.      Messapus  primas    acies, 

in  painted         dress,        and  gold.  Messapus  leads  on    the  first          bands, 

juvenes   Tyrrhidaj   coercent    postrema:       dux         Turnus 

the  sons  of  Tyrrhus      urge  on  the  last:    the  commander         'Turnus 

vertitur         medio         agmine,    tenens   arma,   et  est  supra 

moves  in  the  midst       of  the  band,     holding      arms,        and  is  above  all 

toto        vertice.     Ceu  altus   Ganges  surgens  per  taciturn 

by  a  whole     head.  As     the  deep      Ganges       arising         in    its  peaceful 

septem        sedatis    amnibus;    aut     Nilus    pmgui 

fountain  with  its  seven  quiet  streams;  or       the  Nile      with  rich 

flumine,    cum    refluit         campis,    et  jam  condidit         se 

stream,  when   it  flows      from  the  plains,    and    now       has  hid  itself 

alveo.         Hie  Teucri  prospiciunt  subitam  nubem  glomerari 

in  itschannel.  Here  the  Trojans     behold  a  sudden    .    cloud    to  be  gathered 

nigro     pulvere,   ac   tenebras   insurgere    campis.      Caicus 

from  black    dust,  and    darkness  to  arise        on  the  plains.  Caicus 

primus  conclamat     ab     adversS.    mole;       O  cives,       quis 

first  cries  out         from    the  opposite     mound;    O  my  countrymen,  what 

globus      volvitur    atra   caligine?     Citi,   ferte  ferrura,  date 

mass  of  men  is  rolled  on  in  gloomy  darkness?      Quick,    bring    the  sword,     give 

tela,     scandite  muros:    hostis    adest,  eia.     Teucri   condunt 

weapons,    climb      the  walls:  the  enemy  is  present,  ho.      The  Trojans       shut  up 

se  ingenti  clamore    per    omnes   portas,  et  complent 

themselves  with  great    clamour    within         all          the  gates,  and  fill 

mcenia:    namque    ^neas,     optimus         armis,    discedens 

the  walls:  for  /Eneas,      most  excellent          in  arms,  departing 

nraeceperat   ita;  si       interea         fuisset    qua  fortuna.     ne 

dad  commanded  thus;  if  in  the  meantime  there  should  be  any     chance.         they 


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auderent        struere   aciem,    neu   credere    campo;    moclo 

should  not  dare        to  array  the  army,       nor       to  trust      to  the  plain;         only 

servarent          castra    et   muros     tutos     aggcre.        Ergo, 

Ihi-y  should  secure  the  camps  and  the  walls     guarded  by  a  rampart.  YVhcrcTore, 

«tsi         pudor  que  ira    monstrat         conferre          manum, 

although     shame     and  rage         urges  them  to  join  tkt\r  hand, 

lamen         objiciunt     portas    et    facessunt    prascepta,    que 

nnvertholess       they  bar          the  gates  and    accomplish        their  orders,        and 

armati  expectant   hostem       cavis    turribus.         Turnus  ut 

•  rmed  await  the  foe       in  the  hollow    towers.  '  Turnus    as 

antevolans   praecesserat  tardum  agmen,    comitatus     viginti 

flying  before       had  anticipated    the  slow      band,  accompanied    by  twenty 

lectis       equitum,    et  improvisus  adest     urbi;    quern  Thra- 

chnsen  men  of  the  cavalry,  and  unexpected    is  present  at  the  city;  wlrom   a  Thra- 

cius  equus   albis   maculis  portat,  que  aurea   galea       rubrd 

cian     horse  with  white     spots         bears,      and    a  golden    helmet  with  a  ruddy 

cristd  tegit.     Juvenes,      ecquis  erit,      qui  primus 

crest       covers.    O  young  men,  what  one  of  you  will  there  be  who  first  icilt  march 

in         hostem  mecum?     En!    ait,      et  intorquens  jaculum, 

against    the  enemy  with  me?       Lo!   lie  says,    and       casting  rusdnrt, 

emiltit      in   auras,    principium     pugnae;  et   arduus   infert 

he  hurls  it    into    the  air,  the  commencement  of  the  fight;  and    boldly  bear* 

sese  campo.     Socii  excipiunt        clamore,  que 

himself          to  the  plain.    His  companions     receive  Aim        with  a  shout,  and 

sequuntur    horrisono      fremitu;    mirantur     inertia     corda 

follow  Aim    with  horrid  sounding  noise;       they  wonder  at  the  sluggish     hearts 

Teucrorum,  viros  non     dare        se  aequo  campo, 

of  the  Trojans,    that  the  men     do  not     give       themselves    to  the  equal    plain, 

non         ferre    obvia  arma,  sed  fovere  castra.  Turbidus 

that  they  do  not     bear    opposing     arms,    but     cherish  the  camps.        Troubled 

lustrat  muros      hue   atque  hue      equo,   que  quaerit  aditum 

he  surveys  the  walls  on  this  side  and  that  from  his  horse,  and  seeks  an  approach 

per         avia.     Ac  veluti  lupus,  insidiatus  pleno   ovili,  cum 

through  the  fields.    And       as       a  wolf,  having  ensnared  a  full  shcepfold,  when 

fremit  ad   caulas,  perpessus  ventos  et  imbres,  super  media 

he  rages  at  the  pens,        enduring       winds    and     storms,        at  mid 

nocte;  agni   tuti      sub    matribus   exercent    balatum;    ille 

night;  the  lambs  being  safe  under  their  dams          e.xert         •  their  bleating;      he 

asper  et  improtjus   ir£,    saevit      in     absentes;  rabies  edendi 

savage  and      cruel;    wit  hanger,  rages  against  them  absent;  the  madness  of  eating 

collecta    ex   longo  fatigat   et  fauces   siccae  sanguine; 

contracted    from  long  abstinence  wearies  him,  and  his  jaws  are  dry  from       blood* 

haud  aliter  irae  ignescunt  Rutulo  tuenti    muros   et  castra, 

not      otherwise  rage       inflames   the  Rutulian    gazing  on  the  walls  and   camps; 

et   dolor   ardet   duris     ossibus,     qua^    ratione         tentet 

and  grief      burns  in  his  hard          bones,      by  what      means         he  may  attempt 

aditus,  et     qud     via       excutiat         Teucros    clausos 

their  approachns,  and  by  what  way     he  tnny  drive  out        the  Trojans      inclosed 


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vaho,  atque  efFundat      in   sequor.     Invadit    classem,   quse 

.by  a  wall,  and     force  them  out  into  'he  plain.     He  attacks      the  fleet,      which 

llatebat     adjunctaJateri  castrorum,  circumseptam  aggeribus 

^y  concealed  adjoining  the  side  of  the  camps,         surrounded  by  ramparts 

let    fluvialibus     undis;    que    poscit      ovantes     socios 

and       river  waters;     and     commands  his  rejoicing  associates  to  bring 

incendia;  atque  fervidus  implet  manum   flagrante      pinu. 

fire;  and         glowing       be  tills      his  band    with  a  burning         pine. 

Turn  vero  incumbunt;    praesentia  Tumi     urget      atque 

Then      indeed    they  press  on;       tbe  presence  of  Turnus    urges  them        and 

omnis  pubes  accingitur    atris    facibus.    Diripuere    focos; 

all          the  youth  are  furnished  with  black  firebrands.   They  tear  up  the  hearths; 

iumida  laeda   fert  piceum  lumen  et  vulcanus   commixtam 

the  smoking  torch  bears  on  a  pitchy      light       and    the  lire  rot's?*      the  mingled 

favillam  ad    astra.     0  Musae,  quis  Deus  avertit  tarn  sarva 

enbers  to    the  stars.     O  ye  Muses,     what     God      averted     such     cruel 

incendia        Teucris?       quis     depulit     tantos         ignes 

fires  from  the  Trojans?         who          drove        these  great    conflagrations 

ratibus?    dicite.         Prisca    fides    facto,      sed        fama 

from  the  ships?    say.        There  is  ancient  faith  for  the  deed,    but          its  fame  it 

perennis.     Quo   tempore  primum  ^Eneas  formabat  classem 

eternal.  At  that        time-          when  first     /Eneus          built  his  fleet 

in  Phrygia  Ida,  et  parabat  petere    alta    pelagi,  Berecynthia 

on  the  Trojan  Ida,   and    prepared   to  seek  the  depths  of  the  sea,         Berecynthia 

ipsa,    genetrix     Deum,     fertur       affata      magnum  Jovem 

herself,   the  mother    of  the  Gods,     is  said  to  have  addressed  great  Jupiter 

his    vocibus;  Nate,    da         petenti,  quod  tua  cara  parens 

in  these       words:       O  son,   grant  to  me  asking,       what    your  fond       parent 

poscit    te,    Olympo     domito.        Pinea  sylva  d^lecta  mihi 

demands  of  you,    Olympus    being  conquered.     A  pine    wood      beloved     by  me 

per   multos   annos,     fuit    lucus  in  summi    arce,         quo 

for         many        years,      has  been  a  grove  on      a  high       mountain,     where 

ferebant     sacra,      obscurus    nigrante    pice  a   que    acernis 

they  offered    sacrifices,     gloomy  with    blackening       pitch       and  maple 

trabibus:  Iseta  dedi  has  Dardanio  juveni,  ciim  egeret  classis: 

branches:       joyful  I  gave  these  to  the  Trojan  youth,      when  he  wanted     a  fleet 

nunc  anxius  timor  angit  solicitam.        Solve  metus,  atque 

now        solicitous     fear     tortures  my  anxious  mind.    Banish    dread,  and 

sine          parentem         posse         hoc         precibus,  ne 

allow  a  parent       to  be  able  to  obtain  this          by  her  prayers,  that 

vincantur         quassatae  ullo  cursu,  neu  turbine 

they  may  not  be  overcome     disabled    in  any    course,     nor  by  the  raging 

venti:         prosit        ortas        in        nostris       montibus. 

of  the  wind:     may  it  profit  that  they  grew    in  our  mountains. 

Contra  films,    qui  torquet   sidera  mundi, 

On '.he  other  hand,     Aersnn,     who      turns       the  stars    of  the  heavenly  u-orld, 

huic:    0  genetrix,    quo       vocas       fata?    aut         quid 

>  ltd  to  her      O     mother,       whither  do  you  invoke  the  fates?   or  what 


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petis       istis;     ne  carinae  factae   mortali  manu  kabeant 

do  you  seek  from  those;    shall  ships          made   by  a  mortal    hand  bave  an 

immortale       fas?       que   ./Eneas    certus    lustret     incerta 

immortal  right?          and       ./Eneas       assured       survey        uncertain 

pericula?    cui    Deo     tanta    potestas   permissa?    Imd,    ubi 

perils?  to  what  God      is  so  great  authority       allowed?          Nay,    where 

defunctae  tenebunt  finem      que    Ausonios 

having  passed  all  perils  they  shall  attain  to  their  destination  and    the  Ausoniau 

portus,  quaecunque          olim      evaserit          undis,         que 

harbours,      whatsoever  hereafter  shall  have  escaped  the  waves,  and 

vexerit    Dardanium  ducem  Laurentia   arva,      eripiam 

shall  have  borne  the  Trojan      leader  to  the  Laurcntian  fields,  I  will  snatch  away 

mortalem    formam  que     jubebo        esse    Deas     magni 

from  them  this  mortal  form    and  will  command  them  to  be  Goddesses    ofthegrcat 

sequoris;  qualis  Ner'iea  Doto  et  Galatea    secant    spumantem 

ocean;       such  as  the  Nereian  Doto  and  Galatea   they  shall  cut       the  foaming 

pontum     pectore.       Dixerat;    que   annuit  id   ratum   per 

sea  with  their  breast.       He  said;         and      affirmed     it      ratified         by 

flumina     Stygii      fratris,  per    ripas     torrentes    pice,    que 

the  rivers  of  his  Stygian  brother,     by     the  banks  boiling  over  with  pitch,      and 

atrS.     voragine,    et   tremefccit  totum   Olympum     nutu; 

the  black    whirlpool,      and        shook  all  heaven       with  his  nod. 

ergo       promissa  dies     aderat   et        Parcas      compliant 

therefore    the  promised     day   was  present  and    the  Destinies  had  fulfilled 

debita     tempora,    cum    injuria     Turni  admon.uit 

their  allotted        times,          when      the  injury   ofTurnus  admonished 

matrem  depellere     taedas         sacris      ratibus.  Hie 

the  mother  of  the  Gods  to  drive  back  the  firebrands  from  the  sacred  ships.       Here 

primum  nova  lux  effulsit     oculis     et  ingens  nimbus   visus 

first  a  new   light    shone     on  their  eyes  and  a  great       cloud         sneuiet 

transcurrere  crelum  ab  Aurora,  que  Idaei  chori: 

to  run  across          the  sky   from   the  east,     and  witk  it    the  Ideah  bands 

turn  vox   horrenda  excidit  per   auras  et      complet  agmina 

then  a  voice  to  be  dreaded  passed  through  the  air  and  fills      the  bands  ot 

Troum  que  Rutulorum;  Teucri     .ne       trepidate 

the  Trojans  and  of  the  RutuliansWM  fear;  Q  niy  Trojans   do  not  fear 

defendere  meas  naves;   neve  armate  manus;       dabitur 

to  defend  my         ships,         nor  arm      your  hands;  it  shall  be  given 

Tufno    exurere  maria  antequam     sacras    pinus.      Vos 

toTurnus      to  burn  seas        rather  than      the  sacred     pines.          Do  you 

solutae          ite.     Ite     Deas       pelagi:  Genitrix 

freed  from  restraint  depart.    Go  ye  Goddesses  of  the  sea:  The  mother  of  the  Gods 

jubet,    et  continue  quaeque  puppes  abrumpunt  sua  vincula 

commands,  and  immediately        all         the  ships         break          their        cables 

ripis,      que  petunt    tuta    fcquora,      rostris       demersi? 

from  the  bank,  and       seek        the  safe      waters,       with  bows  plunged 

modo      delphinum        Hinc    totidem    virgin®      fades 

•n  the  manner     of  dolphins  Hence       as  many          virgin  form* 


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mhabile  moiistrum,  reddunt      se      que  feruntur       ponto 

a  wonderful      miracle,  exhibit     themselves  and    are  borne       onthcdeq* 

quot  aeratae  prorae  prius   steterunt   ad  litora. 

as          brazen      prows     before  they  had  stood  at  the  shores. 

Rutuli        obstupuere         animis;  Messapus  ipse  center 

The  Rutulians  were  astonished  in  their  minds;  Messapus       himself   is  fright 

ritus,  equis      turbatis;  et  amnis   Tiberinus  sonans     rauca 

cned,  his  horses  being  terrified;  and  the  river        Tiber  sounding         hoarse. 

cunctatur,  que  revocat  pedem   ab   alto.     At  fiducia      non 

is  restrained,   and    withdraws   his  foot    from  the  sea.    But  confidence    did  not 

cessit  audaci  Turno;  tollit    animos   dictis,    ultro,        atque 

cease  to  the  daring  Turuus;  he  arouses  their  minds  by  his  words,  voluntarily,  and 

increpat          ultro.  Haec     monstra    petunt    Trojanos. 

rebukes  them  voluntarily.  These        prodigies         regard         the  Trojans 

Jupiter  ipse     eripuit       solitum   auxilium     his;  non 

Jupiter    himself  has  snatched  their  accustomed    aid       from  them;     they  do  not 

expectant    tela    nee  Rutulos   ignes.     Ergo  maria      invia 

await  darts     nor      Rutulian       fires.     Therefore   seas  are  impassable 

Teucris,      nee      ulla       spes     fugae;  altera  pars        rerum 

to  the  Trojans,  nor    is  there  any     hope    of  flight;  another     part  of  their  affairs 

adempta  est;     autem   terra    in   nostns   manibus:         Italae 

is  taken  from  them;     but        the  land  is  in        our  hands:          The  Italian 

gentes  ferunt        tot      millia       arma.      Fatalia     responsa 

nations     bring  to  us  so  many    thousand  arms.          The  fatal          responses 

Deorum,     si    Phryges     jactant  quae  prae       se  terrent 

of  the  Gods,  even  if  the  Trojans  should  boast  any     for    themselves  terrify 

me     nil.  Sat         datum          fatis   que    Veneri    quod 

me  in  nothing.        Enough  has  been  given  to  the  fates  and      to  Venus  that 

Troes       tetigere     arva  fertilis  Ausonise.     Et    sunt     mihi 

the  Trojans  have  reached  the  fields  of  fertile        Italy.  Arid  there  are    to  ma 

mea     fata         contra,         exscindere    sceleratum    gentem 

my  own  fates    on  the  other  hand,         to  destroy  the  accursed  nation 

ferro,  conjuge       praereptd,         nee     iste  dolor   tangit 

with  the  sword,  my  wife     being  stolen  from  me,    nor    does  this  grief          affect 

Atridas  solos,  que      licet         Mycenis     solis     capere 

the  sons  of  Atreus  alone,    and  it  is  allowed  to  the  Mycenians  alone    to  take  up 

arma.  Sed  est  satis     periise    semel;    fuisset     satis  peccare 

arms.     But   it  is  enough  to  have  perished  once;  it  had  been  enough/or  tAcm  lo  sin 

ante;      modd          non     penitus  perosos     omne  femineum 

before;       provided      they  had  not  entirely       hated  all  the  female 

genus.     Quibus    haec  fiducia      medii  valli         que 

race.  To  whom     this  confidence      of  the  midst       of  the  rampart       and 

morae      fossarum      parva     discrimma  lethi,  dant  animos: 

the  defences  of  the  ditches     small  difference     of  death,     give         courage: 

an    non     viderunt  mcenia  Trojas,  fabricata  manu    Neptuni, 

have  they  not     seen          the  walls  of  Troy,    wrought  by  the  hand  of  Neptune, 

considere   in  ignes?      Sed   vos,  0  lecti,          quis     apparat 

•  setttle  down  into  the  fire?       But      you,    O  chosen  men  say,  who    will  appear 


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scindere     vallum       fcnro,      et  in  radii  trepidantia  castra 

tocut  down  lher»rar»arl  irilh  theswoid,  and    invade       their  trembling     camp* 

mecum:     non  est  opus   mihi   armis   Vulc««i,    non    mille 

\\iihinc        there  is  no        need     tome  of  thearms  «»f  Vulcac,     nor  a  thousand 

carinis    in     Teucros.  Omnes  Etrucii  ad^ant    se       protinus 

ships       against  the  Trojans.      Let  nil  the  Tuscans     add    themselves  forthwiib 

socios;  ne      timeant     lenebras    et       inertia       furta 

us  companions;  let  them  not  fear  darkness       and    the  disgraceful        thell 

Palladii,     custodibus  summae  arcis    csesis;  nee      condemur 

of  tlie  Palladium,  the  guards  of  the  lofty  tower  being  slain;  nor  will  we  be  concealed 

in  caeco    alvo      equi;     certum     circumdare   muros,     igni 

in  the  dark    womb  of  the  horse;  it  is  determined  to  8ur round  the  walls,  w«i!i  fire 

palam   luce.     Faxo        baud    putent  esse        rem       sibi 

openly     by  day.    I  will  cans'?  they  shall  not  think     there  is  a  controversy  to  them 

cum  Danais,  et    PelasgA     pube,  quos   Hector  disimit  in 

with  the  Greeks,    and  the  Pelasijan     youth,      whom      Hector          put  off       to 

decimum  annum.    Nunc,  mine  adeo  quoniam   melior   pars 

the  tenth          year.  Now,     now        thus  since        the  better       part 

diei        acta,   quod  superest,    viri,    laeti    procurafe  corpora 

nf  the  day  is  past,    what       remains.     Omen,  joyful       provide  for  your  Bodies 

rebus         gestis  bene,    et    pnrati    sperate       pugnam. 

your  affairs  being  accomplished  well,    and    prepared        await  the  fight. 

Interea  cura      datur        Messnpo      obsidere     poi-tas 

In  the  mean  time    the  care  is  allotted         to  Mes«apus         to  besiege     (he  piitei 

excubiis    vigilum,  et   cingere  mcenia  flammis.    Bis  septem 

with  guards  of  watches,  and    to  surround  the  walls  with  flumes.  Twice       seven 

Rutuli    delecti,  qui  servent   muros      milite;      ast  centeni 

Rutuliansare  selected,  who  shall  keep  the  walls  with  the  soldiery;  but  an  hundred 

juvenes,  purpueri     cristis   que    corusci    auro,    sequuntur 

youths,  purple        with  crests  and       glittering  with  gold,  follow 

illos  quemque;    discurnmt  que  variant       vices,    que      fusi 

(hem         each;  they  run  out     and   vary  their  duly  in  turn,   and  stretched 

per  herbam  indulgent  vino  que  vertunt     abenos  crateras. 

ulong    the  grass       indulge        in  wine   and      turnup       the  brazen       goblets, 

Ignes  collucent,     custodia  ducit   insomnem  noctem  ludo. 

Fires  shine,  the  guard      spend        the  sleepless         night       in  play. 

Troes     prospectant  haec  e   vallo      super,   et  tenent 

The  Trojans   observe  these  things  from  the  wall  from  above,  and          hold 

alta  armis;   nee  non     trepidi    formidine    explorant 

die  high  places  by  arms;      likewise         trembling        with  fear  they  watch 

portas,  que  jungunt  pontes   et  propugnacula;  gerunt  tela. 

the  gates,  and        unite         the  bridges  and          bulwarks;  they  bear  arms. 

Mnestheus  que  acer   Sereslus   instant;    quos  pater  ^Eneas 

Mnesiheus          and     brave        Serestus       press  on;      whom     father        /Bneaa 

dedit    esse     rectores    juvenum  et  magistros      rerum,      si 

appointed  to  be        guides        of  the  youth  and      directors  of  their  concerns,  if 

quando   adversa  vocarent.  Omnis  legio          sortita 

it  anytime  hostile  circumstance!  should  call  them.  All  the  legion  having  cast  loU 


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periculum,  exc  ibat  per  muros,  que  exercet        vices, 

for  the  danger,  \vaun       along  the  walls,  and      exercise          their  allotments, 

quod      est  cuique    tuendum.      Nisus,      Hyrtacides,  erat 

whatever    is      for  each      to  be  protected.       Nisus,      the  son  of  Hyrtacus.  wai 

custos    ports,   acerrimus  armis,  quern   Ida,  venatrix, 

keeper  of  the  gate,      most  bold        inarms,   whom     Ida,    devoted  to  hunting. 

miserat  comitem   ^Eneae;    celerem    jaculo     que   levibus 

had  sent      a  companion  to  yEneas;       swift       with  the  dart   and  light 

sagittis;    et    juxtd   comes      Euryalus,          quo      non  fuit 

arrows;         and    near  by  his  associate     Euryalus,       than  whom  there  was  not 

alter  ^Eneadum,  nee  induit  Trojana  arma,  pulchriorj 

another  of  the  Trojans,  nor  any  one  that  wore    the  Trojan  arms,  more  beautiful; 

puer  signans    intonsa     ora      primd        juventd.         Erat 

a  boy      marking  his  unshaved  face   with  the  first    youthful  bloom.    There  way 

ius     unu«  amor,  que  pariter  ruebant  in  bella;  turn  quoque 

to  them  one       love,       and  together  they  rushed  to  the  wars;  then  also 

tonebant  portam    com  muni   statione.     Nisus  ait,  Euryale, 

they  kept       the  gate       in  a  common     station.  Nisus  said,    O  Euryalus, 

ne  Df    addunt  hunc  ardorem   mentibus?  an          sua 

whether  do  the  Gods  add  this       ardour         to  our  minds?  or  does  his  own 

dira    cupido   fit    Deus  cuique.     Jamdudum  mens    agitat 

ardent     desire  become   a  God  to  each  one.         Even  now      my  mind     drive* 

mihi  aut  invadere  pugnam,  aut  aliquid    magnum;  nee     est 

me       either  to  press  to    the  fight,      or      something       great;  nor        is  it 

contenta     placida"  quiete.    Cernis  quee  fiducia  return 

contented     witli  peaceful     rest.          You  see  <  what  confidence  of  their  affair* 

habeat    Rutulos;    lumina  micant         rara;          procubuere 

possesses  the  Rutulians;  their  lights  shine     scattered  around;  they  lie 

soluti     somno    que     vino;     loca     late   silent.          Porro 

relaxed      by  sleep        and        wine;   the  places   around  are  still.          Moreover 

percipe  quid  dubitem,  et  quae  sententia  nunc  surgat    animo. 

observe       what    I  doubt,      and  what  sentiment      now       arises   in  my  mind. 

Omnes    que    populus,    que   patres,    exposcunt  ^Enean 

All  both      the  people,       and  the  fathers,       demand  ^Eneas 

accire;     que  viros    mitti     qui   reportent     certa.  Si 

te  be  called;  and    men     to  be  Bent      who  should  report    our  true  condition.    If 

promittunt  tibi,  quae    posco    (nam        fama        facti      est 

they  promise    to  you,  what     I  demand  (for       the  reputation  of  the  deed       is 

sat    mihi)   videor    posse,  reperire    viam    ad     muros   et 

enough  forme)     I  seem    to  be  able    to  find  out      away       to    the  walls   and 

Pallantea  msenia  sub  illo  tumulo.      Euryalus     obstupuit, 

Pallantean    ramparts  under   that       hill.  Euryalus        Blood  amazed 

perculsus    magno    amore    laudum;         simul  afFatur 

struck  with  the  great       love  of  praise;  at  the  same  time  he  addressee 

ardentem  amicum  his;  Igitur  Nise      ne        fugis 

his  glowing       friend  in   these  words;      Wherefore  O  Nisus      will   you  refuse 

adjungere  me        socium       summis        rebus?   mittam   te 

to  join         •  me       as  a  companion    in  your  great       concerns?  shall  I  send  you 


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solum  in  tanta    percula?    Non    ita     genitor       Opheltes 

alone       to    BO  great     dangers?          Not     thus     your  father  Opheltcs 

assuetus  bellis,    erudiit     me    sublatum     inter  Argolicum 

accustomed    to  wan,    taught  me       brought  up       amidst  Grecian 

terrorem    que     labores     Trojae;     nee        gessi         talia 

terror  and       the  labours      of  Troy;    nor  have    I  performed  such  things 

tecum     secutus  magnanimum  ^Enean    et      extrema    fata. 

with  you    following       high  minded  .fneas       and    his  extreme       fates. 

Est  hie,       est    animus  contemtor  lucis,  et  qui   credat 

There  is    here,     there  a        a  soul        thedespiser   of  life,  and  which    believes 

istuin  honorem    qud     tendis  bene  emi        vitS. 

Ibat          honour       whither    you  direct  your  course   well      bought      wildlife. 

Nisus   ad    haec:  Equidem  verebar    nil     tale       de 

Nisus    ,    to    these  things  said:    Indeed        I  feared  nothing  like  this  concerning 

te,  nee     fas.  Non;  ita  magnus  Jupiter  aut  quicunque 

you,  nor   is  it  right  1  should.  No;  so  may     great      Jupiter      or      '       whatever 

aspicit        haec         aequis     oculis,     referat   me   ovantem 

Cod  regards     these  things    with  equal     eyes,     shall  restore  me      triumphing 

tibi.    Sed   si    quis,  si   quis    ve  casus   ve  Deus     rapiat 

to  you.    But      if  anyone,  if       any    either  chance    or  God      should  bear  mt 

in   adversum  (quae  vides  multa        tali  discrimine)  velim 

to      adversity       (which  you  see  many  times  in  such     danger)        I  could  wish 

te  superesse:  tua  aetas         dignior    vitd.  Sit        qui 

you    to  survive:    your    age        is  more  worthy  of  life.     Let  there  be  one  who 

mandet  me    solit&    humo,  raptum    pugnd,      redemtum 

shall  commit  me  to  my  destined   earth,  borne       from  the  fight,         or  redeemed 

pretio;   aut  si   qua  fortuna    vetabit    id,   ferat       inferias 

by  a  price;  or     if     any      fortune    should  forbid  that,  should  pay  funeral  rights 

absenti,   que  decoret  sepulchre;  neu   sim    causa     tanti 

to  me  absent,  and  should  honour  my  tomb;       nor  can  I  be  the  cause  of  HO  great 

doloris      miserae     matri,  quse  sola  ausa  e  multis  matribus 

grief       to  your  unhappy   mother,    who  alone   daring  from  so  many       mothers 

prosequitur  te  puer,  nee    curat     moenia.    magni  Acesta?. 

follows  you    O  boy,  nor     cares  for    the  ramparts    of  great        Accstes. 

Autem    ille,     Nequicquam      nectis     inanes   causas;  nee 

But  be  said.      In  vain  you  contrive     vain          causes;         nor 

jam    mea  sententia  mutata  cedit        loco:         acceleremus 

DOW  does  my      opinion         changed  yield    to  the  occasion:  let  us  hasten 

ait;         simul          excitat    vigiles.      Illi   succedunt    que 

•aid  he;  at  the  same  time  he  awakes  the  guards.      They     come  up  and 

servant    vices:  statione      relictd      ipse   graditur    comes 

observe  their  turns:  the  station  being  abandoned    he        walks  on  a  companion 

Niso  que  requirunt  regem.    Caetera  animalia    per  omnes 

to  Nisus    and     they  seek      the  king.      The  other     animals     through  all 

terras  laxabant      curas  somno   et         corda  oblita  laborum. 

lands       relaxed    their  cares      in  sleep    and  their    hearu  forgetful  of  labours. 

Primi      ductores     Teucrflm   et  delecta  juventus  habebant 

The  fine        leaders       of  the  Trojans  and    select          youth  held 


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consilium     le     summis     rebus      regni;     quid    facerent; 

a  council       about      the  chief       concerns  of  the  kingdom;  what  they  should  do; 

quisve  jam       esset       nuncius      ^Eneae.     Slant      adnixi 

or  who     now        should  be       a  messenger  to  -lEneas.    They  stand      leaning 

longis    hastis   ettenentes     scuta        medio     castrorum 

on  their  long    spears  and  holding      their  shields     in  the  midst  of  their  camps 

et   campi. 

and  the  plain. 

Tom  Nisus  et  Euryalus     una     alacres    orant    admitti 

Then     Nisus     and  Euryalus        together     eagerly       pray   to  be  admitted 

confestim;  rem  magnam  que  fore 

immediately;  that  their  business  was  of  great  consequence    and  would  be 

pretium   morse.  lulus  primus  accepit  trepidos,  ac    jussit 

a  compensation  for  delay.  lulus      first       receives^Am  trembling, and  commands 

Nisum  dicere.  Tune  Hyrtacides  sic:      O      ^Eneadae  audite 

Nisus       tospeak.    Then  son  of  Hyrtacus  thus  spoke:  O  associates  of  ^Eneas  hear 

aequis    mentibus,   neve       haec  quas  ferimus 

with  impartial     minds,  nor     let  these  thing's   which        we  have  brought 

spectentur  ab  nostris  annis.      Rutuli      conticuere    sepulti 

be  n-garded        by        our        years.      The  Rutufians     are  at  rest  buried 

somno  que  vino;  ipsi  conspeximus  locum         insidiis,  qui 

in  sleep    and    wine;      we  .have  seen        a  place  for  our  stratagems,  which 

patet    in    bivio    portae     quae    proxima    ponto.  Ignes 

lies  in  a  corner  of  the  gate    Which     is  nearest     to  the  sea.          The  fires 

interrupt},    que     ater    fumus    erigitur    ad     sidera.       Si 

are  interrupted,      and       black      smoke        is  raised    to  the      stars.  If 

permittitis    uti   fortuni,      cernetis   ^Enean  qusesitum     ad 

you  will  allow  us  to  use    fortune,     you  shall  see     ./Eneas         sought  at 

Pallantea    mcenia   mox,    affore     hie  cum  spoliis,  ingenti 

the  Pallantean  ramparts,     soon   to  be  present  here   with      spoils,          a  great 

caede        peracta:       nee      via      fallit  nos  euntes;  vidimus 

slaughter  being  accomplished:  nor  does  the  way  deceive  us       going;  we  have  seen 

primam    urbem  sub  obscuris  vallibus    assiduo      venatu,  et 

the  first  part  of  the  city   in     the  dark     valleys   in  our  continued  hunting,    and 

cognovimus  totum  amnem.  Hie  Alethes  gravis  annis,  atque 

we  know  all       the  river.     Here    Alethes       grave    in  years,        and 

maturus    animi,  Patrii       Dfr    sub  quorum  numine 

ripened        in  intellect,  said,  O  my  country's  Gods  under      whose         authority 

Troja  est  semper,    tamen     non     paratis   delere     Teucros 

Troy       is        ever,       nevertheless  you  do  not  prepare     to  destroy   the  Trojans 

omnino,   cum      tulistis       tales   animos  juvenum   et  tam 

entirely,         since  you  have  produced  such       minds         of  youth      and       so 

certa  pectora. 

resolved     breasts. 

Memorans  sic  tenebat   humeros  que    dextras   amborum 

Speaking  thus     he  held     the  shoulders  and     right  hands  of  both 

et  rigabat     vultum     atque  ora  lacrymis.     Viri    quae, 

and  bathed  bis  countenance     and      face    with  tears.    Ye  heroes  what  rewanfat 


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quae  digna  praemia       rear       posse  solvi  vobia  pro   talibus 

wrtat   wortliy    rewards    shall  I  suppose    can      be  paid  to  you  for  such 

ausis?        primum      Di       que      vestri       mores      dabunt 

daring  deeds?       first         the  Gods      and         your  own      manners         will  give 

pulcherrima;  turn  plus  ^Eneas  actutum  reddet  caetera  atque 

the  fairest;  then   pious    Aeneas       forthwith   shall  pray   the  rest          and 

Ascanius  integer  asvi  non  unquam  immemor    tanti  meriti. 

Asranius  ripe        in  age  never    vnll  be  unmindful   of  so  great     merit 

Ascanius  excipit,     imo  ego  cui  sola  salus  genitore 

Ascanius  adds,  truly      1      whose  only  safety  consists  in  my  father's 

reducto,   obtestor  vos  d  Nise,  per  magnos     Penates    que 

being  restored,    entreat       you  O  Nisus,     by    the  great     household  Gods    and 

Larem        Assaraci       et     penetralia      qanae     Vestae, 

the  domestic  God      ofAs»aracus       and     sacred  shrines      of  hoary  Vesta, 

quaecunque   fortuna   que  fides   est   mihi    pono    in  vestris 

whatsoever  fortune       and      faith       is      to  me     I  place     in  your 

gremiis;  revocate  parentera,  reddite    conspectum:        nihil 

bosoms;  recall  my  parent,      Restore         his  presence  to  me:       nothing 

triste,     illo      recepto.          Dabo    bina  pocula    perfecta 

can  be  sad,       he     being  recovered.      I  will  give    two         bowls  wrought 

argento,  atque  aspera  signis   quae  genitor  cepit    devictd 

from  silver,      and       rough  with  figures  which  my  father    took   from- vanquished 

Arisba",-  et  geminos    tripodas,    duo    magna   talenta    auri, 

Arisba;       and        two  tripods,          two         great          talenta      ofgold 

antiquum  cratera,   quern    Sidonia  Dido     dat.       Si     vero 

an  ancient      goblet,         which       Sidonian       Dido    gave  me.        If         indeed 

contigerit        victori    capere  Italiam  que  potiri  sceptris, 

it  should  happen  tome  a  conqueror  to  possess    Italy        and    enjoy     the  crown, 

et  ducere  sortem  praedae,     vidisti      quo    equo,  in  quibus 

and  to  draw      the  lot       of  spoil,    have  you  seen  on  what  horse,      in          what 

armis  Turnus  aureus  ibat?   excipiam  ilium  clypeum 

arms         Turnus  glittering  in  gold    went?  I  will  exempt      that  shield 

ipsum,  que  rubentes  crislas     sorti,  -  jam  nunc  tua  prasmia, 

itself,         and      crimsoned      crests    from  the  lot,  even    now      your     rewards 

Nise.      Praeterea     genitor      dabit      bis     sex     lectissima 

0  Nisus.         Besides  .my  father      shall  give    twice      six  chosen 

corpora  matrum  que  captivos  que   sua  arma          omnibus: 

bodies       of  matrons   and    captives      and  their  own  arms  which  belonged  to  all. 

insuper        his,        campi      quod      rex     Latinus         ipse 

besides  these,  tliose   fields          which        king       Latinus  himself 

habet.      Accipio  te  vero  venerande  puer,  quern     mea 

possesses.         I  receive     you  indeed    most  regarded       boy,      whom      my  own 

etas  insequitur  propionbus  spatiis,  jam    toto    pectore     et 

tge  follows  in  nearer  space,      now    with  all   my  heart      ar>£ 

cornplector     corhitem     in   omnes      casus.      Nulla  gloria 

1  embrace  you    •  as  a  companion    in        all  my  fortunes.         No  glory 

quosretur  meis  rebus   sine     te;     seu     geram  pacem  sen 

ehall  be  sought  in  my  concerns  \vithout  thee;  whether   I  make     peace          ci 


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Delia,  tibi  maxima     fides       rerum     que    verborum. 

war,     to  you  shall  he  the  chief    confidence  of  my  affairs     and  words. 

Quern         contra         Euryalus  fatur  talia.  Nulla   dies 

To  whom    on  the  other  hand  'Euryalus        speaks  these  words.       No  day 

arguerit   me   dissimilem   tarn   fortibus     ausis,          tantum 

shall  prove     me      unworthy  of        so  brave      enterprizes,  only  let 

fortuna  cadat   secunda,  baud  adversa.  Sed    oro    te   unum 

fortune       fallout    prosperous,      not        hostile.       But    I  pray  thee  one  thing 

super  omnia  dona,     est    mihi  genetrix   de     vetustd  gente 

above          all  gifts,    there  is  to  me     a  mother      from  the  ancient        race 

Priaini,  quam  miseram  excedentem  mecum,  non          Ilia 

of  Priam,     whom    miserable         departing  with  me,     not  even  the  Trojan 

tellus  tenuit,  non  mrenia  regis  Acestse.     Ego  nunc  linquo 

land       restrained,  nor     the  walls  of  king   Acestes.  I        now          leave 

hanc  ignaram  hujuspericuliquodcunqueest;queinsalutatam; 

her         ignorant     of  this       danger       whatever     it  is;    and  unsaluted; 

nox  et  tua  dextera   testis  quodnequeamperferrelachrymas 

night  and  your  right  hand  are  witness  that      I  cannot       endure  the  tears 

parentis,  at  oro  tu  solare      inopem,  et  succurre    .relictae. 

of  my  mother,  but  I  pray  you  solace  her   destitute,     and  relieve  her    abandoned. 

Sine  me  ferre  hanc  spem   tui;      ibo    audentior  in  omnes 

Permit    rne   to  bear    this       hope    of  you;  I  shall  go  more  boldly  into  all 

casus.          Dardanids     dederunt     lacrymas  mente 

misfortunes.  The  Trojans  shed  tears  there  minds 

perculsa";  ante  omnes  pulcher  lulus;  atque  imago      patricB 

being  affected;  before      all         beautiful     lulus;      and  the  image  of  this  paternal 

pietatis   strinxit     animum.      Turn   sic   effatur.       Spondeo 

piety  struck  his  mind.  Then     thus    bespeaks.  I  promise 

omnia   digna   tuis  ingentibus    cosptis.     Namque  ista  erit 

all  things  'vorthy  of  your        great  attempts.  For  she  shall  be 

genetrix  mihi,  que  nomen  Creusse  solum  defuerit; 

a  mother      tome,     and    the  name  of  Creusa      alone     shall  be  wanting  taker; 

nec     parva    gratia     manel    talem    partum,     que    quicun 

nor     shall  small    favour        remain     to  such       an  offspring,     and      whatever 

casus  sequetur  factum  juro  per  hoc  caput,  per  quod  pater 

chance  may  follow  the  deed   I  swear  by     this      life,      by     which    my  father 

solebat     jurare    ante,  haec  eadem      quae  polliceor    tibi 

was  accustomed  to  swear  formerly,  these   same  things  which    I  promise      to  you 

reduci  que  secundis       rebus       manebunt  qut   tuae  matri, 

returning  and   in  prosperous  circumstances   shall  remain    also  to  your  mother, 

que      generi.      Sic     ait    illacrymans       simul         exuit 

and  her     family.  Thus  he  said       weeping       at  the  same  time  he  took  off 

auratum  ensem      humeri      quern  Gnossius  Lycaon  fecerat 

his  gilded      sword     from  his  shoulder   which       Gnossan    Lycaon       had  inada 

mird      arte,  atque  aptaverat  habilem   eburnsl  vaginal. 

with  wonderful  art,        and  fitted   it  conveniently  to  an  ivory    sheath. 

Mnestheus  dat  pellem  Niso,  que  exuvias  horrentis  leonis' 

Mncstheus        gives    a  skin  to  Nisus,  and   the  spoils    of  a  rough  lion* 


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fidus         Alethes,    permutat   galeam.         Protinus     armati 

faithful  Alethes,  exchanges        his  helmet.  Forthwith  armed 

incedunt;     quos    euntes    omnis    manus     primorum,   que 

they  march;        whom    proceeding         all          the  band       of  the  chiefs.        both 

juvenum    que    senum,    prosequitur      votis      ad     portas; 

youiig  and  old,  follows          with  prayers  to       the  gatpg; 

nec  non  et  pulcher  Jiilus,  gerens  que  virilem  animum  que 

likewise  also    beautiful      lulus,       bearing  .  both     a  manly        mind  ami 

curam  ante    annos;    dabat  multa  mandata  portanda      patri; 

concern  beyond  his  years;     gave        many    commands  to  be  borne  to  his  father; 

sed  aurae  discerpunt  omnia,    et     donant    irrita     nubibus. 

but    the  winds      scatter  them       all,  and    pivctAom  useless     to  the  clouds. 

Egressi  superant     fossas,  que  petunt  inimica  castra        per 

Departing     th-ypass    the  trenches,  and     seek        the  hostile  camps       througl 

umbrara    noctis:     tamen         futuri      exitio      multis   ante. 

thR  shade       of  night;  nevertheless    about  to  be  destruction       to  many       first. 

Vident     corpora     fusa       passim      vino    que   somno    per 

They  see         bodies       scattered    everywhere  by  wine     and        sleep       along 

herbam,   currus   arrectos     litore,      viros    inter     lora   que 

the  grass,      chariots       raised        on  the  shore,     men        among  the  reins    and 

rotas,  simul  arm  a      jacere,  siinul         vina. 

wheels,  at  the  same  lime  arms        to  lie  about,      at  the  samp  time    wine. 

Hyrtacides  prior    locutus    sic  ore:  Euryale, 

The  son  of  Hyrtacus     first         speaks        thus  with  his  mouth:        O  Euryatus, 

audendum     dextrd;          nunc      res        ipsa    vocat. 

there  must  be  daring    with  the  right  hand;        now      the  affair       itself        calls. 

Iter  est  hac;    tu     custodi  et  consule  longe,  ne  qua  manus 

Our  way  is  here;      do  you  guard      and    watch    from  afar,'  lest     any          band 

possit    attollere      se      nobis  a     tergo.     Ego      dabo 

can  raise  itself    against  us  from     behind.        1       will  render 

hsec         vasta,  et  ducam  te      lato  limite.         Sic  memorat, 

these  things  waste,  and  will  lead  you  by  a  broad  path  of  death.  Thus      he  speaks, 

que     premit     vocem;  simul       aggreditur     superbum 

and         restrains      his  voice;    at  the  same  time     he  attacks  the  proud 

Rhamnetem     ense;  qui,    forte     extructus   altis    tapetibus, 

Rhamnes       with  his  sword,  who,  by  chance        raised         on  high  carpets, 

proflabat  somnum    toto     pectore;    idem    rex,  et        augur 

snored  out          sleep     from  his  whole  breast;    the  same  a  king,  and     soothsayer 

gratissimus       regi     Turno;     sed        potuit    non    depellere 

most  grateful         to  king      Turnus;       but  M  could      not  keep  off 

pestem         augurio.      Juxta.    premit  tres   famulos  jacentes 

destruction       by  prophesy.      Nearby      he  kills   three       servants  lying 

temere       inter     tela,  que  armigerum  Remi,  que    aurigam 

at  ramtorn       among  the  riarts,  and  the  armor-bearer  of  Remus,  and  the  charioK.-er 

nactus  sub    equis      ipsis,     que  secat  pendentia   colla 

ha\  ins;  found  Aim  under  the  noises  themselves,  and  cuts  fjff  their  hanging      necks 

ferro;  turn    aufert    caput   domino    ipsi,    que  relinquit 

with  the  »word;  then   h»-  cutsnff  the  head  of  his  master  himslf,  and  Itavi* 


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truncumsingultantem  sanguine;    terra     tepefacta  que       tori 

his  trunk          spouting  with  blood;    'he  darth  was  warmed    and      couclieu 

madent     atro  cruore.  Necnon  que  Lamyrum  que  Lamum, 

dripped        with  black  gore.        Likewise     both    Lamynis          and.         Lamus, 

et  juvenem    Serranum,    qui,      iftsignis      facie/      luserat 

and  the  youth  Serranus.         who,      distinguished  for  boatity,   had  sported 

plurima     ilia    nocte,      que     jacebat        victusT  'membra 

much  that        night,  and  lay  overcome)    'in  his  limbs 

rnulto       Deo;          felix,  si    protinus      aequavisset    ilium 

with  the  powerful  God  of  wine;  happy,  if         still  he  had  equalled          that 

ludum    nocti,    que     tulisset    in  lucem.    Ceu  leo  impastus 

play      to  the  nijrht,   and  had  prolonged  it  to    the  day.        As     a  lion  unfed 

turbans     per   plena  ovilia    (enim   vesana    fames  suadet,) 

razing         through  the  full  sheepfolds     (for  mad  hunger        induce::,) 

que   mandit   que   trahit    pecus  molle     que   mutum  metu; 

and        be  tears      and        drags       the  flock  feeble        and        dumb      with  fear; 

fremit    cruento      ore:    nee         caedes     Euryali   minor:  et 

he  rages  with  bloody      mouth:     nor  teas  the  slaughter  of  Euryalus  less:        and 

ipse  incensus  perfurit,   ac      subit    multain   plebem      sine 

he          inflamed  ragus,        and  comes  up  to  a  numerous     crowd        without 

nomine  in    medio,    que  Fadum  que  Hebesum  que  Rhsetum 

name  in    the  midst,      both    Fadus        and       Hcbesus         and  Rha-tus 

que  Abarim,   ignaros:    Rhaetum   vigilantem,    et    videiitem 

and        Abaris,        unknown;        Rhaetus  watching,  and  seeing 

cuncta;  sed   metuens   tegebat    se     post   magnum   cratera: 

all  things;  but         fearing  he  hid    himself  behind      a  great  goblet 

cui      assurgenti    condidit     totum     ensem     cominus     in 

to  whom      rising  he  buried       the  whole      sword         forthwith  in 

adverso     pectore,  et  recepit       multa    morte.    Ille     vomit 

his  opposing      breast,    and  received  Aim  with  abundant  death.    He     vomits  out 

purpuream  animam,  et  moriens     refert     vina  mista  cum 

his  crimsoned          life,  and      dying         throws  up      wine      mixed       with 

sanguine.       Hie    fervidus       instat       furto.       Que     jam 

blood.  He         plowing  presses  on  by  stealth.        And  now 

tendebat         ad     socios      Messapi,  ubi  videbat  extremam 

he  directed  //is  course  to  the  companions  of  Messapus,  where  he  saw  the  last 

ignem  deficere,  et  equos   rehgatos    rite     carpere   gramen, 

Ire  to  fail,      and  the  horses    fastened      in  order     to  crop.         the  grass, 

cum  Nisus  breviter  (enim    sensit  ferri  nimid 

when   Nisus       briefly      (for  even  he  perceived  that  they  were  borne  on  too  much 

«v<ede    atque  cupidine,)    ait,  talia:  Absistamus;      nam 

daughter  and  ardour.)       said,  these  words:        Let  us  withdraw;  for 

inimica       lux  propinquat.    Satis   po3narum  est  exhaustum; 

ihe  hostile        light       approaches        Enough  of  punishment  is       accomplished; 

via    facta    per    hostes.  Relinquunt  que  multa  arma  virum, 

a  way  is  made  through  our  foes.     They  leave        also      many  arms  of        men, 

perfecta     solido     argento..     que      simul         crateras    que 

wrought       from  solid       silver.  and    at  the  same  time     goblets,         and 


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pulchros  tapetas.       Euryalus        phaleras    Rhamnetis,    ol 

beautiful         carpetx.  Euryulus  sciies  the  ornaments  of  Rhamnea,        and 

cingula     aurea     bullis,    quro   dona     dilissimus       Cadicus 

girdles  golden  with  bosses,  which    gifts     the  very  wealthy  Cudicus 

olim        mittit  Tiburti   Remulo,    cum    absens         jungeret 

formerly        sent   toTiburtine    Remulus,      when      absent  he  had  united 

hospitio;          ille   moriens   dat   suo  ncpoti      habere: 

witA  Aim  iu  friendship;  he          dying         allows    his  grandson    to  have  them: 

post  mortem    Rutuli    potiti    bello  que  praedi:   rapit    haec, 

after     his  death  the  Riilulians  enjoyed  the  war  and      plunder:   he  seizes    these, 

atque  nequicquam  aptat      fortibus    humeris.     Turn   induit 

and  in  vain  fitstA«m  to  bis  strong     shoulders.        Then  he  puts  on 

galeam   Messapi  habilem,  que  decoram  cristis.     Excedunt 

the  helmet  of  Messapns  convenient,  and     beautiful    with  crests.       They  leave 

castris,      et    capessunt     tuta.  Interea  equites 

the  camps,    and     possess     the  safe  peaces.      In  the  meantime       the  horsemen 

prsemissi    ex    Latini    urbe,    dum    caetera    legio  moratur 

Kent  before    from    the  Latin      city,        while      the  other      legion  delays 

instructa      campis,      ibant,      et     ferebant    responsa    regi 

drawn  up       on  the  plains,      went,       and  bore  replies       to  king 

Turno;  tercentum,   omnes    scutati,    Volcente        magistro. 

Turnus;     three  hundred,         all     wearing  shields,  Volcena    being  their  leader. 

Que  jam   propinquabant    castris,     que    subibant   muro, 

And    now       they  approached       the  camps,      and     approached    the  wall, 

cum   cernunt    hos    procul   flectentes   laevo     limite;         et 

when      they  see       these      afar  off   winding  along  the  left      path;  and 

galea  prodidit  Euryalum   immemorem  in  sublustri  umbrd 

his  helmet  betrayed      Euryalus  unmindful  in     the  light  shade 

noctis,  que  adversa  radiis  refulsit.  Haud  temere  est 

of  night,  and    opposed  to  the  rays  of  the  moon  gleamed.        Not       plainly    was 

visum;    Volscens  conclamat    ab   agmine;    Viri,  state:    qua; 

it  seen;       Volscens  cries  out       from       the  troop;     Men,    stand:  what  is 

causa         vise?  ve    qui    estis    in   armis?    ve     quo 

the  cause    of  your  march?       or    who    are  you    in        arms?       or       whither 

tenetis  iter?      Illi    tendere  nihil         contra;         sed 

do  you  direct    your  inarch?    They    attempt    nothing    on  the  other  hand;      but 

celerare          fugam    in      sylvas,    et     fidere         nocti. 

btfun  to  hasten        their  flight    into     the  woods,   and    to  trust      to  the  night. 

Equites      objiciunt     sese     ad  nota   divortia      hinc   atque 

The  horsemen    oppose        themselves  to  the  known  turnings  on  this  side       and 

hinc,  que   coronant     omnem       aditum   custode.  Fuit 

that,       and  they  surround        all  the  entrance  with  a  guard.  There    was 

sylva   horrida     late     dumis      atque      nigri    ilice,    quam 

a  wood    horrid       far  around  with  bushes     and         gloomy       oak,  which 

densi     sentes    compleverant    undique:         rara         semita 

entangled    thorn.-;        had  filled  up  on  every  side:  here  and  there       a  path 

ducebat    per   occultos    calles.      Tenebrae     ramorum     que 

led    them  through  the  secret  ways.       The  darkness  of  the  branches     and 


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onerosa  prada  impediunt  Euryalum,   que  timor    fallit 

Joailed         plunder       hinder  Euryalus,          and       fear   misleads  him 

regione     viarum.     Nisus     abit;    que     jam    imprudena 

from  ilie  region  of  the  ways.    Nisus       departs;    and       now  thoughtless 

evaserat    hostes  atque  lacus;   qui   dicti  Albani   de  nomine 

line!  escaped   the  foes       and  the  lakes;  which  called  Albanian   from  the  name 

Albas;   turn   rex  Latinus  habebat     alta    stabula.    Ut  stetit, 

of  Albx;  then      king    Latinus        had  there  his  lofty    scabies.        As    he  stood, 

.et  frustra     respexit   absentem  amicum:    Infelix   Euryale, 

and    in  vain        looks  back   lor  his  absent    friend:  Unhappy        turyalus, 

qud   regione   reliqui    te?  ve  qust         sequar?         Rursus 

in  what    region       have  I  left    you?  or  whither    shall  I  follow  you?       Again 

reyolvens  omne  perplexum  iter      fallacis   sylvae,      simul 

unwinding       all       Ids  perplexed  path  of  the  deceiving  wood,  at  the  same  time 

et  legit  vestigia  observata  retro,  que       errat         silentibus 

also  marks  his  footsteps  observed  backwards,  and  wanders-through        UK;  silent 

dumis:  audit  equos,   audit  strepitds,  et  signa    sequentium. 

bushes:    he  hears  the  horses,  he  hears    the  noise,   and  signals  of  those  following. 

Nec   longum  tempus  in  medio,       cum  clamor  pervenit  ad 

Nor   is    along  time    intermediate  there,  when  a  shout  comes          to 

aures,  ac  videt  Euryalum,  quern  jam  omnis  manus     rapit 

his  cars,  and  he  sees        Euryalus,      whom    now    the  whole    band  seizes 

oppressum  fraude         loci       et      noctis,      subito  tumultu 

overcome         by  the  fraud  of  the  place  and  of  the  night,   a  sudden          tumult 

turbante,  et  conantem   plurima  frustra.. Quid  faciat?   qui 

raging,  and    attempting    many  things  in  vain.  What  can  he  do?  by  what 

vi,     quibus    armis   audeat   eripere  juvenem?         An 

violence,    by  what       arms  shall  he  dare    to  seize        the  youth?  Whether 

moriturus   inferat       sese  in    medios    hostes  et    properet 

about  to  die    shall  he  bear  himself  to     the  midst   of  his  foes  and  hasten 

pulchram   mortem  per    yulnera?   Ocyus   torquens   hastile 

honourable       death  by  wounds?       Quickly      turning       Ais  spear 

lacerto         adducto,         suspiciens    altam     Lunam,         sic 

ftis  arm  being  drawn  back,       gazing       on  the  lofty       moon,  thus 

precatur         voce:         Tu,       Dea,      tu  praesens   succurre 

he  prays       with  his  voice:      Thou,    O  Goddess,   thou    kindly  relieve 

nostro  labori,  Latona,   decus   astrorum,  et  custos  nemorum: 

our  labour,    Latona,    thou  glory  of  the  stars,,  and    keeper    of  the  groves: 

si  unquam     pater    Hyrtacus     tulit     qua  dona  tuis     aris 

if       evur       my    father       Hyrtacus       has  borne    any      gifts  to  your   altar." 

pro  me:  si  ipse    auxi     qua  meis  venatibus,  ve  suspendi 

fur     me:      if     I    have  added   any  by  my        hunting,       or     suspended  then 

iholo,      aut        fixi          ad  sacra    fastigia:    sine     me 

from  the  ceiling,  or  have  fastened  them  to  thy  sacred        roof:        permit         ma 

turbare  hunc    globum,         et   rege      tela      per         auras. 

to  rout         this  crowd,  and  guide  my    darts    through          the  air. 

Dixerat,  et   connixus         toto         corpore  conjicit  ferrum. 

Uc  said,       and    struggling    with  his  whole       body  he  hurled  his      dan 


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Hasta    volans  diverberat    umbras  noctis,  et   venit     in 

The  spear   flying    strikes  through  the  shadows  of  night,   and  comes       against 

tergum     Sulmonis         adversi:         que     ibi    frangitur    ac 

the  buck         of  Sulmon         opposed  to  Aim:       and      there      is  broken       aid 

transit     prsecordia  fisso      ligno.     Ille  frigidus     volvitur, 

passes  through    his  breast  with  the  broken  wood.  He      cold   \ndeatk  rolls  over, 

vomens    calidum  flumen  de    pectore,  et  pulsat          ilia 

vomiting  forth      a  warm  .  stream      from  Ais  breast,  and    strikes       his  sides 

longis      singultibus.      Diversi        circumspiciunt.     Ecce 

with  lung  drawn        sobs.  Different  ways      they  look  around.  Lo 

idem,  acrior        hoc,  librat  aliud   telum   ab    summa 

the  same  Nisus.  more  active  with  this,  poises  another     dart      from         the  top 

aure,  dum  trepidant.  Stridens  hasta    iit      per     utrumque 

ofAuear,  while  they  tremble.  The  hissing  spear    passed  through  eacli 

tempus  Tago,  que  tepefacta  haesit     trajectocerebro.  Atrox 

temple       of  Tagus,  and    warmed    remained  in  Ais  pierced  brain.  Cruel 

Volscens  saevit,  nee      conspicit    auctorem      teli     usquam, 

Volscens       raged,    nor       did  he  behold        the  author    of  the  dart  any  where, 

nec  quo   ardens  possit  immittere  se.  Tamen,  inquit,    tu 

nor    where    glowing    he  can  throw      himself.  Yet,  he  said,     dn  you 

interea     persolve   paenas    amborum   mihi  calido 

in  the  mean  time      pay        the  penalties      of  both  tome     with  your  warm 

sanguine:         sirnul         ibat     in     Euryalum,  recluso  ense. 

blood:  at  the  sajne  time- he  went  against    Euryalus,    withdrawn  sword. 

Tune  vero  Tfisus  exterritus,  amens   conclamat;  nec    potuit 

Then    indeed    Nisus        frightened.        mad  cried  out;  nor  could 

celare      se     tenebris  amplius,  aut  perferre  -tan turn  dolorem: 

he  conceal  himself  in  darkness  any  longer,  or       endure       so  much  grief: 

me,         me,      adsum     qui      feci;      O  Rutuli,     convertite 

on  me,      on    mo',      I  am  here  who  have  done  it:      O  RutuTians,  turn 

ferrum  in   me:  omnis   fraus      mea:      iste      nihil,         nec 

your  dart  on    me:        all         the  fraud  is  mine:  he  has  done  nothing,  nor 

ausus,  nec  potuit:       testor      hoc  ccelum,  et  conscia  sidera: 

dared  he,  nor  could  he:  I  call  to  witness  this    heaven,    and  conscious       stars: 

tantum  nimium  dilexit  infelicem  amicum. 

that  only    too  much    he  loved  Ais  unhappy    friend. 

Dabat      talia    dicta:     sed      ensis      adactus       viribus 

He  uttered    these      words:        but       the  sword       thrust        with  violence 

transadigit    costas,    et   rumpit  Candida  pectora.     Euryalus 

pierced  through  his  ribs,     and     broke          his  fair         breast.  Eurynlus 

volvitur  letho,    que  cruor      it      per     pulchros  artus,  que 

rolls  in  death,    and       blood       flows  through  his  beautiful  limbs,      and 

cervix  collapsa  reeumbit  in  humeros:  veluti  cum  purpureus 

his  neck      falling  leans         nn  At*  shoulders:       as        when  a  purple 

flos    succisus      aratro    languescit  moriens,    ve   papavera 

flower     cut  down    by  the  plough        faints  dying,  or  poppies 

demisere        caput  lasso     collo  cum     forte       gravantur 

«anj  down      their  head  with  wearied  neck    when    by  chance  they  are  oppressed 


263  438 

pluvia.    At  Nisus    ruit   in   medios,  que  petit  Volscentem 

with  rain.     But    Nisus       rushed  into   the  midst,    and     sought  Volscens 

solum   per  omnes,  raoratur  in  Volscente  solo;  circura  quern 

alone      through     all,          he  stays     for      Volscens     alone:    around      whum 

hostes    glomerati    hinc    atque  hinc  cominus    proturbant. 

ihe  enemies     gathering  on  this  side    and       that      instantly      drive  him  away, 

Instat  *  non     secius,     ac   rotat  fulminum  ensem,  donee 

He  presses  on  not         the   Jess      and    rolls   his  thundering    sword,  until 

condidit  in  adverse   ore     clamantis    Rutuli,       et  moriens 

be  has  hid  it   in  the  hostile  mouth  of  the  bawling    Rutulian,       and          dying 

abstulit   animam     hosti.        Turn   confossus  projecit  sese 

he  took  away     life        from  the  foe.       Then         pierced          he  cast    himself 

super  exanimum  amicum,  que  ibi  demum  quievit  placicla 

upon          his  lifeless         friend,         and  there     at  last       rested      in  peaceful 

morte. 

death. 

Fortunati  ambo!  si  mea  carmina  possunt  quid,  nulla  dies 

Happy  both!      if   my        verses     can  effect  any  thing,    no         day 

unquam   eximit    vos       memori     aevo:    dum  domus  JEness 

ever  shall  exempt  you  from  this  memorable  time:  while  the  house  of /Ericas 

accolet     immobile    saxum  Capitolii   que  Romanus  pater 

shall  occupy  the  immoveable   rock      ofthecapitol    and       the  Roman       father 

habebitimperium.       Rutuli    victores,   potiti    praeda,    que 

shall  possess  the  empire.      The  Kutulians  victorious,  enjoying  the  plunder,      and 

spoliis,  flentes  ferebant  exanimum  Volscentem  in    castra, 

the  spoils,  weeping        bore  the  lifeless  Volscens         into   the  camps. 

nec      minor  luctus  in  castris,   Rhamnete  reperto  exsangui, 

nor  icas  there  less  grief     in    the  camps,     Rhamnes       being  found         lifeless, 

et    tot    primis     peremtis    una    ccede,  que  Serrano   que 

and  so  many  chiefs     being  destroyed  in  one  slaughter,  both     Serranus        and 

Numd.       Ingens    concursus     ad     corpora     ipsa,       que 

Numa.  A  great       crowd  collects      at       the  bodies  themselves,        and 

seminece's  viros,   que    locum    tepidum  recenti   csede,    et 

dying  heroes,      and  •  the  place         warm       with  fresh  slaughter,  and 

rivos   plenos   spumanti   sanguine.      Agnoscunt  inter    se 

rivers        full          of  foaming  blood.  They  recognise   among    them 

spolia,     que    nitentem    galeam     Messapi     et    phaleras 

the  spoils,     and         shining  helmet         ofMessapus    and    the  trappings 

receptas   multo   sudore.     Et  jam   prima  Aurora,  linquens 

recovered    with  much    sweat.         And  now    the  early    morning,  leaving 

croceum  cubile   Tithoni,  spargebat   terras    novo    lumine; 

the  saffron       bed        of  Tithonus,      sprinkled      the  earth  with  new  light, 

sole  jam     infuso,       jam     rebus         retectis 

the  rays  of  the  sun  now  being  diffused,       now  all  things     being  made  manifest 

luce.  Turnus  suscitat  viros  in  arma,  ipse  circumdatus  armis, 

by  his  light.  Turnus  arouses  the  men  to    arms,      he  being  surrounded  oy  arms 

que  quisque  cogit  suas   aeratas  acies  in  prcelia,  que    acuunt 

and     each  one    forces       his    brazen  clad  bands  to     battle,   and  they  proveke 


264  466. 

»ras  variis    rumoribus.      Quin  praefigunt  ipsa  capita 

their  wrath  by  various       repor'a.  But         they  fasten       the  very  head* 

Euryali    et  Nisi  in  hastis  arrectis,   miserabile    visu,     et 

of  Euryalua  and    Nisus  on      spears       erected,          miserable     to  be  seen,  and 

sequuntur   multo   clamore.     Duri   JEneadae   opposuere 

they  follow      with  great     outcry.       The  hardy   Trojans  opposed    to  them 

aciem  in  sinistrd  parte  murorum  (nam  dextera    cingitur 

<Anrbandon    the  left       part     of  the  walls     (for         the  right      is  surrounded 

amni)     que    tenent    ingentes    fossas,   et    nicest!     slant 

by  tne  river)  and      they  bold       the  deep       ditches,    and    mournful  they  stand 

altis     turribus,    simul    videbant     ora     virfim    praefixa, 

on  the  high     towers,     as  soon  as      they  saw  the  heads  of  the  men       fixed  up, 

nimis     nota          miseris          que   fluentia    atro         tabo. 

too  well     known  to  their  wretched/ricjuk  and       flowing    with  black       blood. 

Interea    pennata  Fama,  volitans    per     pavidam   urbem 

In  the  mean  time  winged       Fame,       flying       through  the  frightened         city 

•ruit     nuncia,    que  allabitur    aures      matris    Euryali;  ac 

rustic?  on  a  messenger,  and       glides       to  the  ears  of  the  mother  of  Euryalus;  and 

subitus    calor    reliquit       ossa  misers.  Radii 

suddenly      warmth         left          the  bones  of  the  unhappy  woman.    The  shuttle* 

excussi     manibus,     que    pensa    revoluta.    Infelix  evolat, 

falling        from  her  hands,    and      her  task   is  unravelled.     Unhappy    she  flies, 

et    femineo  ululatu,   scissa  cotnam,  amens    petit    muros, 

and  with  female    wailing,       tearing    her  hair,       mad       she  seeks  the  walls, 

atque  prima  agmina    cursu.       Ula      non   memor  virfimj 

and       the  first     bands    in  her  course.      She  was  not       mindfnl    of  the  men, 

non      ilia  periculi   que   telorum;    dehinc  implet  ccelum 

uor   vas  she       of  danger      and         darts;  then         she  (ills   the  heaven 

questibus;    Euryale,  ego  aspicio-te  hunc?      Ne       tu    ilia 

with  her  cries;  O  Euryalus,    do  I    behold      you    thus?     Whether  art  thou   that 

sera    requies    meae  senectx?     Crudelis  potuisti  linquere 

late       consolation     of  my       old  age?  Cruel  could  you     leave  m* 

solam?    nec       copia       data  miserae  matri    affari  te 

alone?          nor   was  permission  given   to  your  wretched    mother  to  address  yo» 

extremum,    missum     sub    <anla    pericula!       Heu!    jaces 

for  the  last  time,       sent  to       BO  great      dangers!  Alas!       you  lio 

ignota    terra1,    data    pneda  Latinis  canibus  que  alitibus! 

in  an  unknown  land,    given  up  as  a  prey  to  the  Latin    dogs        and  birdst 

nec      mater  produxi  te    tua  funera,  ve  pressi  oculos,  aut 

nor  I  your  mother  prepared  you  for  your  funeral,     or  have  closed  your  eyes,     or 

lavi       vulnera,  tegens        veste       quam  festina  urgebam, 

washed  your  wounds,  shrouding  you  with  the  dress  which  hastening      I  urged  OB 

noctes  que  dies  tibi,  et  solabar   aniles   curas       tela". 

by  night    and     day  for  you,  and  consoled    my  aged  anxieties  with  the  loom. 

Qu6        sequar?       aut  quae  tellus  nunc    habet        artus, 

Where  shall  I  follow  you?  or      what   land        now     possesses      your  limbs, 

que   avulsa  membra,   et  lacerum   funus?   nate,        refers, 

and      lacerated    ircmbers,     and      violated       corpse?     O  son,      do  you  bring. 


265  492 

hoc  mihi  de    te?      hoc     sum     secuta,      que   terrd    que 

this    to  me     of  yourself?  for  this    have  I  followed  th.ee,    both  by  land         and 

mari?  Figite  me  (si  qua  pietas  est?)         0  Rutuli,  conjicite 

sea?         Pierce    me     (if     any    piety  belongs  to  you)  O  Rutulians,  hurl 

omnia    tela    in  me;     absumite  me  primam      ferro?       aut 

all         your  darta    on    me;  cut  me  off  first        by  the  sword?         or 

tu,  magne  pater  Divfim,  miserere,  que  detrude  hoc  invisura 

them,    great     father  of  the  Gods,     pity,  and        cast         this  hated 

caput    sub      Tartara       tuo  telo,        quando    nequeo 

head  to  Tartarus       with  your      thunderbolt,       since  I  cannot 

abrumpere      crudelem      vitam  aliter.  Animi 

destroy  this  cruel        existence        in  any  other  way.      Their  mind* 

concuss!    hoc  fletu,  que  moestus  gemitus    it    per  omnes. 

were  agitated  by  this  wailing,  and    mournful       grief       extends  through       all. 

Vires  infractae     torpent    ad  praelia.     Idaeus   et  Actor, 

Their  strength  broken,       is  powerless    in      battle.  Ideus     and        Actor, 

monitu     Ilionei     et    liili    lacrymantis  multurn,  corripiunt 

Dy  the  advice  of  llioneus  and   lulus        weeping  much.  bear  away 

illam  incendentem   luctus,  que  inter         manus   reponunt 

her  inflaming  their  grief,     and  between    their  hands  they  replace  her 

sub       tecta.     At    tuba    increpuit  terribilem  sonitum  procul 

within  the  house.    But  the  trumpet  sounded       a  terrible         noise  afar 

canoro        aere.      Clamor   sequitur,    que    ccelum    remugit. 

with  tuneful    brass.         A  noise         follows,          and        the  sky         re-echoes. 

Volsci       accelerant    pariter,  testudine     acta,    et    parant 

The  Volscians     hasten  together,     a  testudo  being  formed,  and     prepare 

implere      fossas,     ac      vellere       vallum.     Pars    quaerunt 

to  fill  the  ditches,    and    to  tear  down       the  wall.        A  part  seek 

aditum,    et    ascendere   muros      scalis,       qua     acies  est 

access,          and       to  ascend      the  walls    with  ladders,    where     the  line       is 

rara,  que  corona  non  tarn  spissa  viris    interlucet.     Contra, 

thin,      and  the  circle    not    so       dense  with  men  is  seen  through.  On  the  other 

Teucri      effundere      omne    genus    telorum,   ac 

hand,         the  Trojans         pour  forth  every         kind         of  weapons,  and 

detrudere       duris  contis,  assueti  defendere  muros        longo 

push  them  down  with  hard  poles,    accustomed    to  defend    the  walls    in  the  pro- 

bello.         Volvebant         quoque   saxa  infesto  pondere, 

longed  war*  They  rolled  down  also         rocks  with  hostile        weight, 

si       qud        possunt  perrumpere    aciem  tectam; 

if   by  any  means  they  can      breakthrough     the  army  protected  by  their  shields^ 

cum  tamen       libet         ferre  omnes    casus  subter     densal 

when       yet       it  pleases  then  to  endure  all  chances  beneath  the  crowded 

testudine.     Nee  jam   sufficiunt;    nam,   qul   ingens  globus 

lestudo.  Nor      now  do  they  endure  it;  for,       where  the  great          mass 

imminet,    Teucri    que        volvunt    que     ruunt  immanem 

hangs  over,  the  Trojans     both  roll  and      push  down    an  immense 

molem,    quae  stravit     Rutulos    late,     que  resolvit  tegmina 

rock.          which  overthrows  the  Rutulians  far  around,  and    break*  tbe  coverings 


266  51& 

armorura.      Nee     audaces      Rutuli     curant     contendere 

of  their  arms.      Nor     did  the  daring     Rutulians       care  to  contend 

amplius      caeco     Marte,    sed    certant   pellere  vallo 

any  longer       in  blind       war,          but       attempt    to  drive  them  from  the  wall 

missilibus.         Alia      parte  Mezentius,  horrendus         visu, 

with  flying  darts.    In  another  part        Mezentius,  dreadful      in  his  aspect, 

quassabat  Etruscam  pinum,  et   infert  fumiferos   ignes.    At 

shook  At*  Tuscan       pine,      and    scatters  the  smoking       fires.        But 

Messapus,    domitor   equorum,   Neptunia    proles,   rescindit 

Meosapus,  the  tamer      of  horses,         Neptune's       offspring,        cut  down 

vallum       et  poscit    scalas     in      mcenia.   Vos,  0  Calliope, 

the  ramparts,  and  demands     ladders  against  the  walls.        You,         O  Calliope, 

precor,  aspirate  canenti,  quas   strages,  quse  funera  Turnus 

I  pray,         favour  me  singing,      what     slaughters,  what      deaths          Turnus 

turn  ediderit    ibi         ferro,    quern  virum  quisque  demiserit 

then  bad  effected  there  with  the  sword,  what       hero        each  one  sent 

orco;  et  mecum  evolvite  ingentes   oras      belli:          Divse, 

to  hell;  and  with  me         unfold        the  great    outlines  of  the  war;  ye  goddesses, 

enim,  et  meministis,  et  potestis    memorare.  Erat 

for,    you  both  remember,      and    you  can       commemorate  them.          There  was 

turris  vasto  suspectu,  et  altis  pontibus,  opportuna          loco, 

a  tower  of  lofty     aspect,       and  high       stages,         convenient   in  its  locution, 

quam   omnes         Itali        certabant  expugnare         summis 

which  all  the  Italians          contended    to  overcome    with  the  greatest 

viribus,    que    evertere      summ&  vi  opum; 

force,  and        tooverturn      with  the  utmost      power       of  their  strength; 

contrd,  Troes  defendere          saxis,    que  densi 

on  the  other  hand,  the  Trojans  attempted  to  defend  it  with  stones,  and    inclose 

intorquere     tela       per       cavas       fenestras.     Turnus 

array     to  hurl  darts       through    the  hollow         windows.  Turnus 

princeps   conjecit   ardentem  lampada,   et   affixit   fiamman 

foremost  burled  a  burning  rocket,        and    fastened        the  flame 

lateri,  quae    plurima       vento,  corripuit  tabulas,  et 

in  the  side  of  the  tower,  which  being  increased  by  tbe  wind,    seized  the  boards,  and 

haesit   postibus     adesis.   Turbati,  trepidare  intus,    que 

cleaved  to  the  posts  till  destroyed.  Troubled,  they  began  to  tremble   within,       and 

frustra    velle    fugam          malorum.          Dura    glomerant 

in  vain  to  wish  for     escape   from  their  misfortunes.         While          they  gaihet 

se,          que    residunt    retro    in       partem   quae      caret 

themselves,      and        withdraw        back     into     that  part       which  is  free  from 

peste,      turn   turris  procubuit      subito    pondere,    et  omne 

contagion,   then  the  tower         fell  suddenly    with  weight,  and  all 

ccBlum    tonat      fragore:    seminneces  veniunt   ad   terram, 

heaven       thunders  with  the  noise:      half  dead         they  come      to     the  earth, 

immani  mole  secuta,  que  confixi     suis    telis,  et  transfossi 

a  huge         mass    following,  and     pierced     with  their  darts,  and        transfixed 

pectora        duro  ligno. 
in  thtir  breasts  with  tbe  bard  wood. 


267  545 

Vix    Helenor  unus    et  Lycus   elapsi,  quorum  Helenor 

Hardly    Helenor       alone       and    Lycus       escaped,     of  whom        Helenor 

primaevus  (quern   serva  Licymnia  furtim  sustulerat  Maeomo 

the  elder  (whom    the  slave    Ucymnia      secretly    had  borne  to  the  Lydian 

regi  que  miserat  ad  Trojam     vetitis     armis)          levis 

king    and    had  sent      to       Troy    with  forbidden  arms)       teas  lightly  armed 

nudo      ense,  que  inglorius     alba       parma.   Que  ubi  is 

with  a  naked  sword,    and    unhonoured  with  a  blank      shield.       And  when  he 

videt     se       inter  media       millia         Turni;  Latinus  acies 

sees      himself       in  the     midst    of  the  thousands  of  Turnus;  The  Latin  forces 

adstare     hinc,       atque   acies      hinc;      ut       fera,         quae 

to  oppose  on  this  side,    and        the  troops  on  that;      as  a   wild  beast,       which 

septa     densa    corona    venantium,   furit  contra          tela, 

hedged  in  by  a  thick    circle  of  hunters,  rages    against  their  weapons. 

que  baud  nescia  injicit    sese    morti,  et  fertur   saltu   supra 

and    not       ignorant    casts      himself  on  death,  and  is  borne  by  a  leap    above 

venabula;     baud     aliter   juvenis    moriturus,  irruit    in 

their  hunting  spears;    not     otherwise    the  youth      about  to  die,     rushes    into 

medios   bostes,  et  tendit  qua    vidit  tela   densissima.     At 

the  midst    of  foes,    and  marches  where     he  sees  darts        thickest.  But 

Lypus  longe  melior  pedibus,  et  inter  hostes,  et  inter  arma, 

Lycus       far         Better       on*  foot,       and  amidst    foes,        and  amidst     arms, 

tenet  muros   fuga,   que  certat  prendere  alta   tecta    manu, 

attains  the  wails  by  flight,   and    strives    to  seize      the  lofty  roof  with  his  hand, 

que   attingere     dextras     sociorum;    quern  Turnus  secutus 

and          to  reach    the  right  (band  of  his  associates;  whom    Turnus        following 

pariter    cursu    que     telo,       victor  increpat          bis: 

likewise  in  his  course  and  with  a  dart,  victorious   rebukes       with  these  words: 

ne    demens    speravisti     te   posse  evadere  nostras  manus? 

whither  madmen  have  you  hoped  that  you  could  escape  my  hands? 

Simul        arripit  ipsum  pendentem,    et  revellit       cum 

At  the  same  time  he  seizes       him  hanging,  and  tears  Aim  down  with 

magna   parte         muri;     quales  ubi         armigei         Jovis, 

a  great         part  of  the  wall;       as      when   the  armour  bearer  of  Jupiter, 

petens    alta,       sustulit   aut  leporem,  aut  cycnum  candenti 

•eeking    the  lofty  air,  has  raised  either    a  hare,          or        swan  of  white 

corpore,    uncis    pedibus;    aut  Martins  lupus  rapuit  agnum 

body,       in  his  crooked        feet;  or    a  Martial      wolf   has  seized       a  Iamb 

a    stabulis,  quaesitum     matri      multis    balatibus.      Clamor 

from  the  stalls,        sought    by  the  mother  with  many  blcalings.  A  shout 

tollitur      undique.         Invadunt,     et      complent         fossas 

arises         on  every  side.        They  press  on,     and  fill  the  ditches 

aggere;         alii    jactant  ardentes    tsedas    ad    fastigia. 

with  a  heap  of  earth;  others    throw  burning       torches      to         the  roots. 

Ilioneus     saxo       atque   ingenti   fragmme  montis 

Illoneus    with  a  rock  and    with  a  great  portion  of  a  mountain  overthroics 

Lucetium;  subeuntem  ports,  queferentem  ignes;  Liger  sternit 

Lucetius,  coming  up    to  the  gate,  and     bearing       fires;   Liger  oveithrows 


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Emathiona,  Asylas  Chorinaeum,     hie  bonus     jaculo, 

Emathion,  Asylus    prostrates    Chorinxus,       this  one  skilful  with  the  darl, 

hie,       sagitta    fallente    longe;    Caeneus  Ortigium 

that  one,  with  the  arrow  deceiving  from  afar;      Cxneus  conquers  Oiiy-ms. 

Turnus     Caeneavictorem,  Turnus  Itys,  que  Clomum, 

Turnus    Milt  Ctcneis  the  conqueror,  Turnus  overthrows  Itys,    and  I'lcmins, 

Dioxippum,  que  Prornulum,   et   Sagarim,  et   Idam  stantem 

Dioxippus,  arid      Promulus,  and     Sagarin,        and    Idas         standing 

pro    summis    turribus;    Capys  Privernum.         Levia 

upon      the  lofty       towers;          Capya  conquers       Privenus.  The  light 

hasta  Themillae   strinxerat  hunc  primo;    ille  demens, 

•pear  of  Themilla      had  graz'd       him  first;       he  mad. 

tegmine     prqjecto,     tulit  manum  ad  vulnus;     ergo    sagitta 

kis  shield    being  cast  aside,  placed  his  hand    on  the  wound;  therefore  an  arrow 

allapsa    alis     et  manus  infixa  est     laevolateri  que   abdita 

came  gliding  on  wing*  and  Ais  hand  was  fastened  to  his  left    side  and  penetrating 

intus  rupit   spiramenta       animae     lethali      vulhere.  Filius 

within  broke     the  breathing  places  of  his  soul  with  a  deadly    wound.       His  son 

Arcentis   stabat      in  egregiis   armis;      pictus      chlamydem 

Arcentis          stood  clad  in    splendid        arms;       embellished  in  his  clnak 

acu,         et    clarus      IberS.  ferrugine,    insignis   facie; 

with  the  needle,  and  distinguished  in  Iberian    purple,          renowned  forbeauty; 

quern   genitor   Arcens    miserat    ^Eneae,  ,eductum    luco 

whom      his  father      Arcens       had  sent       to  ./Eneas,        trained   in  the  grove 

Martis,  circum  Symsetheia  flumina,  ubi  pinguis  et  placabilis 

of  Mars,    around      Symxthia's        streams,    where  the  rich    and         peaceful 

ara  Palici.     Mezentius     ipse       armis         positis,         egit 

altar  of  Paliciais.    Mezentius         himself,      his  arms     being  laid  aside,      drive* 

stridentem   fundam,     habend   adductst   ter  circum  caput, 

a  hissing  sling,  with  a  string     drawn      thrice     around     his  head, 

et  diffidit  media    tempora     adversi       liquefacto  plumbo 

and    rent        the  midst  of  the  temple  of  his  adversary  with  the  melting  lead 

ac  extendit    porrectum   multa   arena.  Turn  primum  bell  j 

and  stretched  Aim  prostrated       in  the  deep   sand.       Then      first      in  the  war 

Ascanius    dicitur     intendisse      celerem  sagittam,     solitus 

Ascanius          is  said         to  have  hurled  apwift  arrow,      accustomed 

terrere   fugaces     feras     ante,  que     manu  fudisse 

to  frighten  flying        wild  beasts  before,  and  with  his  hand  to  have  overthrown 

fortem  Numanum     cui     Remulo  erat   cognomen,         que 

strong          Numanus          to  whom    Remulus      was      a  surname,  ahd 

nuper     sociatus   thalamo,    habebat    minorem     germanam 

lately  united     in  marriage,       he  had       the  younger  sister 

Turni.      Is  ante  primam  aciem  vociferans        digna  atque 

o' Turnus.    He  before    the  first       troop         crying  out    things  worthy       ana 

indigna    relatu    que  tumidus   praecordia         novo    regno 

unworthy  to  be  spoken  and    swelling  in  his  heart    with  hit  new   kingdom 

ibat  et  ferebat  sese    ingenti   clamore        Non        pudet 

weut  anJ  conducted  himself  with  great    noise.        Dot-sir  not          shame  you 


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Phryges  bis     capti,      iterum     teneri     obsidione  que  vallo 

ye  Trojans  twice  conquered,     again      to  bu detained    by  siege        and    a  wall 

et  praetendere     muros     morti.    En         qui  poscunt   nostra 

and    to  interpose        ramparts     to  death.    Lo  those    .who     demand  our 

connubia     sibi       bello.    Quis  Deus,  quae  dementia  adegit 

intermarriage  witli  them    by  war.    What  Deity,     what     madness  drove 

vos    Italiam? 

you         tn  Italy? 

Atridae  non  hie,    nee    Ulysses     fictor       fandi, 

The  sons  of  Atroiis  are  not  here,      nor         Ulysses  the  dissembler  of  speaking, 

durum    genus     a     stirpe.         Deferimus     natos       ad 

but    a  hardy         race      from  their  stock.          We  carry         our  children        to 

flumina  primum,    que     duramus        saevo     gelu  et  undis. 

the  rivers       first,  and      we  harden  them  by  the  severe  frost    and    waters. 

Pueri  invigilant    vcnatu  que  fatigant    sylvas;  ludus 

Our  sons  are  watchful    in  hunting    and    they  range    the  woods;   it  is  their  sport 

flectere    equos     et  tendere  spicula     cornu.      At  juventus 

to  turn      their  horses   and     to  send       arrows  from  the  bow.     But       our  youth 

patiens  operum  que      assueta      parvo,      aut   domat  terram 

patient       of  labour   and       accustomed   to  economy,    either   subdue    the  earth 

rastris    aut  quatit  oppida  bello.      Omne  sevum    teritur 

with  harrows  or      shake    the  towns  in  war.      Our  whole     life        is  worn  out 

ferro;    que  fatigamus   terga  juvencum      vers&      hasta1, 

with  the  sword;  and     WK  goad     the  backs   of  bullocks  with  the  inverted    spear, 

nec     tarda     senectus   debililat     vires     animi    que  mutat 

nor       does  Blow        old  age          weaken      our  powers    of  mind       and     change 

vigorem.        Premimus     canitiem       galea     que      juvat 

our  activity.        We  press  down    our  grey  hair  with  the  helmet  and    it  delights  us 

semper  convectare  recentes  praedas  et  vivere  rapto.    Vobis 

ever  to  bear  together       fresh         spoils     and    to  live  by  plunder.      Your 

vestis   picta      croco    et  fulgenti  murice;   desidiae      cordi; 

dress      is  painted  with  saffron  and  gliltcring      purple;         sloth  is  in  your  heart 

juvat  vos  indulgere    choreis   et    tunicae   habent  manicas 

it  delights  you    to  indulge         in  dances   and  ynurjtunics      have  sleeves 

et  mitrae  redimicula.     0  vere     Phrygise     que   ne    enim 

and  your  caps        ribands.  O    truly      Trojan  women    and     not         truly 

Phryges,     ite      per     alta  Dindyma       ubi     tibia      dat 

Trojan  men,       go       through    lofty      Dinilymus  where  the  pipe  gives  forth 

biforem   cantum      assuetis.      Tympana  que  Berecynthia 

the  discrepant    note     to  you  accustomed.    The  tymbrel    and  Berecynthian 

buxus    Idaeae    matris  vocat  vos:  sinite  arma  viris  et  cedite 

flute       of  the  Idxan  mother     call      you:     yield     arms    to  men  and  retire  from 

ferro.       Ascanius   non    tulit       jactantem  talia        diclis 

the  sword.        Ascanius       did  not  enduni  Aim     boasting    these  'lungs  iri  words 

ac     canentem      dira,         que  obversus    contendit    telura 

and     singing  forth       direful  cries,    and      turning         he  extended     his  arrow 

equlno       nervo,    que   ducens   brachia  dj versa  constitit 

on  the  liorso  hair   string,       and      drawing      his  arms        apart  he  stood 


270  6-U 

supplex  piecatus  Jovem  per  vota  ante.   Omnipotens  Jupiter 

humbly          praying      Jupiter      by    vows    flrst.  Almighty  Jove 

annue  audacibus  coeptis.     Ipse  feram  solemnia  dona    tibi, 

favour        my  daring     attempt.  I       will  bear      solemn        gifts       to  you. 

ad  tua  templa  et  ante     aram     statuam  candentemjuvencum 

to   your   temples  and  before  your  altar  I  will  place       awhile  bullock 

auralta    fronte,  que  ferentein  caput  pariter  cum    matre; 

with  gilded  forehead,    and         bearing      Ai.>  head   equally     with     his  niuther 

qui  jam     petat  cornu  et   spargat  arenam      pedibus. 

who    now       strikes     with  AM  horn    and      scatters       the  sand      with  Ai«  feet. 

Genitor  audivit,  et   de   serena  parte   cceli    intonuit 

The  Father  of  the  Oo/is  heard,      and  from  the  serene  part   of  heaven   thundered 

laevum.        Fatifer      arcus  sonat  una;    et    sagitta     elapsa 

on  the  left.    The  fate-bearing  bow     sounds  at  once;  and  the  arrow    discharged 

fugit  stridens  horrendum  que  venit   per   caput  Remuli    et 

flies         hissing        dreadfully        and    comes  through  the  head  of  Renmlus  and 

trajicit   cava   tempora      ferro.       I  illude  virtutem  superbis 

pierces    the  hollow  temples   with  the  steel.   Go    mock      courage         by  proud 

verbis.       Phryges     bis      capti     remittant  haec   responsa 

words.  The  Trojans    twice      captured      fend  back       these  replies 

Rutulis.       Ascanius    haec        tantum.     Teucri  sequuntur 

to  the  Rutulians.    Ascanius  said  these  things   only.        The  Trojans  follow 

clamore,  que  fremunt  laetitia  que  tollunt  animos  ad  sidera. 

with  a  shout,  and     applaud      with  joy  and      raise     their  minds  to  the  stars. 

Turn     forte"        crinitus  Apollo  in  setherea   plaga    desuper 

Then    by  chance  golden  haired     Apollo       in  the  celestial  region      from  above 

videbat   Ausonias    acies   que  urbem,  sedens   nube,    atque 

taw  the  Ausonian   armies     and       city,          sitting  on  a  cloud,         and 

affatur  lulum   victorem     his:  Macte      nova"     virtute, 

addresses  the  lulus      conqueror   in  these  wordi.'  Prosper  in  your  new       virtue, 

Suer;  sic         itur  ad  astra;    genite     Diis,    et       geniture 
boy;  thus  hfroes  ascend  to  the  stars;  descended  from  Gods,  and  about  togenerate 

Deos.     Omnia  bella    ventura     fato,    jure     resident     sub 

Gods.  All         wars    about  to  come  by  fate,  in  justice  shall  terminate  under 

gente  Assaraci;  nee      Troja  capit  te.       Simul        effatus 

the  race  of  Assaracus;  nor  can    Troy  contain  thee.  At  the  same  time  having  said 

haec,         mittit    se     ab    alto   sethere,   djmovit     spirantes 

Ihese  things,  he  casts  himself  from  the  lofly    sky,     •  moves  through  the  breathing 

auras,  que   petit  Ascanium;    turn       forma  oris 

gales!,       and      seeks         Ascanius;          then       in  the  form   of  his  countenance 

vertitur   in    antiquum  Buten.      Hie    fuit        armiger 

he  U  changed  into       ancient  Bute*.  He      had  been      armour-hearer 

Dardanio  Anchisse   ante,    que   fidus    custos  ad  limina;  turn 

lo  Trojan         Anchises    formerly,  and   a  faithful   keeper    at    the  gate;      thei 

pater   addidit     comitem    Ascanio.     Apollo  ibat     similis 

»u  father  united  Aim  as  a  companion  to  Ascanius.  f  Apollo     went      resembling 

longievo  omnia,   que  vocem,  que  colorem,  et  albos  crines, 

. tht  aged  man  in  all  lAtny*,  both  in  voice,     and        hue,        and  hoary         luc^-i. 


271  6.W 

et  arma  saeva   sonoribus;    atque    affatur     ardentem  liilum 

•  nd    arms       harsh   in  tlieir  sound;       and     headdresses    the  glowing        lulus 

his     dictis:    JEneide,     sit     satis   Numanum  oppetivisse 

with  these  words:  Son  of  /Eneas,  let  it  be  enough  that  Numanus  has  fallen 

tuis  telis  impune:  magnus   Apollo     concedit 

My  your  darts     \\ii\ioul  injury  to  yourself:      great  Apollo  has  yielded 

hanc  primam  laudem  tibi,    et    non    invidet  paribus  armis. 

tlm  first  praise     to  you,  and  does  not  envy  you       equal  amis. 

Castera   parce    bello        puer;  Apollo  sic     orsus,    reliquit 

For  the  rest  abstain  from  war,  noble  boy;       Apollo     thus  having  said,  laid  aside 

mortales  aspectus    medio    sermtme,    et  evanuitprocul  ex 

/us  mortal     appearance  in  Uie  midst  of  Jiis  discourse,  and  vanished        far      from 

oculis    in   tenuem  auram.      Dardanidae  Proceres  agnovere 

their  eyes  into        thin  air.  The  Trojan        Chiefs  knew 

Deum,  que    di'vina   tela,  que  sensere   sonantem  pharetram 

the  God,     and    his  divine    darts,  and    perceived    the  sounding  quiver 

fuga. 

in  his  flight. 

Ergo        prohibent  Ascanium  avidum   pugnse,         dictis 

Therefore         they  forbid       Ascanius       anxious   for  the  fight,  by  the  words 

ac     numine     Phcebi:  ipsi  rursus   succedunt  in  certamina, 

and  divine  influence  of  Apollo;   they    again         inarch  on        to       the  contest, 

que  mittunt  animas   in   aperta  pericula.  Clamor  it       per 

and       expose      their  lives  to       open  dangers.        A  cry       goes  through 

propugnacula         totis  muris;    intendunt    acres  arcus,  que 

the  bulwarks       around   all    the  walls;       they  direct    the  strong  bows,       and 

torquent  amenta.      Omne     solum    sternitur    telis;      turn 

hurl  the  slings.  All         the  ground     is  spread  with  darts:       then 

scuta    que    cavse    galeae     dant  sonitum;          flictu,  aspera 

shields        and      hollow    helmets  give  forth    a  sound;   in  their  conflict,     a  cruel 

pugna       surgit;     quantus    imber      venie.ns        pluvialibus 

slaughter        arises;  such          a  shower          proceeding  from  the  rainy 

Haedis   ab  occasu  verberat  humum;  quam  multd   grandine 

Haidi      from    the  west      beats        the  ground;       as       with  much  hail 

nimbi    praecipitant      in     vada,      cum      Jupiter,    horridus 

storms         rush  down  upon  the  waves,    when  Jupiter,  terrible 

Austris,  torquet  aquosam  hyemem,  et  rumpit      cava 

with  Ats  south  winds,  hurls        the  watery       tempest,     and  bursts    the  hollow 

nubila    ccelo.     Pandarus  et   Bitias  creti     Idseo  Alcanore, 

clouds       in  the  sky.    Pandarus      and     Bitias    sprung  from  Idean        Alcanor, 

quos   sylvestris    Hiera    eduxit        'luco       Jovis,     juvenes 

whom         rustic  Hiera      brought  up  in  the  grove    of  Jupiter,    young  men 

eequos    patriis   abietibus  et  montibus,    recludunt    portam, 

equal     '.o  fAci'r native        firs          and    mountains,  open  the  gates 

quse     commissa         imperio  ducis,     freti         armis, 

which  had  been  entrusted  to  the  command  of  their  leader,    trusting  to  their  arms, 

que    mcenibus  ultro  invitant  hostem.     Ipsi   intus     adstant 

ana     from  the  walls  gladly    challenge  the  enemy.      They    within  stunj 


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pro  turribus       dextr&         ac  laeva1,  armati         ferro,        et 

u(»>ii  the  ittwers  on  the  right  hn*d  and  the  left,      armed     with  the  sword,    and 

corusci         alta  capita  cristis:  quales  geminae  aerise  quercua 

glittering  on  their  lofty  heads  with  crvsts:    as  two  tall  oaks 

consurgunt  circum  liquentiallumina,  sive       ripis         Padi, 

arise  about     the  flowing    streams,    either  on  the  banks  of  the  Fo, 

seu  propter    am.Tnum   Athesim,  que    attollunt       intonsa 

or         near  to      the  pleasant        Athesis,          and  lift       their  untriinmeti 

capita     coelo,    et  nutant     sublimi      vertice.  Rutuli 

heads       to  heaven,  and      nod    with  their  lofty  head.  The  Rululians 

irrumpunt,  ut  videre     aditus  patentes.  Continue  Quercens 

rush  in,  as  they  beheld  the  entrance  open.        Forthwith  ftuercena, 

et  Equicolus  pulcher  armis,  et  Tmarus  prseceps    animi,  et 

and    Equicolus      beautiful    in  arms,  and   Tmarus         rash  in  mind,  and 

mavortius    Hsemon,    aut  versi        dedere         terga,     totis 

warlike  Hscmon,       either  repulsed  turned    ttieir  backs,  with  all 

agminibus,    aut  posuere    vitam     in     limine    ipso    portae. 

their  bands,          or       laiddown    their  life      at    the  entrance  itself  ofthe  gate 

Turn    ir?e  magis    increscunt    tiiscordibus     animis;  et  jam 

Then      rage  the  more        increases       in  their  discordant      minds;     and     now 

Tree's     collect!  glomerantur    eodem,      et  audent  conferre 

the  Trojans  collected         gather       to  the  same  places,  and     dare  engage 

manurn,    et  procurrere  longius.  Nuncius  perfertur     Turno, 

their  hand,  and     to  advance        farther.      A  message    is  brought       to  Turnus, 

ductori    furenti  in   div^rsa"     parte,   que    turbanti      viros; 

rtic  leader       raging      in    a  different        part,         and      disturbing      the  men; 

hostem  fervere        novS.  csede,  et  praebere  portas 

that  the  foe      burned    with  unprecedented  destruction,  and    rendered  their  gates 

patentes.     Deserit  inceptum,  atque  concitus   immani      ird, 

open.  He  deserts  his  purpose,    .    and        aroused      with  dreadful     rage, 

ruit      ad    Dardaniam    portam,    que    superbos    fratres;    et 

he  rushes  to        the  Trojan  gate,  and         proud  brothers;    and 

primum        jaculo         conjecto        sternit,        Antiphaten, 

first,  His  arrow  being  thrown,       he  prostrates  Aniipliatcs, 

nothum  alti      Sarpedonis   de   Thebana"    matre; 

the  spurious  pflspring  of  the  proud     Sarpedon         from      a  Thcban        mother; 

enim    is  primus   agebat   se.  Itala  cornus  volat       per 

for  he       first          showed  himself.    The  Italian    arrow      flies        through 

tenuem  ae'ra,  que  infixa  stomacho,  abit  sub   altum   pectus; 

the  thin        air,       and  piercing  his  stomach,  enters  beneath  his  deep        breast, 

specus.     atri     vulneris    reddit     spumantem  undam         et 

the  orifice  of  the  deep  wound       sends  forth       a  foaming         wave  of  blood,  and 

ferrum   tepescit  in   fixo  pulmone.     Turn  Meropem  atque 

HIP  sword     warms      in  his  pierced       lungs.  Then        Merops  and 

Erymantha       manu,  turn    sternit    Aphidnum,  turn  Bitian 

Cryuias  with  his  hand,    then  he  overthrows  Arphidnus,      then        Bitias 

ardettem        oculis,  que  frementem     animis;    non     jaculo, 

dashing  fire  from  his  eyes,  and        raging          in  his  mind;       not  with  the  dart. 


273  7t*I 

enim  neque    ille  dedisset    vitam   jaculo;  sed        contorta 

for         neither  would  he    have  yielded  his  life  to  the  dart;    but         a  brandished 

phalarica  stridens    magnum    venit,      acta  modo 

fiery  javelin     hissing  much  came,       driven  on         in  the  manner 

fulminis,        quam     nee     duo  taurea  terga,  nee       fidelis 

of  a  thunderbolt,  which      neither       two      bulls'        hides,    or         his  faithful 

lorica        duplici    squamsi    et    auro,   sustinuit:     immania 

coat  nf  mail    double        with  scales   and      gold,         sustained:  his  huge 

membra  ruunt  collapsa. 

limbs  fall         fainting. 

Tellus   dat  gemitum,  et  ingens    intonal    super  clypeum. 

The  earth  gives     a  groan,       and  huge   he  thunder:!  falling  upon      his  shield. 

Qualis,    in.    Euboico    litore  Baiarum,  quondam  saxea  pila 

As,  on    the  Eu bean      shore         ofBai;c,        someiinies    a  rocky    masa 

cadit,   quam,    constructam   ante   magnis   molibus,  jaciunt 

tVUs,          which,  built  up  before      of  great          size,  tliey  place 

ponto;      sic     ilia     prona       trahit     ruinam,    que  penitus 

in  the  sea;     thus        it        inclining    draws  down  destruction,     and  deeply 

recumbit  illisa  vadis.         Maria    miscent       se,       et 

falls  dashed  against  the  shadows.    Tin;  seas     intcriningle  themselves, and 

nigne  arenas  attolluntur.  TumaltaProchyta  tremit  sonitu,  que 

the  black  sands  are  upraised.     Then    high  Prochyta  trembles  with  the  sound",  and 

Inarime    imposita      Typhaeo,     durum     cubile,      imperiis 

Inarime  placed  on  Typheus,         a  hard  bed,  by  command 

Jovis.     Hie  Mars    armipotens  addidit   animum  que    vires 

of  Jupiter.     Here    Mars    powerful  in  arms  has  added      courage       and  strength 

Latinis,    et  vertit  acres  stimulos  sub  pectore,  que  immisit 

to  the  Latins,  and   turned    sharp      goads  in  their  breast,      and  cast 

fugam,  que  atrum  timorem    Teucris.  Conveniunt 

flight,         and      black          dread        on  the  Trojans.     The  Latins  assemble 

undique;    quoniam     copia      pugnse   data  que       beliator 

from  every  side;        since          an  occasion  of  fighting  is  given  and        the  warrior 

Deus     incidit      animo.      Pandarus,    ut   cernit   germanum 

God        glides  into     their  mind.         Pandarus,        as     he  sees  his  brother 

corpore         fuso,          et     quo     loco  fortuna  sit,  qui    casus 

his  body     being  overthrown,  and  in  what    place      fortune     is,    what    chance 

agat        res,      torquet  portam   multa        vi         cardine 

Influences    his  affairs,  hurls  back     the  gate   with  much  violence      on  the  hinge 

converse,  obnixus  latis     humeris,  que  linquit  multos 

\urned,  opposing   with  his  broad     shoulders,      and       leaves  many 

suorum      exclusos     moenibus,     in     duro   certamine;     ast 

of  l.\s  friends    excluded        from  the  walls,     in     the  hard        contest;  but 

includit  alios  cum     se,     que  recipit      ruentes;     demens! 

be  includes  others    with    himself    and     recei  ves  them    rushing;  madman/ 

qui      non     viderit    Rutulum    regem  in   medio    agmine 

Who     had  not         seen         the  Rutulian        king         in    the  midst -jf  the  troops 

irrumpentem  que    ultro    incluserit    urbi,    veluti  irumanem 

rushing  in  and    anxiously  inclosed  him  in  the  city      as  a  savage 


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tigrim    inter    inertia  pecora.     Continue  nova  lux  effulsit 

tiger  amidst  the  hclplesa    flocks.  Forthwith      a  new    light        eliona 

ocuHs,  et    arma  sonuere  horrendum;    sanguineae  cristae 

front  hit  eyes,  and  his  arms    sounded          horridly;  AM  bloody  crest* 

tremunt  in   vertice,  que  mittit  micantia  fulgura     clypeo. 

tremble      on  kia      head,        and     sends      glittering    lightnings  from  his  shield. 

^Eneadae  turbati    subito    agnoscunt  invisam  faciem  atque 

The  Trojans  disturbed  suddenly         recognize       his  hated         face  and 

immania  membra.      Turn   ingens   Pandarus     emicat      et 

immense  limbs.  Then         great         Pandarus       springs  forth  and 

fervidus    iri      fraternae    mortis  aflfatur:  haec  non   ddtalis 

glowing     with  rage  for  his  brother's  death     cries  out:     this     is  not  the  dowry 

regia  Amate,     nee      media      Ardea     cohibet      Turnum 

palace      of  Amata,       nor  does  the  midst  of  Ardea       contain  Turnus 

patnis     muris.        Vides    inimica  castra;      nulla  potestas 

in  Ais  father's    walls.         You  behold     hostile       camps;  there  is  no          powei 

exire      hinc.       Turnus  subridens     olli     sedato   pectore: 

to  escape  from  hence.       Turnus        smiling         on  him  with  settled  breast  says: 

incipe,    si   qua  virtus         animo,    et  consere      dextram; 

begin,  if     any     courage  is  in  your  soul,    and      engage        my  right  hand; 

narrabis    Priamo  Achillem  inventum  hie  etiam.     Dixerat 

you  shall  say  to  Priam   that  Achilles     is  found        here      also.  He  said. 

Ille   intorquet   hastam   rudem     nodis    'et    crudo     cortice 

He  hurled         his  spear       rough     with*  knots  and      green  bark. 

adnixus    summis     viribus.         Aurae    excepere      vulnus; 

(Struggling       will)  all       his  strength^         The  air        received  tin;  wound: 

Saturnia  Juno  veniens  detorsit,  que  hasta  infigitur    porte. 

Saturnian    Juno    approaching  turned  it,    and  the  spear' is  fastened  in  the  gate. 

At       non       effugies  hoc  telum,  quod  mea   dextera  versal 

But  you  shall  not     escape       this       dart,      which     my       right  hand        hurla 

vi,        enim  neque     auctor      teli,      nee  vulneris      is. 

with  strength,  for      neither  is  the  author  of  the  dart,  nor  of  the  wound  the  same. 

Sic   ait,    et  consurgit  alte  in  ensem  sublatum,  et          ferro 

Thus  he  said,  and       rises         high  on  his  sword     uplifted,      and  with  its  blade 

dividit    mediam     frontem    inter    gemina    tempora,      que 

he  divides     the  midst  of  his  forehead  between     Ais  two          temples,  and 

impubes  malas    immani    vulnere;  sonus     fit,      tellus    est 

youthful        cheeks     with  a  deep       wound;       a  sound  is  made,   the  earth      ia 

concussa       ingenti  pondere.      Moriens    sternit        hurni 

shaken         with  his  great      weight.  Dying       he  stretches  on  the  ground 

collapses  artus,  atque  arma  cruenta   cerebro;    atque   caput 

his  fainting     limbs,       and       arms       bloody      with  brains;      and      At*  head 

Eependit    illi      aequis     partibus     hue     atque    illuc     ex 
ings  down  from  him  with  equal      parts  hither       and,        -thither      from 

utroque   humero.         Troes     versi     trepidd         forimJine 

each  shoulder.         The  Trojans  turning  with  trembling  fear 

diCfugiunt:  et  si   continue    ea  cura  subivisset    victorem 

fly:  and  if    immediately     this    care      had  occurred  to  the  conqueror. 


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rnmpere      claustra        manu       que  immittere       socios 

to  break  open  the  enclosures    with  his  hand     and       to  admit      Ai»  companions 

portis,    ille  dies  fuisset  ultimus    bello    que     genti;       sed 

by  the  gates,  that   day    had  been    the  last     to  the  war  and  to  the  nation;     but 

furor  que  insana  cupido     caedis     egit  ardentem    in 

rage       and      a  mad       desire     of  slaughter  drove  him  on       raging        against 

adversos.     Principle    excepit    Phalarim,  et  Gygen  poplite) 

his  foes.  At  first        be  intercepts      Phalaris,      and    Gyges         Ais  hai» 

succiso;  hinc  ingerit  hastas    raptas     in  tergum  fugientibus;' 

being  cut;    then     he  hurls  his  spears  snatched  up  against  the  back  of  the  flying,, 

Juno  ministrat  vires  que  animum. 

Juno       supplies       strength  and      courage. 

Addit  Halyn  comitem,  et  Phegea  parmd  confixd:  deinde 

He  adds  Halys  as  a  companion,  and  Phegeas  his  shield  being  pierced;       then 

ignaros  in  muris,  que   cientes  martem,  que  Alcandrum, 

those  ignorant  on  the  walls,    and     exciting       war,  and  Alcander, 

que    Halium    que    Noemana,  que   Prytanim.      Connixus 

and         Halius         and          Noeinan,        and         Prytanis.  Struggling 

dexter          ab    aggere   occupat  Lyncea  tendentem    contra 

on  the  right       from    the  wall     he  seizes       Lynceus    approaching  against  him 

que  vocantem     socios,  vibranti     gladio;    huic  caput 

and        calling  out  to  his  companions,  with  glittering  sword;          hia          bead 

corainus  dejectum   uno   ictu  jacuit  longe  cum   galed;   inde 

forthwith       struck  off  with  one  blow,    fell       far  off   with  bis  helmet;      then 

Amycum,  vastatorem  ferarum;     quo    non   alter         felicior 

Amycus,       the  destroyer  of  wild  beasts;  than  whom  not  another  was  more  skilful 

ungere    tela          manu,    que    armare  ferrum  veneno;     et 

to  anoint  the  darts  with  the  hand,    and        to  arm       its  steel  with  poison;   and 

Clytum      jEoliden,      et  Cretea,    amicum    Musis,    Cretea 

Clytus         the  son  of  ^Eolus,    and    Creteus,       a  friend  to  the  Muses,  Creteus 

comitem    Musarum,     cui     carmina    semper    et     citharae 

a  companion   of  the  Muses,  to  whom  were  songs         ever  and  harps 

cordi,         que  intendere  numeros   nervis;     semper  canebat 

for  a  delight,  and       to  direct          numbers  on  the  strings;      ever  he  sung 

equos,  atque  arma  virorum,  que  pugnas.     Tandem   Teucri 

of  horses,    and  the  arms     of  men,        and      battles.         At  last       the  Trojan 

ductores,  Mnestheus,  que  acer   Serestus,     caede        suorum 

leaders,  Menestheus,    and  brave     Serestus,    the  slaughter  of  liis  friends 

audita"  conveniunt;  que  vident       socios  palantes,  que 

beingheard,  assemble;        and    they  see  their  companions  wandering  about,  and 

hostem  receptum.      Et  Mnestheus  inquit:    Quo   deinde 

the  enemy   received  in.  And    Mnestheus  says:         Whither        then 

fugam?   quo      tenditis?  quos  alios  muros,  quaemoania 

shall  I  fly?  where  do  you  direct  your  course?  what  other     walls,      what  ramparti 

jam   habetis   ultra?    O  cives,  unus    homo,      septus 

now       have  you  beyond?      O  my  countrymen,  shall  one      man,       surrounded 

vestris  aggeribus  undique,   ediderit    tantas  strages        per 

by  your       ramparts     on  every  side,  have  giveu    so  great  destruction    through 


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tirbem    impune?    miserit      tot    primes   juvenum  Oreo? 

the  city       unpunished?  shall  he  send  so  many  of  the  first  of  our  youth   to  belli 
nonque    rniserit    quopudet,     segnes    infelicis  patri<c. 

are  you  not  both  moved  with  pity  and  shame,  ye  slothful  for  your  unhappy  country 

que  veterum  Deorum,  et  magni   jEneiE?  Accensi     talibus, 

and    your  ancient    Gods,       and    great         ./Eneas?     Inflamed  by  tucbicards 

firmantur       et  consistunt  denso  agmine.  Turnus     paulatinj 

they  are  aninfitcd  and  they  stand   in  thick      array.       Turnus  by  degree! 

excedere  pugnA,  et  peterefluvium,acpartemqu»      cingitui 

departs  from  the  battle,  and  seeks     the  river,  and  the  part     which  is  surroundat 

amni.  Teucri       acrius      hoc      incumbere         magno 

bytherirer.    The  Trojans  more  boldly  for  this         press  on  with  great 

clamore,  et  glomerare  manum:  ceu  cum  turba  premit  ssvum 

BhOut,          and       collect          a  band:       as  when  a  crowd    presses         a  cruel 

leonem  infensis    telis;     at  ille  territus,  asper,  tuens  acerba, 

lion  with  hostile  darts;       but  lie     terrified,       bold,      looking     sternly, 

redit    retro;     et  neque   ira  aut  virtus  patitur     dare   terga; 

retires  backwards;  and  neither  anger    or    courage     suffers  Aim  to  give       back; 

nec  ille  est  potis  tendere      contra,      per    tela  que   viros, 

nor     he      is     able       to  proceed    against  them  through  darts     and         men, 

cupiens  quidem    hoc;  haud    aliter    Turnus   dubius  refert 

desiring  indeed         this;    not     otherwise       Turnus       doubtful       bears 

improperata  vestigia    retro;   et  mens   exaestuat  ira".    Quin 

Ws  unhurried  steps      backward;  and  At'*  mind       burns    with  rape.       But 

etiam    turn,     bis    invaserat          hostes        medios:        bis 

even          then,      twice    had  he  attacked      his  enemies      in  the  midst:     twice 

vertit    agmina    confusa     fugS,    per    muros.      Sed   omnis 

he  turned  their  backs  confused     in  flight    along    the  walls.         But  ail 

manus     coit     propere     e     castris      in         unum;       nec 

the  band     unites         hastily       from  the  camps  against  Aim    alone;  nor 

Saturnia  Juno  audet  sufficere  vires   contra;     nam  Jupiter 

doeiSaturnian  Juno     dare       to  supply    strength    against  them;  for         Jupiter 

demisit  aeriam  Trim    ccelo,     ferentem  haud  mollia      jussa 

Bent  down      airy        Iris  from  heaven,    bearing        not       gentle     commands 

germanae,        ni      Turnus     cedat  altis       mcenibus 

to  his  sister,         unless       Turnus  would  withdraw  from  the  lofty  walls 

Teucrorum.     Ergo    juvenis   valet    subsistere  tantum,   nec 

of  the  Trojans.    Therefore  the  youth      can  sustain         so  much,  neither 

clypeo         nec     dextra";     sic      obruitur        telis  injectis 

with  Aw  shield,  nor       right  hand;     thus  he  is  ove  whelmed  with  darts  east 

undique.  Galea,     circum        cava      tempora,     strepit 

from  every  side.        His  helmet     around        his  hollow         temples,          resounds 

assiduo      tinnitu,  et    solida       ara         fatiscunt  saxis;  que 

with  continual  ringing,    and    the  solid  brazen-armour     cracks  with  stone*;  and 

jubaj         discussas       capiti;      nec  umbo  sufficit  ictibus:  et 

the  plumes  are  struck  off  from  his  head;  nor  can  the  boss  sustain  the  blows;  both 

Troes,      et  fulmineus  Mnestheus  ipse,   ingeminant 

the  Tro/ant,  and  thundering       Mnestheus     himself.  redouble  tAeiVartaclt* 


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hastis.     Turn    sudor     liquitur      toto       corpore,  et 

with       spears.       Then  perspiration      runs    from  his  whole         body,       and 

agit   piceum    flumen,    nee         potestas    respirare;    seger 

pours    a  pitcby         stream,         nor  is  there   power  to  breathe;       a  feeble 

anhelitus  quatit  fessos  artus.    Turn  demum  praeceps   dedit 

panting          shakes  their  weary  limbs.      Then     at  last        headlong    he  gave 

sese     omnibus  armis,     saltu    in    fluvium.      Hie    accepit 

himself   with  all       his  arms,  with  a  leap  into    the  river.  It    receives  Aim 

venientem  cum  suo  flavo  gurgite,  ac  extulit  mollibus  undis; 

coming  with    its     yellow    stream,    and  raises  Aim  on  the  soft     waves; 

et  remisit        Isetum       sociis,       caede     ablutA. 

and  sends  Aim  bacK  joyful  to. his  companions,  blood  being  washed  from  At'ob 


^ENEID. 
BOOK    TENTH, 


INTEREA        domus     omnipotentis    Olympi    panditur 

IN  the  mean  time  the  bouse  of  the  all  commanding   Olympus       is  laid  open, 

que  pater  Divum    atque   rex  hominum  vocat  concilium  in 

and  the  father  of  the  Gods    and       ruler       of  men          calls      a  council         in 

sideream  sedem,  unde  arduus   aspectat  omnes  terras,  que 

the  starry  seat,      whence   exalted      be  beholds       all         countries,    and 

castra    Dardanidum,  que  Latinos  populos.         Considunt 

the  camps    of  the  Trojans,         and    the  Latin        people.         They  were  seated 

tectis  bipatentibus;      ipse          incipit;          magni 

in  apartments       having  folding  doors;       he  begins;  ye  great 

caelicolae,         quianam    vobis    sententia    versa  retro? 

inhabitants  of  heaven,       why  is  your  purpose  turned     back? 

que     certatis     tantum   iniquis   animis?  Abnueram  Italiam 

and   do  you  contend    so  much  with  hostile    minds?      I  had  forbidden          Italy 

concurrere      Teucris        bello:   quae        discordia    contra 

lo  engage  with  the  Trojans      in  war;    what    is  this  discord  against 

vetitum?  quis  metus  suasit,       aut  hos     aut  hos,   sequi 

my  prohibition?  what    fear    has  persuaded,  either  these       or    those,  to  pursue 

arraa,  que  lacessere   ferrum?    Justum    tempus         pugnaa 

arms,       and     to  provoke     the  sword?      A  just  time  of  war 

adveniet     (ue    arcesssite)  •  cum     olim     fera        Carthago 

shall  come       (do  not  anticipate  it)    when    hereafter    savage  Carthage 

immittet  magnum  exitium,  atque  apertas   Alpes,  Romania 

•hall  send          great       destruction.       ^nd     the  opened   A\p9,    on  the  Roma* 


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arcrbus:  turn        licebit        certare     odiis,     turn  rapuisse 

towers:       then     it  shall  be  allowed  to  contend  witb  hatred,  then       to  ravage 

res.     Nunc  sinite,    et  Iseti  componite  placitum  fcedus. 

all  things.       Now       cease,    and  joyful       ratify          an  approved        treaty. 

Dixit  haec          paucis;  at  aurea     Venus  refert, 

He  said  these  things  in  a  few  words:     but  beautiful      Venus     replies  \\\eofd». 

non  pauca,         contra.         0    pater,   6   aeterna     potestas 

not       a  few,       on  the  other  hand.     O     father,      O'    eternal       sovereignty 

hominum  que  Divum    (namque   quid   aliud      sit,       quod 

of  men  and    of  Gods          (for  what       other  can  there  be,  which 

jam  queamus   implorare?)  cerrtis     ut  Rutuli     insultant 

now  we  can  supplicate?)       you  see    how  theRutuliana    insult       u« 

que   Turnus     insignis     equis     feratur    per  medios,    que 

and       Turnus    distinguished  by  his  horses  is  borne  through  the  midst,        and 

ruat    tumidus         secundo   Marte?  jam         clausa  maenia 

rushes  on  swelling      with  prosperous      war?        now   their   enclosed  ramparts 

non  tegunt  Teucros;  quin     miscent      praelia  intra  portas, 

do  not  protect    the  Trojans;     but     they  intermingle    battle    within  the  gates, 

atque     ipsis    aggeribus  murorum,    et    fosses        inundant 

and        the  very       towers          of  the  walls,   and  the  ditches  swim 

sanguine.     ./Eneas   ignarus  abest.     Ne  nunquam    sines 

with  blood.  Aeneas        ignorant    is  absent.  Will    you  never  allow  us 

levari    obsidione?  Iterum  hostis  imminet  muris  nascentis 

to  be  relieved    from  siege?    Again        the  foe    threatens      the  walls       of  rising 

Trojse,     nec-non     alter  exercitus;   atque    iterum   Tydides 

Troy,          likewise       another  army;  and          again  Diomede 

surgit  ab   ./Etolis   Arpis,      in      Teucros.    Equidem  credo 

arises     from    ^Ttolian      Arpi,     against      the  Trojans.     Indeed  I  believe 

mea  vulnera  restant;  et     tua    progenies,  demoror  mortalia 

my  own  wounds    remain;  and  I  your  own  offspring,  await  mortal 

arma.    Si.     Troes    petiere  Italiam    sine    tu&.  pace,  atque 

arms.  If  the  Trojans  have  sought    Italy       without    thy    leave,  and 

numine   invito,          luant  peccata,  neque  juveris 

thy  deity    forbidding,    let  them  suffer  for  their    faults,  nor     do  you  assist 

illos          auxiliis,  sin  secuti     tot    responsa  que      Superi 

them  with  your   aid,    but  if  pursuing  no  many  prophecies  which  the  Gods  abovi 

que    Manes    dabant,   cur  nunc  potest  quis  quam  fleeter? 

and  the  Gods  below    gave,       why    now       can         any       one       turn  asid»   , 

tua  jussa?     aut  cur  condere  nova  fata?  Quid        repetam 

thy  commands?    or    why    contrive    new  destinies?  Why    shall  I  call  to  mind 

classes  exustas   in   Erycino     litore?    Quid        regem 

tteir     fleets  burnt       on  the  Erycinian     shore?         Why  the  king 

tempestatum,  que  furentes  ventos   excites   JSolia1,  aut  Trim 

ol  tempests,  and    the  raging      winds       awakened  in  Eolia,  or          Iris 

actam        nubibus?          nunc  etiam  movet    manes,  (hsec 

commissioned  from  the  clouds?         now         even    she  moves  the  shades,     (this 

sors       rerum   manebat  intentata;)  et  Alecto,         repentd 

chance  of  your  affairs  remained    unattempted,)  and    Alecto,  suddenly 


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immissa        superis,  bacchata    per    medias     urbes 

sent  up        to  tne  world  above,  rages  through    the  midst  of  the  cities 

Jtalorum.     Moveor         nil         super  imperio;     speravimus 

of  the  Italians.  I  am  moved   in  no  way       for  power;  we  had  hoped 

ista  dum   fortuna    fuit;         vincant,         quos    mavis 

lhf.se  things  while    fortune      remained;     let  them  conquer,       whom  you  wish 

vincere.    Si        est  nulla    regio  quara  tua  dura  conjux 

to  conquer.      If  there   is  no         region      which      your    cruel  wife 

det    Teucris,  genitor,  obtestor  per  fumantia         excidia 

will  give  to  Trojans,    O  father,       I  pray         by  the  smoking  remains 

eversae         Trojae,         liceat         dimittere          Ascanium 

of  overturned  Troy,       may  it  be  lawful    to  send  away  Ascahius 

incolumem    ab     armis;         liceat        nepotem    superesse; 

unhurt  from       arms:    let  it  be  allowed  to  my  grandson        to  survive; 

sane  ^Eneas    jactetur    in    ignotis    undis,  et  quamcunque 

truly    JEneas       may  be  tossed  on    unknown      waves,  whatever 

viam  fortuna    dederit,     sequatur;      valeam    tegere  hunc, 

way       fortune  may  bave  given,  let  him  follow;  may  I  be  able  to  protect      him, 

et   subducere  diras  pugnae. 

and    withdraw   Aim  from  the  dreadful     fight. 

Est    Amathus,          est    mini    celsa    Paphos,    atque 

There  is         Amathus,        there  is       to  me         lofty         Paphos,  and 

Cythera,  que   domus  Idalise:    inglorius    exigat    aevum  hie, 

Cythera,       and    the  house  of  Idalia:  without  honour  let  him  pass  his  life   here, 

armis    positis.         Jubeto  ut  Carthago  premat    Ausoniam 

arms  being  relinquished.  Command  that    Carthage  may  restrain  Ausonia 

magna     ditione;     nihil     inde     obstabit     Tyriis     urbibus. 

with  great   authority;      nothing     hence     shall  oppose  the  Tyrian  cities. 

Quid      juvit      evadere       pestem        belli,    et     medium 

What    does  it  profit     to  escape      the  destruction     of  war,     and     in  the  midst 

fugisse  per      Argolicos     ignes;     que    tot    pericula 

to  have  escaped    through      the  Grecian         fires;  and  so  many        dangers 

maris    que    vastae     terrae  exhausta,   dum  Teucri  quaerunt 

of  the  sea  and  the  extended    land       exhausted,      while  the  Trojans  «. 

Latium   que  recidiva   Pergama?    non  ne    satius  insedisse 

Latium          and  new  rising       Pergamus?       was  it  not      better       to  sit  down 

supremos'cineres    patriae,    atque  solum,    quo  Troja      fuit? 

on  the  last       ashes  of  their  country,  and       the  soil,    where   '  Troy    has  been? 

Oro,         redde  Xanthum  et  Simoenla  miseris;         que     da 

I  entreat.       restore    Xanthus      and    Simois  to  the  unhappy  men;    and      give 

Teucris,       pater,   iterum  revolvere  Hiacos    casus.     Turn 

to  the  Trojans,  O  father,      again         to  endure         Trojan  calamities.        Then 

regia    Juno,    acta      gravi     furore;      quid       cogis      me 

royal         Juno,    inflamed    by  severe      anger  said;    why  do  you  constrain   me 

rumpere  alta  silentia,  et       vulgare     obductum  dolorem 

to  break         deep      silence,       nnd  to  spread  abroad  my  concealed  grief 

verbis?    Quisquam  toominum  que   Divum   subegit  ^Enean 

by  n  nrds?    Bid  any  one        of  m«n         and      of  Goda     compel  j£ncae 


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sequi       bella,  aut  inferre    se     hostem  regi  Latino?    Petivit 

to  prosecute  war,       or    to  offer      himself  an  enemy  to  king  Latinus?  He  sought 

Italiam  fatis    auctoribus:    esto;  impulsus    furiis    Cassandra 

Italy        the  fates  being  Ais  guides:  be  it  so;  driven  on  by  the  madness  of  Cassandra 

num      hortati  sumus      linquere      castra,      aut  committere 

wlicthcr    diduea(lvise/;ini         to  relinquish  Ai»  camps,       -or  to  trust 

vilam   ventis?      num   credere  summam  belli,     num 

'nv  life  to  the  winds?  whether    to  trust        the  chief  conduct  of  the  war,  whether 

muros    puero,  ve    agitare   Tyrrhcnam   fidem,   aut    gentea 

the  walls    to  a  boy,  or      to  unsettle        Tuscan  faith,         or         nations 

quietas?  Quis  Deus,  quae  dura   potentia     nostra       egit 

*t  peace?     What     God,     what  severe     authority       of  ours    has  driven  Aim 

in  fraudem?  Ubi      Juiio  hie,  ve  Iris  demissa   nubibus?   Est 

to        fraud?      When  teas  Juno  here,    or    Iris  sent  down   from  the  clouds?  It  ii 

indignum,  Ttalos      circumdare  nascentem  Trojam  flammis, 

disgraceful  for  the  Italians    to  surround  rising  Troy       with  flames, 

et  Turnum    consistere  patrid  terra",  cui  Pilumnis         avus 

and  for  Turnus         to  settle  on  his  native  soil,  to  whom  Pilumnis  is  grand  sire, 

cui          Diva  Venilia  mater.  Quid         Trojanos  ferre    vim 

to  whom  the  Goddess  Venclia  ii  mother.  What  »s  it  for  the  Trojans  to  ofler  violence 

Lalinis         atrS.      face,   premere  aliena  arva  jugo,    atque 

lo  the  Latins  with  cruel  warfare,  to  subject      foreign    fields  to  the  yoke,       and 

avertere    prsdas?      Quid   legere     soceros,      et    abducere 

to  carry  off     plunder?  What     to  steal    fathers-in-law,  and     to  withdraw 

pactas  gremiis?  orare    pacem 

Affianced  wives        from  the  bosoms        of  their  husbands'!        to  beg      for  peace 

manu,         prsefigere  arma  pupibus. 

with  suppliant  hand,  and  to  display    arms  on  their  ships. 

Tu   potes  subducere    ^Enean   manibus       Graifim      que 

You      can         withdraw  /IJicas    from  tlia  hands    of  the  Greeks,    and 

obtendere  nebulam  et  inanes  ventos    pro      viro;  et     potes 

interpose  mist         and    empty      winds  instead  of  the  man;  and    you  can 

convertere  classem    in    totidem  nymphas:  est  nefandum 

change  the  fleet      into     as  many       nymphs:        it  is     a  dreadful  thing 

nos    juvisse      Rutulos      aliquid   contra.      ^Eneas  ignarus 

for  us  to  have  aided  the  Rutulians  in  any  way  against  him.    ./Eneas       ignorant 

abest;    et  ignarus       absit.  EstPaphosque  Irklium  tibi, 

is  absent;  and  ignorant  let  him  be  absent.  There  is  Paphos    and      Idalium  to  you, 

sunt    alta  Cythera:  quid    tentas     urbem  gravidam    bellis, 

there  is  lofty     Cythera;         why  do  you  attempt  a  city         teeming      with  war, 

et  aspera  corda?    nos  ne  conamur  vertere     fluxas        res 

mid   savage      hearts?         do  we       attempt       to  overturn  the  falling  concerns 

PhrygisB    tibi         fundo?  Nos?     an        qui      objicit 

cf  Troy      for  you  from  their  foundations?         We?         or        he  who      exposed 

miseros    Troas     Achivis?  Qus   fuit    causa     que  Europam 

the  wretched  Trojans  to  the  Greeks?  Who  has  been  the  cause  that  both       Europe 

que  Asiam  consurgerer  in   arma,   et  solvere  fcedera  furto? 
dud      Asia  arose  in     arms     and   violated     treaties  by  fraud? 


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Dardanius    aduller  expugnavit  Spartam  me        duce?    aut 

Has  a  Trojan       adulterer     conquered        Sparta,     I  being  AC*  conductor?     or 

ego    dedi     tela,   ve         fovi      bella  cupidine? 

t>ave  I   furnished  weapons,  or  have  I  cherished  wars     by  lust? 

Tune       decuit          metuisse          tuis:          nunc     sera 

Then     it  had  become  you    to  have  feared  for  your  friends:       now      too  late 

assurgis   baud  justis    querelis,     et     jactas     irrita  jurgia. 

you  arise        not        in  just      complaints,      and  throw  away   vain      disputes. 

Juno    orabat    talibus;         que   cuncti   ccelicolse  fremebant 

Juno       entreated   in  these  words:    and        all  the  Gods  murmured 

vario   assensu;  ceu  cum  prima  flamlna  deprensa    sylvis 

xvith  various  assent;         as     when  the  first      blasts        confined    in  the  woods 

fremunt,  et  volutant      caeca      murmura,  prodentia  nautis 

blow,  and     roll  on        in  distinct     murmurings,      betraying     to  sailors 

ventos      ventures.      Turn   omnipotens   pater,     cui      est 

that  winds  are  about  to  come.     Then     the  all-powerful    father,    to  whom       is 

summa    potentia    rerum,    infit.     Eo  dicente,    alta   domus 

the  chief      supremacy     of  things,   begins.       He    speaking,    the  lofty      palace 

Deum       silescit;      et     tellus      tremefacta          solo; 

of  the  Gods          is  still;          and  the  earth  is  shaken    from  its  foundation; 

arduus     aether  silet:  turn    Zephyri         posuere;' 

the  exalted      sky        is  still:   then    the  west  winds          laid  aside    their  violence", 

pontus  premit  placida  aequora.    Ergo    accipite  atque    figite 

the  sea     restrains  its  peaceful  waters.     Therefore    receive       and       establish 

hsec  mea  dicta     animis:    quandoquidem  -baud  est  Kcitum 

these     my       words  in  your  minds,  since  it  is  not         allowed 

Ausonios    conjungi    Teucris  feedere,  nee  vestra  discordia 

the  Ausonians    to  be  united  to  the  Trojans  in  treaty,    nor      your  discord 

capit  finem;    quae    fortuna  est  cuiquam  hodie,  quam  spem 

receive  an  end;   whatever  fortune      is     to  each  one    to-day,      what        hope 

quisque      secat,        fuat     Tros    ve   Rutulus,         habebo 

each  one     may  mark  out,  let  him  be  Trojan    or      Rutulian,       I  will  bold  them 

nullo  discrimine;    sea    castra    tenentur  obsidione     fatis 

with  no    distinction;   whether  the  camps       are  held        in  siege       by  the  fates 

Italorum,     sive  malo       errore  Trojse,  que   sinistris' 

Of  the  Italians,       or*     by  the  unfortunate  error        of  Troy,    and   inauspicioul 

monitis.      Non    solvo     Rutulos.     Sua       exorsa       ferent 

admonitions.       Nor    do  I  free  the  Rutulians.  His  own  undertakings  shall  bring 

Jaborem  que  fortunam  cuique.    Rex  Jupiter  idem  omnibus. 

suffering       and       fortune      "to  each.       King    Jupiter  is  the  same        to  alt. 

Fata     invenient    viam.      Annuit  per   flumina     Stygii 

The  fates   will  find  out      away.        He  nodded     by  the  streams  of  his  Stygian 

fratris,   per    ripas     torrentes     pice    que  atri  voragine,  et 

brother,      by      the  banks    overflowing  with  pitch   and   black  whirlpools,   and 

tremefecit  totum  Olympum      nutu.      Hie       finis    fandi: 

shook  all  heaven        with  his  nod.    Herew<wan  endof  spe'aking: 

turn  Jupiter  surgit     aureo     solio,  quem  medium    Coelicolas 

then      Jupiter     rises  from  his  golden  throne,  whom  in  the  midst          the1  GoU» 


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ducunt  ad    limma.        Interea       Rutuli    omnibus  portis 

!•  .ni  to     his  palace.  In  the  moan  lime  the  Kutulians   in  alt         the  Rate* 

instant   sternere     viros      circum       ccede,       et     cingere 

rush  on        to  destroy      tiit-  men      all  around  with  slaughter,  and      to  surround 

mrrnia    flammis.     Ast    legio   /Eneadum  tenetur  obsessa 

the  ramparts  with  flames.     But   the  legion  of  the  Trojans     is  held         besieged 

vallis;      nee       ulla  spes  fugae.     Miseri    stant       altis 

within  the  walls;  nor  is  there  any   hopeof  flight.   Wretched  they  stand  on  the  high 

turribus  nequicquam,   et    cinxere    muros     rard     corona". 

towers  in  vain,  and     surround      the  walls  with  a  thin       circle. 

Asius     Imbracides,     que     Hicetaonius     Thymcetes,      que 

Asms     the  son  of  Imbracus,  and         Hicctaon's  son  Thymoctes,  and 

duo        Assaraci,  et  senior  Tybris  cum  Castore,   prima 

the  two  sons    of  Assaracus,  and    the  old     Tybris     with     Castor,      for  the  first 

acies;  ambo  germani  Sarpedonis,  et  Clarus  et  Haemon,    ab 

band;         both        brothers        ofSarpcdun,    and   Clarus    a* id    llxmon,       from 

altS.  Lycift  comitantur   hos.     Lyrnessius   Acmon,      minor 

lofty      Lyci.i         accompany       them.          Lyrnessian         Acmon,  inferior 

tiec     Clytio     genitore,  nee    fratre    Mnestheo,  connixus 

neither  to  Clytius      his  father,       nor     his  brother    Mne.-theus,  Mining 

toto      corpore,  fert  ingens  saxum  baud  exiguam  partem 

with  his  whole   body,        bears    a  great      rock         not         a  small  part 

mentis.      Hi    certant  defendere       jaculis,    illi      saxis, 

of  a  mountain.  These     strive    to  defend  ike  place  with  darts,  those    with  rocks. 

que   moliri   ignem,  que   aptare   sagittas     nervo.        Ecce 

and       to  hurl         fire,  and       to  fit          arrows     to  the  string.        Behold 

Dardanius  puer   ipse,     justissima     cura  Veneris,    detectus 

the  Trojan          boy      liunself,  the  most  righteous  care     of  Venus,         uncovered 

honestum    caput,  inter  medios,  micat  qualis  gemma,    qua? 

as  to  his  honest    head,      in  the     midst,         shines       as         a  jewel,       which 

dividit   fulvum  aurum,       decus       aut    collo    aut    capiti; 

separates  the  yellow     gold,          an  ornament    either  to  the  neck  or  to  the  head; 

vel   quale    ebur  lucet  per  artem   inclusum     buxo,     aut 

or  as  ivory    shines       by          art  inclosed     in  box-work,        or 

Oricia.   terebintho;      cui     lactea     cervix  accipit      fusos 

Orician  ebony;  whose    milk  white       neck      receives      his  flowing 

crines,     et    circulus    subnectit     molli      auro.         Ismare, 

hair,  and       a  circle  binds  it      with  ductile    gold.  O  Ismarus, 

magnanimae  gentes  viderunt    te,    quoque  dirigere  vulnera, 

high-minded          nations    have  seen      tbee,        also         attempt  wounds, 

et  armare  calamos    veneno,     generose      Ma3oni£    domo: 

and       arm  reeds         with  poison,         noble  of  a  Lydian        family; 

ubi   que  viri  exercent  pinguia        culta        que  Pactolus 

where   both    men          till  the  rich         cultured  fields      and       Pactolus 

irrigat       auro.         Et  Mnestheus    adfuit,    quern    pnstina 

overflows  them  with  gold.    And    Mnestheus     was  present,    whom      the  funnel 

gloria  Turni  pulsi        aggere       murorum  tollit   sublimem; 

glory     ufTurnus  driven   from  the  mound     of  the  walls     raises  high 


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et  Capys:   hinc  nomen.    ducitur     Campania^  urbi.        Hit 

and   Capys:      hence   the  names     is  derived    to  the  Campanian  city.  They 

corituleranf  certamina   duri    belli     inter      sese;        tineas 

had  engaged         iu  contests     of  cruel    war       among    themselves;-         JEn«&» 

secabat  freta  media  nocte.    Namque  ut  ab  Evatidto  adit 

cut  the  sons      -it  midnight.  For  as  from    Evander    he  go«« 

regem,   ingressus  Etruscis  castris,  et    memorat        regi 

to  Hie  king,     entering     the  Tuscan    camps,     and  makes  known      to  locking 

que  nomen  que  genus;  ve  edocet    quid     petat,""  ve  ijuid 

both   his  name   and       race;        or    declares      what    he  requires,    or    '  what 

ipse  ferat;  quae  arma  Mezentius     conciliet       sibi,       que 

he        brings;    what     arms    •    Mczentius        would  procure  for  himself,      and 

violenta    pectora     Turni;      admonet       quae   fiducia     sit 

the  violent    disposition   of  Turnus;  he  admonishes  him  what   confidence  can  be 

humanis  rebus,  que   immiscet  pieces;  mora   baud       fit; 

in  human     concerns,  and     intermingles     prayers;    delay  does  net  take  place; 

Tarchon  jungit    opes     que    ferit  faedus.  Turn  Lydia  gens 

Tarchon         joins    his  strength  and  strikes  up  a  league.  Then  the  Lydian  nation 

libera     fatis,     conscendit  classem,  commissa   externo    duci 

pet  free  from  the  fates,   ascends          the  fleet,       entrusted      to  a  foreign    leader 

jussis      Divum.  ^Enea  puppis  tenet  prima          subjuncta 

by  command  of  the  Gods.  Eneas'      snip        holds  the  first  rani  having  subjoined 

rostro       Phrygios  leones.         Ida  imminet       super 

to  its  beak  Trojan         lions.  Ida's  mount         hangs          from  above 

gratissima      profugis   Teucris.     Hie   magnus  ./Eneas  sedet 

most  grateful    to  the  fugitive     Trojans.       Here        great        JEneaa  sits 

que     volutat     varies   eventus  belli     secum,     que    Pallas 

and         revolves      the  varied    events        of  war  with  himself,    and        Pallas 

affixus    sinistro   lateri  jam  quaerit  sidera,          iter 

adhering       to  his  left       side     now      inquires  concerning' the  stars,  rAeirpassage 

opacae         noctis;     jam  quae      passus       que    terra  que 

through  tlie  dark       night:        now    what  he  had  endured    both   on  land     and 

mari. 

the  sea. 

Deae,        nunc  pandite  Helicona  que  movete  cantus;    quae 

YeGoddesses,  now *lay  open        Helicon       and     direct       my  song;     what 

manus  comitetur    vEnean    interea      ab    Tuscis     ovis  que 

band         accompanied     ./Eneas,  in  the  meantime  from  the  Tuscan    coasts  and 

armet     rates  que  vehatur  pelago.    Massicus  princeps  secat 

armed     Airships  and     is  borne    •  on  the  sea.      Massicus          first  cuts 

sequora         seratS.  Tigri   sub    quo   manus       mille 

the  waters  in  the  brazen-beaked  Tigris,  under    whom      a  band    of  a  thousand 

juvenum,  qui  mcenia    Clusi,  que  qui   liquere  urbera 

vmtli,  who  have  left  the  walls  of  Clnsus,  and    who     have  left      the  city 

Cosas,  queis    tela    sagittae   que.  leves  coryti      humeris 

Cosa,       whose  weapons  arc  arrows  and       light       quivers    on  their  shoulders 

et        lethifer        arcus.    Torvus  Abas  una       huic; 

*nd  the  death-bearing       bow.  Stern       Abas        go's  togeth'jr  with  him» 


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affmen      insignibus      armis,   et     pnppis  fulgebal 

che  whole      troop       withdi.stinguishfd       arms,      and       the  stern       glittered 

aurata        Apolline.      Populonia,   mater,        dederat      illi 

with  n  gilded     Apollo.  Populoni.t,  his  mother  city,  had  Ix-stowed  on  him 

sexcentos    juvenes     expertos      belli;     ast     insula      llva 

git  hundred          youth*  experienced      in  war;       but     the  island         llva 

generosa      inexhaustis       metallis    chalybum       trecentos. 

abounding          in  unexhausted  mines  of  iron     srnt  three  hundred. 

Tertius     Asylas,    ille    interpres   hominum   que     Divfim, 

Tin1  third  was  Asylas,        the       interpreter       of  men  and  Gods, 

cui          fibre   pecudum,    cui    sidera    cceli,     et       lingua; 

to  whom  the  entrails  of  cattle,    to  whom  the  stars  of  heaven,  and  the  languages 

volucrum  et  ignes      praesagi   fulminis     parent;  rapit 

of  birds         and  lightnings  of  prophetic     thunder    are  obedient;  he  bears  away 

mille        densos     acie      atque   horrentibus   hastis.     Pisse, 

a  thousand  condensed  in  a  band          and       with  frightful        spears.          Pisa, 

Etrusca  urbs        solo        ab    origine  Alpheas,   jubent     hos 

a  Tuscan  city  in  its  foundation  from    the  origin  ofAlpbea,     command     these 

parere.      Pulcherrimus    Astur   sequitur.         Astur    fidens 

to  obey.  Most  beautiful         Astur         follows  Asiur        trusting 

equo         ct  versicoloribus  armis.     Qui         domo     Cserete, 

to  his  horse  and     variegated  arms.       Who  are  of  the  house     of  Care, 

qui  sunt  in    arvis    Minionis,   et    veteres  Pyrgi,  que 

who  are        in    the  fields      of  Mihio,      and    the  veteran     Pyrgi,  and 

intempestae    Gravisca?   adjiciunt    tercentum  (omnibus  una 

the  insalubrious     .Graviscee  add  three  hundred      (to  all  was       one 

mens        sequendi.)    Ego    non    transiverim     te,  Cycne, 

purpose         .of  following.)       I       will  not  pass  by  thee,  O  Cycnua. 

ductor    Ligurum,     fortissime  bello;  et   Cupavo     comitate 

leader        of  the  JLogunans,  most  heroic     in  war;  and       Cupavus     accompanied 

paucis,   de   cujus  yertlce  olorinae.  pennae   surgunt    Amor 

by  few,      from     whose       bead  swans'       plumes         arise.  Love 

vestrum  cnmen  que     insigne  paternse  forms  que 

leaf  your      crime.       and  the  distinguisedeauw      of  your  father's  form      also. 

Nam  ferunt  Cycnum  Juctu  Phaetontis  amati  dum  canitintei 

For      they  say    that  Cycnus  for  grief  of  Pliaion   belovcd.while  he  sings  among 

populeas  frondes  que  umbram   sororum   et  solatur  moestum 

the  poplar       leaves       and   the  shade    of  his  sisters  and  consoles  his  sad 

amorem  Musd,     canentem  molli  plumd  duxisse  senectam 

love       by  the  muse,  becoming  white  in  his  soft  plumage  passed  Ai^oldage 

liquentem   terras   et  sequentem  sidera       voce.         Filius 

abandoning        the  earth  aad      pursuing         the  stars  with  his  voice.       His  son 

comitatus     aequales   catervas     classe    promovet  ingentem 

accompanying     Ms  equal         troops       in  kis  fleet       propels  the  huge 

Centaurum  remis;    ille  instat    aquae    que  arduusminatur 

Centaur  with  oars;  be      stands  on  the  water  and     bold  threatens  to  hurl 

immane    sax  urn  undis     et      sulcat      alta    maria 

a  huge  rock  against       the  waves    and       ploughs     the  deep        seas 


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longa  carina.'     Etiam  Ocnus    ille      ciet    agmen    ab 

n-itn  hi.-i  long       keel.  Also          Ocnus      himself  leads  on   a  band    from 

patiiis    oris,   filius    fatidicse  Mantus  et  Tusci   amnis   qui 

•iis  native  coasts,  the  son  of  the  prophetic  Manto       and  the  Tuscan  river,      who 

dedit  muros    que    nomen   matris       tibi    Mantua;  Mantua 

gave       walls         and      the  name  of  his  mother  to  thee,  O  Mantua;        Mantua 

dives     avis:  sed      nan  unum  genus  omnibus.  Illi   triplex 

rich    in  ancestors:  but  there  is  not  one         race         to  all.        To  her  is  a  triple 

gens  quaternipopuli  sub    gente — ipsa       caput         populis. 

race  four        people  under  one  nation— herself  the  capital  city  to  the  people 

Vires        de    Tusco  sanguine.  Mezentius   hinc  quoque 

Their  strength  is  from     Tuscan         blood.  Mezentius         hence  also 

armat     quingentos       in  se,     quos    Mincius         patre 

arms  five  hundred       against       himself,  whom      Mincius  from  his  fathet 

Benaco  velatus      glauca      -arundine   ducebat    in   aequora 

Benacus       crowned     with,  sea-green,       reed  led  to         the  sea 

infesta    pinu. 

in  a  hostile  ship. 

Gravis    Auletes     it,    que   assurgens    verberat    fluctum 

Stern  Auletes       goes,  and          rising  beat  the  wave 

centena  arbore:    vada    spumant  marmore         verso. 

wiili  an  hundred  oars:       the  billows       foam,         the  sea    being  upturned. 

Immanis    Triton     et     exterrens    caerula  freta         conch & 

The  vast  Triton       also      frightening       the  azure    seas       with  His  shell 

vehit  hunc,    cui     nanti     hispida  frons  prsefert  hominem 

bears         him,    to  whom  swimming  a  hairy       front      exhibits  a  man 

tenus    laterum,     alvus    desinit   in  pristin;    spumea    unda 

as  far       as  the  sides,  his  belly        ends        in        a  fish;      the  foaming      wave 

murmurat  sub         semifero     pectore.     Tot     lecti  proceres 

rnurVnurs  under    his  half  monstrous  breast.        So  many  chosen  chiefs 

ibant     ter     denis    navibus    subsidio    Trojae     et  secabant 

went   in  thrice       ten  ships  to  the  aid     of  Troy      and  cut 

campos     sails  asre.         Jamque     dies   concesserat 

the  plains  of  brine  with  their  brazen  prow.  And  now        the  day        hud  departed 

coclo       que   alma  Phoebe  pulsabat  medium  Olympum 

from  the  sky       and    the  fair      moon  shook         the  midst  of  the  sky 

noctivago  curru.   ./Eneas  ipse  sedens,  que   regit 

with  tier  night-wandering       chariot.      <£neas    himself  sitting,      both    guides 

clavum  que  ministrat  velis  (enim  neque   cura   dat  quietem 

Die  helm     and      attends       the  sails    (for       neither  does  care  allow  rest 

membris.)     Atque   ecce  chorus  suarum  comitum  occurrit 

to  his  limbs.)          And  lo         a  band         of  his         associates  met 

illi  in  medio  spatio,  Nymphae,  quas  alma  Cybele       jusserat 

him  in    middle      space,       Nymphs,       whom    fair       Cybele   had  commanded 

habere         numen  marls,      que  esse     Nymphas   e 

to  have  divinity  ofthesea,         and     to  be         Nymphs       from 

navibus:     innabant  pariter,    que    secabant    fluctus;     quot 

J«MS:  they  swam      together,       and         divided     the  billows;  as  many 


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prorre  stctorant  prius  ad  litora.     Agnoscum       regem 

Jir.i/.rn    prows      hail  Niood      before  by   tlio  shore.      They  know  their         king 

longe    que  lustrant         choreis:  quarum  Cymodocea,  quae 

froin" Mar  and    surrounded  him  with  dances:  of  whom       Cymodocea,     who  \vai 

doctissima         fandi,         sequens       pone,      tenet    puppim 

the  most  skilled    in  speaking,         following  behind,         holds        the  stern 

dextra;        que  ipsa  eminet     dorso,       ac   subremigat 

with  Affright  hand;    and     she    rises  above  with  hrr  back,  and      rows  bcucat!* 

laevd          tacitis    undis.     Turn   alloquitur         ignarum 

with  ACT  left  hand  in  the  silent  waves.        Then      she  addresses  him  unconscious 

sic:  ^Enea,     gens  •  Defln>,     ne  vigilas?  vigila,  et  immitte 

thus:  <>  .T.Mrus,  dcsccndent  of  the  Gods,  are  you  awake?  awake,    and         loosen 

rudentes         velis.      Nos    sumus    Idese    pinus     de     sacro 

the  cordage    from  the  sails.     We         are  Ida's         nines       from  Its  sacred 

vertice  tua  classis;  nunc  Nymphae  pelagi.     Ut        perfidus 

lop  thy      fleet;         now        Nymphs  of  the  ocean.      As     the  treacherous 

Rutulus  premebat  nos  precipites  ferro   que  flamma, 

Rutulian        oppressed       us  swift  sailing    with  sword       and  fire, 

invitae     rupimus  tua  vincula,  que  quaerimus  te     per  acquor. 

unwilling     we  broke     your   cables,         and       sought        thee  through  the  sea. 

Genetvix  miserata  refecit  hanc  faciem,  et  dedit     esse 

The  mother  of  the  Gods  pitying     restored    this          form,      and  allowed  us  to  be 

Deas,      que  agitare   aevum   sub     undis.    At  puer  Ascanius 

Godiiesscs,    and     to  pass  our  life      beneath  the  waves.    But  the  boy      Ascanius 

tenetur  •    muro   que   fossis  inter  media  tela  atque  Latinos 

is  detained  by  the  wall  and     ditches     in  the     midst  of  darts  and       the  Latins 

horrentes  Made.    Jam   Areas      eques,  permistus          forti 

raging  in  war.         Now  the  Arcadian  cavalry  intermingled  with  the  bold 

Etrusco,   tenet      jussa    loca:  est    certa   sententia    Turno 

Etruscan,         holds  the  appointed  places-  it  is  a  resolved  determination  to  Turnua 

opponere    illis     medias       turmas,   ne      jungant      castris. 

to  oppose       to  them  his  compact         bands,       lest  they  should  join  the  camps. 

Age,  surge,  et  Aurora  veniente,  primus    jube  socios 

Come,    arise,     and  the  morn    approaching,      first    command  your  companions 

vocari     in  arma;  et  cape  clypeum,  quern      Ignipotens 

to  be  called  to    arms;    and  take      the  shield,     which        the  fire-powerful   God 

ipse     dedit  invictum,  atque  ambivit    oras     auro.     Crastina 

himself    gave      invincible,        and    encircled  itsborders  with  gold. .To-morrow's 

lux     spectabit   ingentes  acervos   Rutulse  csedis  (si       non 

light        shall  behold        great  heaps      of  Rutulian  slaughter  (if  you  do  not 

putaris  mea  dicta  irrita.)     Dixerat,   et  discedens,    impulit 

think          my       words        vain.)      She  said,      and    moving  on,   she  propelled 

altam    puppim          dextra,          baud   ignara     modi:    Ilia 

the  lofty  '     stern        with  her  right  hand,         not       ignorant  of  the  manner:  It 

fugit    per    undas    ocyor  et    jaculo,     et  sagitta   sequante 

files      through    the  waves  swifter  even  than  a  dart,  and      arrow          equalling 

veutos.     Inde   aliae    celerant   cursus.     Tros      Anchisiades 

the  winds.     7'iun  the  others  hasten  their  course.      The  Trojan  eon  of  Anchises 


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ipse      inscius      stupet;      tamen    tollit    animos       omine. 

himself  unconscious  stands  amazed;    yet     be  arouses  their  courage  by  the omen< 

Turn     aspectans      supera     convexa     precatur     breviter: 

Then  beholding  the  high       vaulted  sky       he  prays          thus  briefly; 

Jdaea,  alma  parens  Deum,      cui  Dindyma  que  turri« 

O  [dean  Goddess  bountiful   parent  of  the  Gods,  to  whom    Dindyma,   and  turret 

geraeurbes,  que  liones  bijugi     ad  frsena,  cordi       tu 

bearing  cities,    and    lions  yoked  in  pairs  to  your  reins,  are  for  a  delight  be  them 

nunc  princeps  pugnae  mihi:    tu,    Diva,  propinques  auguriurn 

now     the  guide  of  the  battle  to  me:  do  thou,  O  Goddess,   propitiate     the  augury 

rite,     que    adsis     Phrygibus     secundo    pede.         Effatus 

in  form,  and     approach     the  Trojans    \vithauspicious     foot.  He  said 

tantum;  et       interea      dies  revoluta  jam  ruebat     maturd 

BO  much;      and  in  the  mean  time  day      revolving    now       arose      with  timely 

luce,  que  fugarat  noctem.      Principio         edicit          sociis 

light,      and     banished      night.         In  the  first  place  be  instructs  bis  associates 

sequantur  signa,  atque  aptent     animos  armis,  que  parent 

that  they  follow  the  signals,  and       prepare  their  minds  for  arms,    and      dispose 

se          pugnae.     Que  jam  habet  Teucros   et  sua  castra 

themselves    for  the  fight.      And     now    be  has    the  Trojans    and    his       camps 

in  conspectu  stans   in  celsa.  puppi.     Turn,  deihde   extulit 

in         sight  standing  on  the  lofty    stern.        Then     afterwards  be  raise* 

ardentem      clypeurn      sinistra.  Dardanidae      toilunt 

his  glowing  shield       on  Ats  left  hand.  The  Trojans  raise 

clamorem    e   muris  ad  sidera.     Spes   addita  suscitat    iras. 

a  shout  from  the  walls  to  the  stars.      Hope  superadded  arouses  their  rage. 

Jaciunt  tela    manu:    quales  Strymonise    grues  dant  signa, 

They  hurl  darts  with  their  hand:  as  Strymonian        cranes    give      signals 

sub     atris  nubibus,  atque  tranant  aethera,  cum  sonitn,  que 

under  the  black  clouds,          and      skim  along  the  skies,    wilb     a  sound,    and 

fugiunt    notos          secundo    clamore.     At     ea       videri 

fly  the  south  winds  with  prosperous         cry.  But  these  things    seem 

mira  Rutulo        regi    que  Ausoniis  ducibus:    donee 

wonderful       to  the  Rutulian     king     and  the  Ausonian     leaders;  until 

respiciunt  puppes  versas  ad  litora,    que  totum  asquor 

they  look  back  upon  the  ships    turned    to    the  shores,  and  the  whole -stream 

allabi         classibus.  Apex  ardet   capiti  que  flamma 

to  be  glided  over  by  ships.  The  top  of  his  helmet  blazes  on  his  head  and       a  flamo 

funditur  cristis    a  vertice,  et  aureus  umbo    vomit,      vastos 

is  poured  on  his  crest  from  his  head,  and  a  golden        boss     sends  forth       copious 

ignes:  not    secus     ac  si  quando  sanguinei  cornet®  rubent 

fires:         not   otherwise  than  if  at  any  time       bloody  comets  shine 

lugubre1    liquidi   nocte;    aut    Sirius      ardor,    ille     ferens 

mournfully    in  the  clear    night;       or     the  dog-star's    heat,       itself      bearing 

eitim  que  morbos  segris  mortalibus,  nascitur,   et  contristal 

thirst       and     diseases     to  sick         mortals,  arises,        and         sadden* 

ccelum       laevo      lumine. 

heaven  with  unpropitious  light. 


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Tamen    fiducia    baud    cessit  audaci   Turno      praDripere 

Yet  confidence  did  not       fail       the  bold      Turnus         to  preoccupy 

litora,     et      pellere    venientes     terrd.        Ultro      tollit 

the  .shores,  and  drive  them  off  approaching  from  the  land.  Forthwith  he  arouses 

animos       dictis,    atque     ultro       increpat:  adest 

tkeir  courage  by  his  words,    and        forthwith  he  rebukes' them:  the  time  ia  come 

perfringere         dextrd,         quod     opt&stis  votis; 

to  demolish       with  your  right  hand,  which  you  have  desired     in  your  prayer*; 

viri,   Mars    ipse      in        manibus.      Nunc,    quisque    esto 

men,      Mars       himself  is  in  your       hands.  Now,      let  each  one         be 

memor     suae     conjugis  que    tecti;    nunc    referto    magna 

mindful    of  Ms  own         wife         and       home;       now     call  to  mind  the  great 

facta   que   laudes      patrum.         Ultro       occurramus      ad 

deeds       and       praises      of  your  fathers.     Forthwith      let  us  meet  them        at 

undam,   dum   trepidi  que    prima    vestigia  labant  egressis. 

the  water,    while     trembling    and    their  first     footsteps  totter  to  them  coming 

Fortuna  juvat  audentes.     Ait    hsc,         et  versat 

frsm  the  water.    Fortune  favours  the  daring.     Be  s.iid  these  things,  and  revolves 

cum     se      quos    ducere   contra,  vel    quibus     posset 

with     himself  whom       to  lead       against  them,       or       to  whom         be  may 

concredere   obsessos  mures.         Interea        ./Eneas  exponit 

entrust  the  besieged     walls.         In  tbe  mean  time      >Eneas  lands 

socios        de     altis     puppibus  pontibus.     Multi  servare 

his  companions   from  the  lofty         ships  on  bridges.         Many  watch 

recursus    languentis     pelagi,  et  credere     se         brevibus 

the  ebb       of  the  faintly  moving   sea,     and      trust     themselves  to  the  shallows 

saltu:       alii     per    remos.      Tarchon  speculatus    litora, 

by  a  leap:      others      by          bars.  Tarchon         watching       the  shores 

qud      sperat  non     vada,     nee  fracta        unda 

where     he  hopes  there  are     no       shallows,     nor  where  the  dashing  wav, 

remurmurat,    sed  mare  inoffensum  allabitur      crescent! 

remurmurs,  but    the  sea     inoffensively       glides  on    with  tbe  increasing 

aestu,    adverfit    proras    subito,    que   precatur        socios; 

tide,  turns         his  prows     suddenly,     and         prays  his  companions 

nunc,    6      lecta  manus,  incumbite    validis    remis;   tollite, 

now,         O  my  chosen    band,  press  on         your  strong     oars;  arouse 

ferte     rates;      findite     hanc    inimicam      terram 

yovrtefoes,  urge  on    the  ships;       cleave  this  hostile  land 

rostris,  que    carina     ipsa   premat  sulcum    sibi:    nee 

with  your  beaks,  and    let  the  keel     itself     press  out     a  furrow  for  itself:      nor 

recuso   frangere    puppim    tali     statione,     tellure     semel 

do  I  refuse     to  break         the  ship      in  such   a  harbour,       the  land  onne 

arreptA.         Quae    talia        postquam  Tarchon      efFatus, 

•cing  seized.          Which       like  words        after  Tarchon        had  uttered, 

socii      consurgere    tonsis,    que  inferre  spumantes  rates 

AM  associates  arose         on  their  oars,  and       bore        the  foaming       ship* 

Latinis    arvis,      donee   rostra  tenent    siccum,    et  omnes 

to  the  Latin   chore,          until      tbe  beaks     attain    the  dry  land,  and  aJf 


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sedere     innocuae:    sed  non  tua  puppis    Tarchon; 

.he  keels    settle  down     unharmed:       but      nut      thy      ship  O  Tarchnn; 

naraque     inflicta     vadis     dum     pendet      iniquo       dorso 

for  having  struck  the  shoals  while       it  hangs  on  the  unequal        bank 

sustentata       diu        anceps  que  fatigat  fluctus,      solvitur 

upheld  for  along  time  in  suspense  and    wearies  the  waves,    it  is  separated 

atque   exponit    viros    in    mediis      undis;     quos   fragmina 

and         throws  out  the  men     in      the  midst  of  the  waters;  whom  broken  parta 

remorum  et  fluitantia  transtra  impediunt,  que         simul 

of  oars  and     floating       benches        entangle,       and     at  the  same  time 

relabens    unda    retrahit     pedes.         Nee      segnis    mora 

the  retreating    wave    draws  back     their  feet.        Nor  does     slothful        delay 

retinet    Turnum;     sed     acer      rapit      to  tarn    aciem  in 

keep  back       Turnus;          but        bold     he  urges  on  his  whole      force    against 

Teucros,    et       sistit       in    litore     .    contra.          Canunt 

the  Trojans,  and      places  them   on    the  shore  on  the  other  side.     They- call  out 

signa.       ^Eneas  primus  invasit  agrestes  turmas,    omen 

their  signals.        jEneas         first        attacked     the  rustic      bands,       an  omen 

pugnae;      que      stravit      Latinos,    Therone      occiso,      qui 

of  battle;         and       prostrated     the  Latins,       Theron          being  slain,     who 

maximus    virorum,     ultro    petit   ^Enean:      haurit      huic 

the  largest  of  men,       forthwith  seeks       ./Eneas:          he  drains  his 

apertum  latus     gladio,     que   per          aerea 

open  side    with  Ais  sword,  and  through        the  brazen  folds  of  his  shield 

suta,    per      tunicam  squalentem   auro.      Inde      fexit 

stitched,  through  his  coat  of  mail       scaled       with  gold.      Then  he  strikes  down 

Lycon,  exsectum       matre     jam  peremtd,  et  sacrum  tibi, 

Lycon,  cut  out       from  his  mother  now    being  dead,    and     sacred  to  yon. 

Phoebe,     quod  licuit  parvo    evadere      casus 

O  Apollo,      because     it  was  allowed  to  Aim     young       to  escape     the  chances 

ferri.       Nee  longe"      dejecit      durum  Cissea   letho,   que 

of  the  knife.     Nor     far  off    he  overwhelms  the  strong  Cisseus     in  death,     and 

immanem    Cyan    sternentes    agmina       clavd,         Arma 

the  huge  Gyas        hurling  down       troops          with  a  club.       The  arma 

Herculis  illos    nihil,     validae    manus  jjuvere  nil;  que 

of  Hercules  availed  them     nothing,  their  strong      hands    aided  them  not;     and 

genitor  Melampus,  comes       Alcidae,  usque  dum 

Vieir  father  Melzmpus  availed  them  not,  the  companion  of  Hercules,  even     while 

terra  praebuit      graves  labores.    Ecce  intorquens  jaculum 

the  earth  supplied  to  him  severe     labours.  Lo  hurling  a  dart 

Pharo,     dum  jactat  inertes  voces,     sistit       in      ore 

at  Pharus,      while    he  boasts      idle  words,    he  plunges  it    in     the  mouth 

clamantis.       Dum  tu  quoque,  infelix  Cydon,     sequeris 

Of  him  bawling.        While  thou      also,         unhappy     Cydon,        art  following 

Clytium,  nova  gaudia,  flaventem  malas       prim&  lanugine, 

Clytius,         anew      love,        yellow  as  to  bis  cheeks  with  their  first          down, 

miserande     jaceres     stratus    Dardani&  dextrS.,       securus 

lc  oe  ^iti«d       would  have  lain  prostrate  by  the  Trojan's  right  tend,  thoughtless 


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amorum  juvenum   qui   semper  erant  tibi,      ni       stipata 

of  the  loves     of  boys       which     ever         were      to  you,  unless  an  attending 

cohors  fratrum,  progenies   Phorci,    foret    obvia;      septem 

band         of  brothers,    the  offspring   of  Phorcus,  had  been  in  the  way;          seven 

numero,    que   conjiciunt  septena     tela:    partim      irrita 

in  number,       and         they  hurl  seven          darts;        partly   rendered  vain 

resultant.  galea"    que   clypeo;     partim   alma    Venua 

they  rebound  from  Au  helmet      and        shield,  partly         fair  Venu» 

deflexit      stringentia    corpus.      ./Eneas   afFatur     fidum 

turned  Mem  aside      grazing  his  body.          A^ntas      addresses   the  faithful 

Achatem  sic:  Suggere   tela  mihi,  quae  steterunt  in  corpore 

Achates        thus:      Supply     weapons  to  me.  which    have  stood     in      the  body 

Graiorum     Iliacis     campis     (dextra       non    torserit  ilium 

of  the  Greeks  on  the  Trojan    plains     (my  right  hand  shall  not       hurl  it 

frustra      Rutulos.) 

in  vain  against  the  Rutulians.) 

Turn   corripit  magnam  hastam  et  jacit:     ilia        volans 

Then      he  seizes         a  great       spear       aud    hurls  tfc    it  flying 

transverberat       aera  clypei     Maeonis,     et     rumpit 

pierces  through        the  brass  foils    of  the  shield    of  Mxon,       and  breaks 

thoraca        simul        cum        pectore.     Frater    Alcanor 

his  breastplate  at  the  same  time    with  his     breast.        His  brother         Alcanor 

subit    huic;  que  sustentat    fratrem  ruentem        dextra"; 

comes  up  to  him;  and      supports     his  brother       falling         with  his  right  hand; 

protinus  hasta  missa,  lacerto    trajecto,     fugit,  que  cruenta 

far  off    thespear  beingsent,  Ais  arm     being  pierced,     it  flies,    and  bloody 

servat    tenorem;  que         dextera         moribunda    pependit 

preserves    its  course;      and       Aw  right  hand          dying  hung 

nervis    ex  humero.    Turn  Numitor,  jaculo        rapto 

by  the  nerves  from  his  shoulder.    Then        Numitor,  the  javelin  being  snatched 

de  corpore     fratris,     petivit  JEnean:  sed  non  est   licitum 

from  the  body  of  his  brother,  aims  at    ^Bneas:        but  it  was  not  allowed  la  him 

figere         contra,         que  perstrinxit  femur  magni  Achatae.  ' 

to  pierce  Mm  on  the  other  hand,  and    it  grazed        the  thigh    of  great        Achates. 

Hie  Clausus   Curibus,    fidens      primaevo  corpore,  advenit, 

Here     Clausus      from  Cures,      relying    on  his  youthful    frame,  comes  up, 

et  eminus    ferit  Dryopen  rigid£    hasta",         pressd 

and  from  afar    strikes    Dryopes  with  Ais  hard  spear,  pressed 

graviter    sub    mentum;  que  pariter      rapit      vocem    que 

heavily         under       Ais  chin,         and    at  once    snatches  away  his  voice     and 

animam     loquentis,     gutture    trajecto:  at  ille  ferit  terram 

•oul  of  him  speaking,   his  throat  being  pierced:  but    he    strikes    the  earth 

fronte   et  vomit  crassum  cruorem         ore.         Et  per 

with  A«'s  forehead  and  vomits    thick  blood       from  his  mouth.    Also    by 

varies   casus     sternit      tres  Threicios  quoque,  de  suprcma 

various    chances  he  overthrows  three    Thracians       likewise,  from       the  high 

gente  Boreae,  et  tres,    quos    pater  Idas,  et    patria  Ismara 

iaca     of  Boreas,  aud   three,  whom  his  father  Idas,    and  It's  nwiUry      Ismara 


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mittit.   Halaesus  occurrit,      que     Auruncas  manus;         et 

tent,          Halzsus  meets    Mm,    and    the  Aruncian     band;  and 

Neptunia  proles,  Messapus,     insignis     equis,    subit:  nunc 

Neptune  s       offspring,   Messapus.       distinguished  for  horses,  succeeds:      now 

hi,    nunc  illi,    tendunt    expellere.  Certatur 

these,  now    those,      attempt       to  drive  away  each  other.     There  is     a  contest 

in   ipso   liminc  Ausoniae.      Ceu     venti    discordes  tollunt 

in  the  very  boundary    of  Ausonia.          As      the  winds    discordant  raise 

praelia         magno     aetb.ere,     aequis      animis    et      viribus; 

warfare    in  the  extended      sky,         with  equal        rage  and          strength; 

non   ipsi   inter        se,         non  nubilae,     non    mare   cedit; 

nor       they  among    themselves,      nor       clouds,  nor          sea         yields; 

pugna     anceps   diu,  omnia  stant  obnixa    contra: 

the  content  is  doubtful  long,       all       stand    conflicting      against      each  other: 

baud  aliter  Trojanae  acies  que  Latinae  acies        concurrunt 

not      otherwise  the  Trojan  armies  and    Latin  troops  rush  together: 

pes  hzeret  pede,  que  densus   vir    viro.  At   ex  alia"    parte", 

foot    cleaves  to  foot,    and   crowded       man  to  man.  But  from  another      part, 

qua   torrens   impulerat   saxa     rotantia  late  que         arbusta 

where  the  torrent  had  hurled    the  rocks    rolling          far     and  trees 

diruta         ripis,         ut  Pallas  vidit     Arcadas,         insuetos 

torn  from  the  banks,     as    Pallas      beheld    the  Arcadians,       accustomed 

inferre  pedestres    acies,    dare         terga  sequaci         Latio, 

to  engage  in  pedestrian     battle,        to  turn  their  backs    to  pursuing         Latium, 

queis   quando   aspera  natura    loci      suasit  dimittere 

whom       since       the  rough  condition  of  the  place  persuades  to  let  loose       their 

equos  nunc  prece,  nunc  amaris  dictis,      (quod  unum  restat 

horses    now  by  entreaty,    now    by  bitter  words,         (which    alone     remains 

egenis    rebus,)    accendit          virtutem:    socii       quo 

in  his  desperate  affairs,)  he  inflam'd    their       courage:    my  associates     whither 

fugitis?   per    vos     et          fortia  facta,  per  nomen         ducis 

do  you  fly?  by  yourselves  and  your  brave    deeds,     by  the  name  of  your  leader 

Evandri,    que          devicta  bella   que      meam   spem,   qu» 

Evander,         and  by  your  victorious  wars      and    my    own  hope,     which 

nunc  subit  aemula        patriae  laudis    ne   fidite         pedibus. 

now        rises    anxious  for  my  country's  praise,  do  not  trust    to  you-  feet. 

Via     est  rumpenda       ferro      per    hostes,    qu£         ille 

A  passage    is      to  be  broken    by  the  sword  through  the  foes,    where  that 

densissimus    globus    virfim      urget      hdc          alta   patria 

most  crowded  mass         of  men       press  on  us:     here    your  exalted  country 

reposcit  vos  et  Pallanta         ducem.  Nulla  numina  premunt: 

demands     you  and    Pallas        your  leader.         No  Gods  pursue  us: 

mortales    urgemur   ab  mortali  hoste:  nobis  totidem 

mortals      we  are  followed  by    a  mortal       foe:         to  us       thrrc    arc  as  many 

que  anirn®  que  manus.  Ecce  pontus  claudit  nos     magno 

'  ith    lives          and    hands.         See        the  water    incloses      us    with  its  great 

obice  maris:  jam  terra  deest    fugse:      ne  petemus  pelagus, 

harrier  of  the  sea:  now  land  is  wanting  for  fight:  whether  shall  we  seek  I  be  sea. 


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Trojara.         Ait    haec,         et  prorumpit  medius  in     densos 

or  Ti .  y .  He  said  these  *>«nfi,  and        broke    in  the  audit  upon  the  crowded 

hostes.  Primum  Lagus,  adductus  iniquis  fatis     fit      obvius 

foes.  First  Lagus,  led  on        by  unequal  fates,  becomes    opposed 

huic:  figil  hunc     intorto      telo,  dum  vellit  saxum  magno 

loinin:  he  stabs  him   with  a  wreathed  dart,  while  be  tears  up  a  rock        of  great 

pondere,    qua        spina    dedit     discrimina        costis     per 

weight,        where      kit  spine       causes       a  separation     in  Ai*  ribs       through 

medium      dorsi:  que   receptat  hastam  haerentem      ossibus: 

the  middle  of  kit  back:  and       draws  out    the  spear      sticking      in  kit      bones. 

quern     super  Hisbon    non     occupat,   ille  quidam  sperans 

whom    from  above    Hisbon    does  not       prevent,       be       indeed         desiring 

hoc;   nara  Pallas  excipit     ante,  ruentem,    incautum,   dum 

this;,    for         Pallas      seizes  Atnt    first,        rushing  on,    unsuspecting,      wbilo 

furit      cnideli      morte      sodalis,     atque  recondit     ensem 

be  rages  with  the  cruel    death  of  Aw  companion,    and        hides  hit  sword 

in        tumido  pulmone.     Hinc        petit  Sthenelum         et 

in  kit       swelling       lungs.  Hence       A«  seeks    Sthenelus  and 

Anchemolum,  de  vetustd   gente    Rhaeti,    ausum  incestare 

Anchemolus,  from  the  ancient    race     of  Rhctus,    daring          to  pollute 

thalamos  novercae.     Vos    etiam   gemini    fratres, 

Iba  marriage  chamber  of  kit  stepmother.      Ye         also       y«  twin          brothers, 

Laride  que  Thymber  Daucia  proles,  cecidistis  in    Rutulis 

Laridiu       and    Tbymber         Daucus'    offspring,        fell  in  the  fiutulian 

arvis,  simillima,  indiscreta,         que  gratus 

fields,  most  resembling,  undistinguished,       and  a  grateful 

error         suis      parentibus.     At  nunc   Pallas   dedit    dura 

delusion    to  their  own      parents.  But     now        Pallas  has  given  dreadful 

discrimina    vobis:  nam  Evandrius  ensis  abstulit  tibi  caput, 

discrimination      to  you:      for         Kvnnder's       sword      bore  off     your     bead, 

Thymbre;     dextera        decisa"  quaeret  te    suum,      Laride; 

O  Tliy  uiber;     your  right  hand     cut  off       seeks      tbee      its  own,      O  Laridus; 

que     digit!     semianimes   micant,   que  retractant  ferrum. 

and  your  fingers  dying  quiver,         and      draw  back      the  sword. 

Mistus  dolor  et  pudor,  armat  Arcadas  accensos         monitu, 

Mingled     grief  and   shame,      arms    the  Arcadians  inflamed  by  the  admonition, 

et  tuentes   praeclara    facta  viri,         in        hostes.       Turn 

a,nd  beholding   the  renowned    deeds  of  the  hero  against  their  enemies.        Then 

Pallas  trajicit  Rhcetea  fugientem    praeter      bijugis.         Hoc 

Pallas       pierces    Rbceteus         flying  beyond  Ai»  in  his  chariot.        This 

spatium,  que  tantum  morae  fuit  Ho:    namque  procul 

apace,  and      so  much    of  delay  was  granted  to  Ilus:        for  afarolf 

direxerat      validam    hastam     Ilo;  quam  Rhceteus     medius 

be  had  directed  h\s  powerful     spear      to  Ilii^;     which     Rhoateus     in  the  midst 

intercipit,  fugiens   te,        optime      Teuthra,    que     fratrem 

intercepts,         escaping    thee,   most  excellent       Teuthra,       and       (Ay  brothel 

Tyren;     que    volutus       curru       semianimis   csedit     arva 

Tyren,  and       rolling    from  Ms  chariot         dying  be  beats  the  net  Js 


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Rutulorum       calcibus.  Ac  velut  ventis    coortis        optato 

ef  the  Rutulians  with  AisheeU.   And    as      the  winds  having  arisen    toAiswish 

sestate,        pastor    immittit    incendia     dispersa        sylvas; 

in  sumtiiet,  the  shepherd       casts  fires       scattered  through    the  woods; 

mediis  correptis     subito,  horrida  Vulcania    acies 

the  intermediate  trees  being  seized     suddenly,  the  horrid  Vulcanian  forco 

extenditur  una    per      latos     campos;    ille   victor,    sedens, 

ts  spread       at  once  through  the  broad       plains;          he     -victorious,      sitting, 

despectat     ovantes    flammas:     non    aliter    omnis     virtus 

zooks  down  on  the  exulting      flames:  not    otherwise       all      the  courage 

socium  coit       in      unum,    que  juvat    te,      Palla. 

of  his  companions    unites        in  one,  and    delights     thee,  O  Pallas. 

Sed  Halaesus,  acer  bellis,   tendit    in     adversos,  que  colligit 

But      Halaesus,      brave  in  war,    inarches  against      Ais  foes,       and       collects 

se      in   sua  arma.     Hie  mactat  Ladona,  que    Phereta, 

himself    upon  his  own  arms.       He         slays  Ladon,       and  Fheres, 

que   Demodocum;     diripit  dextram         Strymonio,    elatam 

and  Demodocus;  be  tears   the  right  hand      from  Strymonius,      raised 

in     jugulum,      fulgenti      ense;     ferit      ora    Thoantis 

against       bis  throat,  with  Ais  glittering  sword;  he  strikes  the  face         of  Thoas 

saxo,        que    dispergit    ossa    permixta    cruento  cerebro. 

with  a  rock,  and        scatters       his  bones  intermingled  with  bloody  brain*. 

Genitor,    canens       fata,   celaverat   Halaesum     sylvis.     Ut 

His  father,    foreseeing  his  fate,    had  concealed    Halaesus       in  the  woods.    As 

senior      solvit    canentia   lumina    letho,      Parcae    injecere 

the  old  man  relaxed  his  whitening      eyes  in  death,    the  fates  cast 

manum          que  sacraverunt      telis    Evandri;  quern  Pallas 

their  hands  oit  Aim  and  consecrated  Aim  to  the  darts. of  Evander;  whom       Pallas 

petit,  sic  precatus  ante:    Pater    Tybri,  nunc  <da  fortunara 

seeks,    thus    invoking      first:       OFather  Tyber,       now     give  farxune 

atque  viam      ferro,      quod   libro    missile,         per-    pectus 

and         away     to  my  sword,  which    I  poise   about  to  hurl,      through  the  breast 

duri    Halaesi:  tua  quercus   habebit  haec  arma,  que  exuvias 

of  cruel  Haliesiis:    thy        oak  shall  have  these     arras,     and    the  clothe* 

viri.          Deus  audivit  ilia;        dum  Halaesus  texit    Imaona, 

of  the  hero.  The  God     heard     these  words;  while  Halaesus  protected.         Imaon, 

infelix  dat    inermum   pectus    Arcadio    telo.     At  Lausus, 

unhappy  he  offers  his  unprotected  breast  to  the  Arcadian  dart.        But       Lausus* 

ingens  pars    belli,      non    sinit  agmina    perterrita    tantd 

a  great    portion  of  the  war,  does  not  permit  his  troops  to  be  frightened  by  thisgreat 

caede          viri      Primus  interimit  Abantem  oppositum,  que 

destruction  of  the  hero.    First  be  kills  Abas  opposing,         both 

nodum       que  moram    pugnae.     Proles   Arcadiae  sternitur. 

the  strength      and        stay         of  battle.    The  offspring  of  Arcadia  is  prostrate. 

Etrusci     sterauntur,       et  vos  Teucri,  O  corpora  imyerdita 

The  Etruscans  are  overthrown,  and  you  ye  Trojans.  O  ye  frames    not  destroyed 


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Gratis.  Agmina    concurrunt,    aequis    que    ducibus   et 

by  the  Ureeky-    The  troops       rush  together,       equal        both       in  leaders  and 

viribus.       Extremi    addensent  acies;  nee        turba 

Strength.  Tin;  last  press  on     the  advanced  ranks;   nor  does  the  crowd 

sinit      tela    que  manus  moveri.      Hinc   Pallas   instat   et 

permit    weapons   and       bands     to  be  moved.      Hence     Pallas         urges    and 

urget;  hinc    contra  Lausus:  nee         astas  discrepat 

drives  on  the  troops;  hence      opposed    is  Lausus:  nor  does  ihrir  age  dift'er 

multum;  egregii   forma";  sed  queis  fortuna   negdrat  reditus 

much;  renowned  for  beauty;    but  to  whom  fortune     had  denied     a  return 

in   patriam.        Tamen      regnator    magni    Olympi,    hauu 

to  their  country.        Nevertheless      the  ruler        of  great      Olympus,        did  net 

passus   ipsos     concurrere  inter          se;       mox    sua    fata 

suffer          them    to  engage  together  among      themselves;    soon  their  own  fates 

manent  illos    sub   majore  hoste.         Interea      alma  soror 

await          them     under    a  greater  enemy.    In  the  meantime     his  kind     sister 

monet      Turnum,  qui  secat    medium     agmen          volucri 

admonishes      Turnus,        who  divides  the  intermediate  troops         with  At'j  swift 

curru,  succurrere  Lauso.  Ut  vidit      socios:  Tempus 

chariot,       to  relieve         Lausus.     As  he  saw  nig  companions,  he  said.  It  is  lime 

desistere     pugnae:  ego  solus    feror      in     Pallanta;    Pallas 

to  withdraw    from  battle:  I        alone    am  borne  against      Pallas;  Pallas 

debetur  mihi  soli:     cuperem        parens    ipse  adesset 

IB  due  to  me  alone:  I  could  have  wished  his  father  himself  would  be  present 

spectator.     Ait      base;        et        socii     cesserunt       aequore 

a  spectator.      He  said  these  things;  and  Ai's  companions  withdrew  from  the  plain 

jusso.          At       abscessu         Rutulorum,     juvenis,    turn 

commanded.      But    by  the  departure        of  the  Kutulians,      the  youth,        then 

miratus  superba     jussa,        stupet      in    Turno;  que  volvit 

admiring      the  proud      commands,    stood  amazed  on       Turnus:      and        rolls 

lumina      per     ingens    corpus,  que    procul     obit  omnia 

kis  eyes         over         Ais  vast         body,         aad      from  afar  surveys   all  things 

Iruci         visu,  et     it    contra      dicta     tyranni"   talibus 

with  grim  countenance,      and  goes    against    the  words  of  the  tyrant  with  the^e 

dictis:  Jam  ego    laudabor    aut     opimis  spoliis    raptis,  aut 

words:       Now    I      will  be  praised  either      for  rich       spoils    being  taken,    or 

insigni         letho.     Pater     est  asquus  utrique  sorti. 

fur  distinguished  death.    My  father    is      equal        to  each      lot. 

Tolle  minas.      Fatus,       procedit  in  medium          aequor. 

Banish  threats.  Having  spoken,  be  pioceeds  into    the  middle  plain. 

Frigidus    sanguis       coit        Arcadibus     in  praccordia. 

The  cold  blood  congeals    to  the  Arcadians    in        their  hearts. 

Turnus   desiluit         bijugis:     pedes  apparat     ire 

Turnus       leaped       from  Ais  chariot:      on  foot    he  appears  to  go  to  engage  him 

cominus.    Que    ut  leo   advolat,     cum    ab    altd    speculsi 

band  to  band.    Arid       as  a  lion       flies,  when    from  a  hi»b  watch-tower 

vidit  taurum  stare  procul  campis  meditantem  praelia;    imago 

be  sees    a  bull    to  stand  far  off  on  the  plains      revolving  battle,    the  image 


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Turni  venientis  eet  baud  'alia.    Ubi  Pallas  cretlidit  hunc 

of  Turnus      ccmiug        ii       not     different.    When     Pallas        bettered         him 

tore  contiguum         haatse      missae  ire     prior 

to  be  near  to  the  spear  sent       he  began  to  advance      first 

imparibus  viribus,  si  qua  fors  adjuvit  ausum,  itaque 

with  unequal  strength,      if  any  chance  should  aid  his  daring  attempt,  therefore 

latur  ad  magnum  sethera:  Alcide,  precor  te,  per  hospitium 

be  speaks  to     the  lofty          sky :     0  Hercules,  I  pray  you,  by  the  hospitality 

patris,   et    mensas  quas  advena         adiati,        adsis 

of  my  father,     and    the  tables    which    a  stranger  you  resorted  to,  assist 

ingentibus  coeptis ;     cernat   me   rapere       cruenta  arma 

my  great          endeavours ;  let  him  see    me        strip  his  bloody         arms 

sibi    semineci,   que    morientia  lumina  Turni    ferant 

from  him       dying,  and       let  the  dying          eyes        of  Turnua       endure 

victorem.   Alcides  audivit  juvenem,  que  premit  magnum 

a  conqueror.       Hercules        heard       the  youth,     and    repress'd  a  great 

gem  i turn  sub         imo    corde,  que  emidit  inanes  lacrymas 

croan.  in     kit    inmost    heart,      and  pours  forth  useless  tears 

Turn  genitor  affatur  natum  araicis  dictis:     sua   dies     sta 

Then    the  father  addresses  Ms  con  with  friendly  words:  his  own    day  remains 

tuique:         est  omnibus,  breve  et  irreparabile  tempus  vitae, 

lo  each:        Oiereis       to  all,  a  short  and  remediless  time        of  life, 

sed  extendere  famam   factis,   hoc    opus     virtutis.      To\ 

but       to  prolong      reputation  by  deeds,    this  is  the  work    of  virtue.     Soman> 

nati   Deum  cecidere   sub   altis    maeuibus    Trojae;          quin 

sons  of  the  Gods  have  (alien    under  the  lofty   walls          of  Troy;  en» 

Sarpedon,     mea  progenies,  occidit      una:  etiam 

Sarpedon,      my  own      offspring.  fell  together  wM  t/ism:      also    «;j 

sua     fata  vocant  Turnum,  que    pervenit    ad     metas    sevi 

own       fates    eall         Turnus,         and    he  has  arrived    at    the  limits    of  lift 

dati:    sic    ait,  atque  rejicit     oculos       arvis      Rutulorum 

allowed:  thus  he  said,    and    turns  away  his  eyes  from  the  fields  of  the  Rutulians 

At  Pallas  emitu't    hastam  magnis  viribus,  que        deripit 

But    Pallas       sent    H*  spear       with  great       violence,      and  enatebe<i 

Vilgentem  ensem         cava        vagina.    Ilia  volans  incidit 

*s  shining       sword       from  the  hollow    sheath.  It       flying  struck 

qua  summa.    tegmina    surgunt     humeris,     atque   molita 

where    the  high  armour  rises        on  the  shoulders,        and       wearing 

viam        per        oras        clypei    tandem  etiam  strinxit  de 

its  way      through      the  borders    of  the  shield,  at  length    even      gras'd        from 

tnagno  corpore  Turni.    Hie  Turnus,  diu          vibrans 

the  great       body       ofTurnns.  Here      Turnus,        fora  long  thne  brzndishing 

robur  prffifixum     acuto    ferro,  jacit    in     Pallante,  atque 

a  spear,     pointed          with  sharp    steel,    hurls  it  against    Pallas,  and 

ita  fatun  aspice,    num  nostrum  telum  sit  mage  penetrabile 

thus  speakK    see,        whether       our          dart       be    more  penetrating 

Dixerat:     at    cuspis     transverberat    medium        clypeuui 

H«saU.         but     tfje  spear       pierced  through        the  midst  of  Ae  shield 


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vibrant!   ictu,  cum  obeat         tot        terga     ferri,    tot 

Kith  quivering  blow,  when  it  passes  through  so  many  coverings  of  iron,  BO  many 

sens,  pellis     tauri  circumclata  toties  que  perforat      moras 

of  brass,  the  ^lide  of  a  bull  surrounding  it  so  often  and  penetrates  the  obstruction! 

loricaD,        et  ingens  pectus.    Ille  frustrd   rapit  calidum 

of  hi«  coat  of  mail,  and  his  great    breast.         He     in  vain       tears     the  warm 

telum  de  vulnere:  que  sanguis  que  animus  scquuntur  una 

weapon  from  the  wound:    and    his  blood    and       soul  follow  by  one 

que  eddem  vi&.  Corruit  in  vulnus;   arma  dedere   sonitum 

and    the  same  way.    He  fell    .    on  his  wound;  A  is  arms    gave  forth       a  sound 

super,     et  moriens  petit  hostilem  terrara  cruentd  ore, 

from  above,    and    dying  he  strikes    the  hostile       ear!'       with  bloody  mouth, 

super  quem  Turnus   assistens,    inquit:  Arcades,  memores 

over          whom     Turnus    .    standing,  says:-        Arcadians,  mindful 

referte  haec  mea  dicta  Evandro:   remitto  Pallanta,    qualem 

bear  back  these    my      word?    to  Evander:    I  send  back    Pallas,  such  at 

meruit.      Quisquis  honos  tumuli,  quicquid  solamen. 

he  has  deserved.  Whatsoever  honour  (Acre  is  of  a  tomb,  whatever       consolation. 

est    humandi     largior.    ^Enei'a    hospitia  stabant  illi   baud 

is      in  being  buried  I  grant  «l.      ^Qneas's      friendship    shall  cost  him          not 

parvo.     Et    fatus        talia,    pressit  exanimum        lasvo 

a  little.      And  speaking  these  words;    he  pressed    his  lifeless  body  with  Ms  left 

pede,  rapiens  immania  pondera  baltei,    que        nefas 

foot,    bearingoff   the  immense     weight    of  his  belt,    and        the  dreadful  deed 

impressum,     (manus    juvenum     caesa      fcede      sub  un£ 

engraved  on  it,  (that  a  company  of  youth       was  slain      basely  in         one 

jugali  nocte,  tjue          thalami  cruenti)      quse  bonus 

nuptial       night,     and    the  marriage  chambers   were  bloody)     which       good 

Eurytion  caelaverat       multo       auro;     -quo      spolio  nunc 

Eurytion  had  carved      in  abundant       gold;    with  which     spoil  now 

Turnus   ovat,    que  gaudet   potitus.       mens  hominum 

Turnus      rejoices,      and    exults     possessing  it.  O     mind  of  men, 

nescia  fati  que   futurae  sortis,  et  servare  modum,    sublata 

ignorant  of  fate  and       future       lot,       and  to  preserve  moderation,      exalted 

secundis   rebus!         Erit  tempus  Turno,  cum         optaverk 

by  prosperous  affairs!  There  will  be  a  time     to  Turnua,    when       he  shall  desire 

emptum     magno     intactum   Pallanta,  et    cum      oderit 

to  purchase  at  a  great  price  uninjured          Pallas,       and    when  be  shall  detett 

ista  spolia,  que       diem. 

these    spoils,       and  this  day. 

At     socii        frequentes      referunt  Pallantv,  impositum 

Put  his  associates  in  great  numbers      bring  back      Pallas,  placed 

scuto,     multo    gemitu   que   lacrymis,     O       rediture 

on  a  shield,  with  great     mourning     and         tears,  O       «hnut  to  return 

dolor   atque  magnum  decus     parenti.        Hsev  /?.rs  prims* 

the  grief      and          great  glory     to  your  parent.       This     da/      '      first 

cledit  te    bello,  .  hsec  eadem  aufert:        cum  tamek\  t 

gave      yon  to  the  war,  this     the  same  bears  you  a  way:  when     yet         <v«.  i-'i 


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mgentes  acervos  Rutulorum.         Nee  jam    fama     tanti 

great  heaps        of  Rutulians  slain.         Nor      now    the  Tame  of  so  great 

mali,  sed      certior     auctor    advolat  ^Eneas:     suos 

a  misfortune  alone,  but  a  more  authentic  authority      flies   to  /Km/ns;  that     his 

esse    tenui    discrimine    lethi;          tempus  succerrere 

friends  are       in  near  peril.  of  death;     that  it  is  time         to  succour 

versis  Teucris.       Metit.   quaeque  proxima     gladio,      que 

the  flying    Trojans.      He  cuts  down  whatever    is  nearest  with  the  swoid,     and 

ardens  agit      latum  limitem       ferro  per 

burning  icith  revenge  be  makes     a  broad         path         with  the  steel        throiuh. 

agmen,   quaerens    te,      Turne,    superbum     novS.     csde. 

the  army,       seeking      thee,     O  Turnus,          elated         with  recent  slaughter. 

Pallas,  Evander,  omnia    suat    in    ipsis  oculis;  mensa;  quas 

Pallas,        Evander,       all  things  are    before     bis       «yes;       the  tables  which, 

primas   tune     advena          adiit,          que  dextras         data;. 

first  but  then    a  stranger  he  bad  approached,  and       right    hands    pledged 

Hie  rapit  quatuor  juvenes,  viventes  creates  Sulmone,  totidem 

Here  he  seizes    four  youths,        alive;         sprung       from  Sulmo,    as  many 

quos  Ufens     educafc         quos     immolat  inferias 

whom    Unions        brings  up:  whom       he  sacrifices         as  funeral  offerings 

umbris  que  perfundat  flammas         rogi        captivo 

to  the  shade  of  Pallas  and      overflows     the  flames  of  the  funeral  pile  with  captive 

sanguine.     Inde  cum  procul     tenderet     infensam  hastam 

blood.  Next     when     afar  oil'    be  had  directed    his  hostile  spear 

Mago,    ille  subit      astu,     ae  tremebunda  hasta  supervolat; 

at  Magus,    be    stoops  with  cunning,  and    the  trembling      spear     flies  over  him: 

et  amplectens  genua,  supplex  effatur  talia;        per  patrios 

and     embracing      his  knees,      humbly    he  utters  these  iconfe;    by  thy  father's 

manes,  et      spes      surgentis    liili,  precor   te    serves  hanc 

shades,       and  the  hopes     of  the  rising    lulus,      I  pray      thee       spare          this 

animam  que    nato    que    patri.  Est  altadomus,  talenta 

life  both  to  the  son    and  the  father.     Tkere  Is  a  lofty     house,         talents 

cffilati    argenti  jacent  penitus  defossa;      sunt  mihi  pondera 

of  adorned     silver         lie  deeply         buried;    there    are  to  me         masses 

auri  facti    que  infecti:  victoria    Teucrflm     rion     vertitur 

of  gold  wrought  and  unwrought:  the  victory  of  the  Trojans  does  not  turn 

hie:  una  anima     non     dabit    tanta    diserimina.     Dixerat: 

here:     one       life        will  not      give       so  great      a  difference.  He  said. 

cui  contra  ^Eneas      reddit    talia:  parce 

to  whom      on  the  other  hand        /Eneas          returned      these  words:         spare 

tuis    natis,  multa  talenta  argenti  atque  auri,  quas  memoras: 

for  your  sons,    the  many    talents    of  silver     and      of  gold,  which  you  recount. 

Turnus    prior    sustulit    ista    commercia    belli,    jam    turn 

Turnus  first       authorized     these        terms  of  war.     even        now 

Pallante   peremto;     manes  patris  Anchisas  hoc, 

Pallas  being  slain;     the  shades    of  my  father      Anchises  sanctions      tuit., 

lulus  sentit  hoc.     Fatus   sic,     tenet    galeam          laevft, 

lulus      thinks      it.         Speaking  thus      beholds  his  helmtt  with  his  left  hand. 


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atque   abdidit    ensem     ienus     capulo     reflexS.     cervice 

and  bid  kit  sword       up  to          the  hilt  in  the  reclining  nrck 

orantis.        Nee        Emonides   procul,    sacerdos     Phccbi 

of  him  praying.      Nor  teas        Emonides          far  off,         the  priest         of  Apollo 

que  Triviffl    cui   tempora  infula  redimibat     sacra      vittft, 

and        Diana       whose    temples       a  mitre        bound       with  a  sacred      fillet, 

totus   collucens     veste     atque     insignibus     armis;    qucm 

all  glittering  with  his  dress    and          distinguished         arms;  whom 

congressus        agit         campo    que      superstans    immolat 

overtaking        he  drives  along  the  plain       and    standing  over  Aim  he  offers  Aim 

lapsum  que    tcgit       ingenti       umbra.  Serestus  refert 

fallen         and     shrouds    Aim  in  a  great      shade  of  death.       Sercstus  bears  off 

lecta     anna     humeris,   trophaeum  tibi,     Gradive       Rex. 

his  collected   arms  on  his  shoulders,    a  trophy      to  you,     O  martial  King. 

Cceculus,  creatus      stirpe      Vulcani,  ,et    Umbro    veniens 

Coeculus,  born       from  the  stock  of  Vulcan,     and     Umbro  coming 

montibus       Marsorum  instaurunt    acies.       Dardanides 

from  the  mountains  of  the  Moors         renew  the  contest.     The  Trojan  Aer« 

furit    contra;  dejecerat  sinistram  Anxuris       ense,    et 

rages  against  lAent;  Umbro  had  struck  off  the  lefl  band  of  An xur  with  his  sword,  and 

totum    orbem*    clypei         ferro.         Ille    dixerat     aliquid 

the  whole    circle      of  bin  shield  with  his  sword.       He      had  uttered  something 

magnum,  que  crediderat     vim      affore    verbo,  que  ferebat 

great,  and      had  believed    that  force    would  be  in  bis  word  and  had  raised 

animum    ccelo  fortasse,  que  promiserat  canitiem  et    longos 

his  soul        to  heaven  perhaps,     and    had  promised    gray  hairs    and    extended 

annos    sibi. 

years     to  himself. 

Tarquitus        contra        exultans  fulgentibus  armis,  quem 

Tarquilus     on  the  other    hand  exulting          in  glittering        arms,      whom 

Nympha       Dryope         crearat         Fauno       Sylvicolae, 

the  Nymph  Dryope  bad  borne         to  Faunus  a  native  of  the  woods, 

obvius  obtulit    sese          ardenti.  Ille    hastd     reductS. 

meeting    opposed    himself  to  him  enraged.    He    his   spear  being  drawn  back 

impedit    loricam     que    ingens  onus     clypei;  turn     terras 

entangles  bis  coat  of  mail    and    the  great    weightof  his  shield;  then  to  the  earth 

deturbat     caput      orantis   nequicquam,    et  parantis  dicere 

lie  strikes       the  bead  of  him  praying       in  vain,  and  preparing      to  say 

multa      que  provolvens  tepentem  truncum  fatur  haec 

many  things  and     rolling  over         his  warm         trunk  be  speaks  these   tkingt 

super  inimico  pectore;     metuende,  nunc   jace    istic. 

from       his  hostile          breast;  dreaded         Aero,        now         lie         there. 

Optima       mater    non      condet    te     humi,   ve   onerabit 

/"A;/ kind  mother  shall  not  bury        thee  in  the  earth,  or  load 

membra  patrio     sepulchro;      linquere          feris     alitibus, 

thy  limbs  in  a  native          tomb;  you  shall  be  left    to  the  savage         birds, 

aut  unda     feret      mersum     gurgite,    que  impasti  pisces 

or  the  wave  thall-  bear  (A«e  plunged         inthede«pt     and        unfed  Ashes 


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lambent       vulnera.      Protinus    persequitur    Antaeum,    et 

lhall  suck     your  wounds.          Forthwith          he  follows  Antaeus,        and 

Lycan,   prima  agmina  Turni,    que   fortem  Numam,   que 

Lyons,          the  first        troops    of  Turn  us,      and        brave  Numa,          and 

Camertem  fulvuna  satum     magnanimo     Volsccnte: 

?amers  yellow  with  gold   sprung        from  high-minded  Volscens; 

qui      fuit        ditissimus     agri     Ausonidum,     et    regnavit 

who       was  the  richest       in  land    of  the  Ausonian  s,    and  ruled 

tacitis  Amydis.  Qualis  Egseon  cui    dicunt       centumbrachia, 

in  silent  Atr.yda?.  As       Egson,  to  whom  they  say  tetre  an  hundred      arms, 

que  centenas  manus,  ignem   arsisse        quinquaginta  oribus 

ind     an  hundred     bands,     that  fire        burnt  from  his  tidy  mouths 

que  pectoribus,  cum  streperet     tot    paribus  clypeis   contra 

and         breasts,         when    he  clashed  on  so  many  equal       shields          against 

fulmina    Jovis,  stringeret     tot     enses:    Sic   ^Eneas    victor 

the  thunders  of  Jove,  when,  he  drew  so  many  swords:    Thus     ./Eneas    victorious 

desaevit          in  toto       aequore,      ut      semel      mucro 

raged  through       the  whole       plain,  as         once          hts  blade 

intepuit.  Quin  ecce!  tendit,         in     quadrijuges 

had  heen  warmed  in  blood.      But         lo!      be  marches    against          the  chariot 

equos    Niphasi,    que       adversa    pectora:    atque  illi,       ut 

horses       of  Nepheus,    and  their  hostile  breasts:          and     they,         LS 

videre         longe  gradientem  et  frementem     dira,        versi 

they  beheld  Aim  far  off       marching       and      raging  dreadfully,      turning 

metu      que  ruentes  retro,    que      effundunt      ducem   que 

with  fear     and      rushing       back,       both          overthrow    their  leader        and 

rapiunt   currus  ad    littora.        Interea  Lucagus  infert 

bear  off     the  chariot  to    the  shore.        In  the  meanwhile       Lucagus          bears 

se     in     medios       albis      bijugis.      Que  Liger       frater: 

himself   to       the  midst  on  his  while  chariot  horses.  Also    Liger      his  brother: 

sed     frater  flectit  equos  habenis,    et    acer   Lucagus  rotat 

but  his  brother    guides  his  horses    \vithreins,      and    brave        Lucagus      whirls 

strictum   ensem.  ./Eneas   baud   tulit         furentes         tanto 

his  drawn        sword.      /Eneas    could  not  endure    them  raging       with  so  much 

fervore:  que     irruit   que   ingens   apparuit  adversd 

violence:     and  he  rushed  on  and       great      he  appeared  before  them  with  hostile 

hasta",  cui  Liger:        non  cernis  equos  Diomedis,  nee  currum 

spear,  to  whom  Liger  said:  you  do  not  behold  the  horses  of  Diomede,  nor  the  chariot 

Achillis,  aut  campos  Phrygiae;  nunc  finis     belli     et         sevi 

Acliillcs,       or     the  plains      of  Troy;      now  the  end  ot  the  war  and  of  your  life 

dabitur       his  terris.  Tali  a  dicta  volant  late  vesano  Ligeri:  sed 

shall  be  given  to  these  lands.  Such    words      fly         far    from  mad  Liger:        but 

et    Troius  heros   non    parat     dicta     contra:    nam  torquet 

also  the  Trojan  hero    does  not  prepare       words   in  opposition:    for       he  hurl* 

jaculum    in     hostem.    Lucagus  ut    pronus     pendens   in 

ACi  dart       against      the  foe.         Lucagus       as  leaning  forward  hanging       on 

verbera,  admonuit    bijugos          telo,       dum   aptat    se 

the  lasli,         urged  on    his  yoke-horses  with  the  dart,  while  he  prepares  himself 


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pugnffi      Isevo     pede   projector    hasta  subit    per          imas 

for  battle  with  his  left  foot       advanced:   the  spear  enters    through    the  lowest 

eras     fulgentis     clypei,    dum     perforat    Isevum     inguen, 

borders  of  his  glittering   shield,         while     it  pierces         his  left  groin, 

excussus     curru,     moribundus,  volvitur  arvis:    quern  plus 

thrown  out  from  the  chariot,      dying,  he  is  rolled  on  the  fields1  whom  pioui 

./Eneas  affatur    amaris    dictis  Lucage   nulla   segtiis   fuga 

/Enens       addresses  with  bitter     words:      Lucagus        no         slothful       flight 

equorum  prodidit  tuos   currus,   aut  vana    umbra  vertere 

of  homes       has  betrayed  your      chariot,       or    have  vain    shades  turned  them 

ex  hostibus;  saliens  rotis  ipsedeseris  juga.   Ita      fatus 

from  the  enemy;    leaping  from  the  wheels  you  desert  the  chariot.  Thus  uttering 

haec,  arripuit    bijugos.  Infelix    frater,    delapsus 

these  words,     he  seized       the  horses.         His  wretched     brother,  falling 

eodem        curru,  tendebat    inermes  .palmas:  per 

from  the  same         chariot,  stretched  out  his  unarmed        hands  and  said:          by 

te,  per      parentes  qui   genuere  te  talem,  Trojane 

thyself,  by       thy  parents       who    have  borne  tbee    thus  renowned,       O  Trojan 

vir,  sine  hanc   animam,  et  miserere^  precantis.      ^Eneas 

hero,    spare      this  life,  and         pity  me  praying.  Ericas 

oranti     pluribus.  Haud      dabas    talia   dicta 

addresses  kirn  speaking  in  many  words.       You  did  not       utter        such        words 

dudum;  morere,    et  frater    ne      desere      fratrem.     Turn 

lately;  die,  and  a  brother  did  not    abandon    your  brother.         Then 

recludit    pectus,    latebras     animse,    mucrone.     Dardanius 

be  opens       his  breast,  the  hiding  place  of  his  soul,  with  his  sword.      The  Trojan 

ductor  edebat  talia  funera    per      campos,  furens          more 

leader       caused     these,  deaths     through      the  plains,    raging    in  the  manner 

torrentis  aquae,  vel  atri    turbinis.    Tandem  puer  Ascanius, 

of  a  torrent  of  water,  or    black      whirlwind.         At  last        the  boy       Ascanius, 

et   juventus  obsessa,  nequicquam  erumpunt  et  relinquunt 

and     the  youth       besieged,  in  vain  break  out       and  abandon 

castra.         Interea        Jupiter  compellat  Junonent       ultro: 

the  camps.    In  the  meantime      Jupiter       addresses  Juno  willingly: 

O  germana,    atque     eadem    conjux    gratissima    mihi!  ut 

O        sister,  and  also      the  same  my  wife         most  grateful      tome!      as 

rebare      (nee        sententia     fallit      te)    Venus     sustentat 

you  supposed  (nor  does  your  sentiment  deceive      you)       Venus  upholds 

Trojanas   opes!  non  viris      dextra    vivida  bello,  quo 

the  Trojan      power!  there  is  not  to  the  men  a  right  hand  alive    for  the  war,  and 

animus        ferox,    que    patiens    periculi!         Cui      Juno 

a  disposition         bold,         and         patient        of  danger!        To  whom        Juno 

summissa:    0  pulcherrime    conjux,  quid  sollicitas     segram, 

most  humbly  nid      most  accomplished  husband,    why  do  you  urge  me          sick. 

et  timentem  tua  tristia  dicta?   Si          foret   mihi     vis     in 

anil  dreading       your      sad        words?       If    there  could  be   to  me  that  power  in 

amore,   quse  fuerat    quondam,  quamque  decebat       essse, 

love.          which  has  been       formerly,         and  which       ought          tobemur 


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namque     non        negares  hoc  mihi,      omnipotens: 

indeed     yon  would  not       deny          this      tome,        O  all  powerful  husband: 

quin    et     possem        subducere    Turnum        pugnse,    et 

but       even   I  might  be  able         to  withdraw       Turnus       from  the  battle,  and 

servare     incolumem    Dauno    parent!.    Nunc        pereat, 

to  preserve  Am  unharmed       forDaunus    Aw  father.         Now       let  Aim  perish, 

que    det    poenas     Teucris       pio      sanguine.    Tamen  ille 

And      give     penalties  to  the  Trojans  with  Ais  pious  blood.  Yet          be 

deducit  nomen  nostra  engine  que  Pilumnus    quartus 

has  derived  AM  name  from  our     origin       and    Pilumnus      is  a  fourth  remove* 

pater  illi:    et  saepe  oneravit  tua  limina      larga        tnanu, 

father  to  him:  and  oft       he  has  loaded  your  temples  with  his  generous     hand, 

que  multis  donis.     Cui      rex  aetherei  Olympi  sic     fatur 

and      numerous  gifts.    To  whom  the  king  of  heavenly  Olympus    thus      speaks 

breviten    Si  mora    praesentis    lethi,    que   tempus    oratur 

briefly:  If      delay       of  present        death,      and         time  is  asked 

caduco    juveni,  que    sentis    me    ponere  hoc   ita;     tolle 

for  the  falling  youth,      and  you  think  fit  for  me  to  establish  it      thus;  bear  off 

Turnum   fuga,  atque  eripe      instantibus  fatis. 

Turnus         by  flight,    and    snatch  Aim  from  threatening  fate. 

Vacat       indulsisse        hactenus.     Sin  ulla  altior  venia 

It  is  allowed  to  have  indulged  yon      thus  far.          But  if  any  higher     favour 

latet        sub    istis    precibus,  que     putas     totum  bellum 

is  concealed    under  these        prayers,        and     you  think        all         the  war 

moveri    ve   mutari,    pascis    inanes    spes.       Cui     Juno 

to  be  removed  or     changed,     you  feed       empty       hopes.       To  whom    Juno 

illacrymans:    quid  si       dares  mente,       quod  gravaris 

weeping  said;          what  if  yon.  should  grant    in  your  mind,      what      you  deny 

voce,  atque  haec  vita  maneret    rata    Turno?     Nunc 

•with  your  voice,    and       this       life  should  remain  ratified  to  Turnus?         Now 

gravis    exitus    manet      insontem;  aut  ego     feror      vana 

a  mournful     end        awaits  him      innocent;        or       I    am  esteemed  ignorant 

veri;     quod  O  ut  potius        ludar         falsa  formidine,  et 

of  the  truth;    but     O  that  rather     I  may  be  deluded  by  false         fear,        and 

qui    potes,      reflectas    tua    orsa    in   melius.         Ubi 

tAou   who      art  able,      may  change      thy    designs   for   the  better.         When 

dedit       hsec  dicta,  protinus    misit     se        alto       ccelo, 

she  had  uttered  these  words,    forthwith     she  cast  herself  from  the  lofty      sky, 

succincta     nirabo,     agens  hiernem  per   auras,    que  petivil 

girt  with  a  cloud,    driving    tempests  through  the  air,      and       fought 

lliacam  aciem    et    Laurentia    castra.      Turn     Dea     ornat 

the  Trojan  army       and  the  Laurent! an    camps.  Then  the  Goddess  adorns 

Dardaniis  telis,   tenuem  umbram    sine   viribus       cava 

with  Trojan      arms,        alight  shade        without  substance  from  a  hollow 

nube,  in  faciem  JEnesR  (monstrum  mirabile     visu)     que 

cloud,      in    the  form  of  ^Eneas      (a  monster         wonderful     to  be  seen)      and 

asshnulat  clypeum  que  jubas    divini    capitis;       dat 

imitates  the  shield      and     crests   of  Ais  divine     bead;       she  gives  to  it 


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mania  verba.     dat    sonum    sine        tnente,      que  «flingif 

vain          words,  sne  gives     sound       without     understanding,  and         feigni 

grcssus     euntis;      quales  figuras  fama  est    volitare  morte 

the  stop   of  him  walking;  such  like    figures       report      is  use  tolly  aUout      dealt 

obita",      aut  somnia  quae  deludunt   sopitos    sensus.     A< 

having  passed,  or       dreams    which       deceive      the  sleeping    senses.  I!n. 

Iseta       imago  exultat    ante    primas    acies,   que     irrita> 

ih«'  playful    phantom      dances      before  the  advanced  ranks,      and      provokci 

\irum     telis,     et  lacessit  voce;  cui  Turnus  instat, 

t  ie  hero  with  darts,  and  aggravates  Aim  with  its  voice;  whom  Turnus     pursues 

que  conjicit  stridentem  hastam  eminus;  ilia  vertit  vestigia 

and        hurls  his  hissing         spear  afar;  it       turns       its  steps 

tergo       dato.      Turn   ver6  ut  Turnus  credidit    ^Enean 

its  back  being  presented.      Then     indeed  as     Turnus      believed     thit  /Tncaj 

aversum     cedere,     atque  turbidus    hausit    inanem  spem 

turning        had  withdrawn,     and       disturbed      drank  <n        empty  hope 

animo:  jEnea,    quo      fugis?      ne    desere   pactos 

in  Ai»  mind:     he  said  O  ./Eneas,  whither  do  you  fly?  do  not     desert        plighted 

thalamos:         tellus      quaesita       per        undas       dabitur 

marriage;  the  land         sought          through       the  waves  shall  be  given 

hfic  dextrd.     Vociferans    talia         sequitur,  que  coruscat 

by  this  right  hand.         Crying  out    in  these  words  he  pursues,  and     brandishes 

strictum  mucronem;      nee     videt      ventos        ferre     sua 

his  drawn          sword;  nor  does  he  observe  that  the  winds  bear  away       hi* 

gaudia.      Forte   ratis,    conjuncta    crepidine     celsi      saxi, 

joys.  By  chance  a  ship,          joined  to  the  margin    of  a  high        rock. 

stabat    scalis    expositis  et  ponte  parato,    quS.    rex  Osinius 

stood    with  ladders     placed      and  a  bridge  prepared,  on  which  king       Osinius 

advectus         Clusinis       oris.         Trepida     imago    ^Enea? 

was  borne        from  the Clusian     shores.       The  trembling     image       of  ./Eneas 

fugientis   conjicit    sese     hue     in    latebras:     Turnus  nee 

escaping  casts  itself     hither       in     concealment*       Turnus       not 

segnior       instat    que    exsuperat       moras,      et    transilit 

more  slothful  presses  on     and       rises  above  all    obstacles,      and     leaps  ovei 

altos  pontes.      Vix      attigerat     proram;    Saturnia  rumpit 

the  high  bridges.         Hardly  bad  he  touched      the  prow;         Juno  break* 

funem,  que    rapit     navem  avulsam  per  revoluta  aequora. 

the  rope,     and  bears  away   the  ship        toyi       through  the  rolling        waters. 

Autem  ^Eneas  poscit  ilium  absentem,   in   pralia:  demittit 

But  /Ericas    demands     him  absent,       to  the    battle:          he  sends 

multa  corpora  virum   obvia       morti.     Tune  levis    imago 

many        bodies      of  heroes  meeting  him  to  death.       Then   'the  light  phantom 

baud     quaerit      latebras      ultra  jam  sed   volans  sublime 

does  not         seek          concealment     farther   now      but       flying  high 

immiscuit  se      atrae     nubi;    cum         interea  turbo 

mingled          itself  in  the  black  cloud;     when     in  the  mean  time  the  whirlwind 

fert  Turnum    medio      aequore.       Respicit  ignarus  rerum, 

bears    Turnus     in  the  midst     of  the  sea.       He  looks  back  ignorant,   of  things 


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que   ingratus      salutis,     et     tendit    duplices  manus  cum 

and      ungrateful     for  his  safety,  and     stretches          both          hands         with 

voce       ad         sidera:  Omnipotens     genitor,      ne 

his  voice  towards     the  stars,  he  said:  All  powerful  father,  whether 

duxisti          me    dignum     tan  to    crimine?  et         voluisti 

have  you  thought      me        worthy     of  so  great       a  crime?  and  have  you  willed 

expendere    tales         poenas?          quo         feror?  unde 

that  1  pay  such  penalties?         whither    am  I  borne?  whence 

abivi?         quse  fuga   reducet   me,  ve  quern?  ne  videbo 

have  I  departed?  what    flight  shall  restore     me,     or     to  what?  shall  I  see 

Laurentes   muros    aut    castra    iterum?    quid     ilia    manus 

the  Laurentian  walls          or       camps       once  more?     what  will  this         band 

virum,       qui    secuti   me   que  meaarma?  que  omnes   quos 

of  heroes  say,  who    followed    me      and      my      arms?    and        all  whom 

reliqui,  nefas,  m  infandd       morte?     Et    nunc 

I  have  abandoned,  O  dreadful  crime,  to  unutterable          death?       And         now 

video         palantes,  que  accipio  gemitum  cadentum. 

I  behold  them  wandering,     and  I  receive    the  groans  of  the  falling. 

Quid     agam?  aut  quae  terra  jam     satis     ima     dehiscat 

Wliut   shall  I  do?     or      what     land       now  sufficiently   deep         will  open 

mihi?    Vos,   6  venti,  potius    miserescite    (Turnus    volens 

forme?      You,    O  ye  winds,     rather  pity  me  (1  Turnus      willingly 

adoro  vos;)  ferte     ratem  in  rupes,   in    saxo  que  immittite 

adore      you;)     drive    my  ship       on  the  clifl's,  upon  the  rocks  and  sink  it 

sjcvis  vadis        syrtis,       quo    neque    Rutuli,     neque 

in  the  cruel       shallows    the  quicksands,  where    neither  the  Rutulians,  nor 

conscia   fama    sequatur  me.     Memorans  haec,         fluctuat 

conscious      fame       shall  pursue    me.  Uttering         these  words,   he  waves 

aniino     nunc   hue,   nunc   illuc,     an     amens    ob   tantum 

iri  his  mind   now        here,        now        there,    whether    mad         for        so  great 

dedecus       induat        sese       mucrone,    et  exigat   crudum 

a  dishonour  he  should  pierce  himself       with  his  blade,  and     drive         his  naked 

ensem     per    costas,  an   jaciat  mediis       fluctibus, 

sword         through  Ais  ribs,  or  should  cust  himself  into  the  midst  of  the  waves, 

et  petat    curva    litora     nando,     que  reddat    se     iterum 

and  seek    the  curving    shores  in  swimming,    and       restore    himself       again 

in     anna     Teucrflm.       Conatus    utramque   viam     ten 

against  the  arms    of  the  Trojans.  ••  Attempting         each  way      thrice, 

ter     maxima   Juno    continuit      que     miserata        animo 

thrice       great  JUIIQ    restrained  Aim        aud     commiserating  in  her  mine! 

repressit     juvenem.          Labitur         secans     alta,         que 

«lie  restrained    the  youth.  He  glides  on       dividing      the  deep,         both 

secundo       fluctu  que  sestu;  etdeferturad  antiquam  urbem 

with  favouring    wave     and     tide;     and  is  borne       to      the  ancient  city 

patris  Dauni.  At     interea     Mezentius   monitis       Jovis 

of  his  father  Daunus.    But  in  the  interim  Mezentius  by  the  monitions  of  Jupiter, 

ardens  succedit     pugnae,    que     invadit      ovantes 

turning  teith  ragt        comes  up       to  the  fight,    and         attacks     the  rejoicing 


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Teucros.     Tyrrhene  acies   concurrunt,  atque  instant    viro 

Trojans.  The  Tuscan    bands    rush  on  together,    and         pursue    the  man 

uni,  uni    omnibus          odiis  que   frequentibus   telis. 

alone,        Aim  alone      with  all      their  hatred       and         numerous  darts. 

Ille    velut    rupes,    quse    prodit    in   vastum   aequor    obvia 

He  as  a  rock,      which      projects    into    the  vast       ocean      exposed 

furiis         ventorum   que  exposita  ponto,  perfert  cunctam 

to  the  madness  of  the  winds    and      obnoxious  tothe  sea,  endures  alt 

vim          atque  minas,  que     cceli    que  maris,  ipsa    manens 

;lie  violence    and       threats,    both    of  heaven  and  the  deep,  itself     remaining 

immota-     Sternit     Hebrum   prolem    Dolicaonis          humi; 

unmoved.        He  prostrates    Hebrus    the  offspring     of  Uohcaon    on  the  ground, 

cum  quo   Latagum   que  fugacem    Palmura;     sed   occupat 

with      him       Latagus         and        flying  Palmus;  but    be  attack.* 

Latagum      os       que  adversam  faciem   saxo,    atque  ingenti 

Lataguj    in  the  mouth  and       adverse  face    with  a  rock,  and  great 

fragmine     montis;      sinit       Palmum       volvi  segnem 

fragment        of  a  mountain;  be  permits  Palmus      to  be  rolled  over  slowly 

poplite      succiso;        que      donat      Lauso     habere    arma 

his  ham          being  cut;  and  allows      to  Lausua      to  have  arm* 

hume'ris,  et   figere   cristas  vertice.    Nee  non   Phrygium 

on  hi*  shoulders,  and  to  place    crests  on  his  bead.  Also  Trojan 

Evantem,   que  Mimanta   aequalem  que    comitem   Paridis: 

F.vas  he  kills      and       Mimas  the  equal        and        companion        of  Paris. 

quern  Theano  dedit  in  lucem    genitori   Amyco    und  nocte, 

whom      Theano      gave    to    the  light    to  kis  father  Amycus    the  same    night, 

et   Cisseis  regina,    praegnans     face,  creat      Parin:  occubat 

also  Hecuba  the  queen,    pregnant  with  a  firebrand  bore  Paris:          befalls 

paterni  urbe;    Laurens    ora    habet  Mimanta  ignarum.    Ac 

in  his  native  city;  the  Laurentine  coast  possesses     Mimas         unknown.       And 

velut  ille   aper,  actus  de     altis   montibus    morsu   canum, 

as  a         boar,  driven   from   the  high    mountains  by  the  biting     of  dogs, 

pastus  arundineS.  sylv&  (quern  pinifer      Vesulus  defendit 

having  fed     in  the  reedy     wood    (which  the  pine-bearing  Vesulus  had  defended 

multos   annos,    que     Laurentia  palus      multos)    postquam 

for  many      years,        and   the  Laurentian    marsh        for  many)  aflei 

ventum  est  inter  retia,    substitit,   que    ferox  infremuit,  et 

he  had  come      amidst  tbe  nets,     be  stops,        and        fierce         be  roars,     and 

mhorruit    armos;     nee       virtus  cuiquam         irasci,         ve 

bristles    up  his  shoulders;  nor  is  there  courage  in  any  one  to  display  his  anger,  or 

accedere    propius,    sed      instant  jaculis    que    tutis 

to  approach        nearer,          but        they  press  on  Am  with  darts      and          safe 

clamoribus  procul:  autem  ille  impavidus   cunctatur          ii> 

diimours  from  afar:     but  be        fearless  delays  them  in 

omnes    partes    infrendens      dentibus     et    decutit    hastas 

every  side  gnashing  with  his  teetb    and      shakes     the  spear* 

tergo:  baud  aliter,     animus  non  ulli,  quibus  Mezentius 

from  Jkii  back:        just  so.  courage  via*  not  to'aoy,  to  whom        Mezectiut 


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st  justae  ins,      concurrere  stricto     ferro; 

4  a  suljeet  of  righteous  indignation,        to  engage  fiim       with  the  drawn  sword, 

•acessunt        longe   missilibus         et  vasto  clamore-  Acron, 

Ihey  provoke  Aim  from  afar      with  flying  (farts  and     vast         noise.  Acron 

Graius  homo,  venerat  de  antiquis   finibus   Coriti  profugus 

a  Grecian  man,    .    had  come  from  the  ancient  boundaries  of  Coritus     a  deserter 

unquens    hymenaeos  infectos:     Ubi      longe      vidit  hunc 

leaving       his  nuptial  rites     unfinished:     When     from  afar       he  saw         him 

miscentem      media      agmina    purpureum       pennis,      et 

intermingling       in  the  midst   of  the  bands      glowing         with  the  plumes,  and 

ostro  conjugis  pactae;    ceu  saepe   impastus    leo     peragrans 

purple   of  his  wife  betrothed;    as    •    often      an  unfed         lion  wandering  thro' 

alta   stabula  (enim  vesana  fames  suadet)  -si  forte  conspexit 

the    deep  retreats    (for       mad          hunger  induces  Aim)  if  by  chance       he  sees 

fugacem    capream,    aut    cervum    surgeritem    in    cornua, 

a  flying  goat,  or         a  stag  rising  on  his  horns, 

gaudet       hians    immane,    que    arrexit  comas   et       hseret 

he  rejoices     yawning      hideously,       and        rears    his    hair,     and   cling?  fast 

incumbens  super  visceribus:    teter     cruor   lavit    improba 

bending  over        Ai* entrails:          black          blood      bathes         his  cruel 

ora:     sic   Mezentius   alacer     ruit       in        densos    hostes. 

jaws:     thus       Mezentius         joyful       rushes     against  his  thickening       foes. 

Infelix  JEron  sternitur,  et  expirans  tundit  atram.humum 

Unhappy  JEt»n    is  overthrown,  and    dying  beats  the  black         grounu 

calcibus,     que  cruentat  infracta  tela.  Atque    idem     baud 

with  his  heels,  and       stains        his  broken    arms.      And       the  same     did  not 

dignatus  est   sternere    Oroden  fugientem,  nee  dare  caecum 

condescend  to  overthrow    Orodes       flying,  nor    to  give     a  secret 

vulnus        jacta         cuspide;  obvius  que  occurrit  adverso 

wound       with  the  hurled        spear;  meeting    also      he  engaged         h is  foe 

que  vir  contulit         se         viro,  baud   melior    furto,    .sed 

aud    man    engaged          himself       to  man,    not         superior   in  deceit,       but 

fortibus     armis.  Turn     nixus  pede     posito  super 

in  powerful    arms.       Then    struggling     with  A  is  foot      placed         up«n    kin 

abjectum,    et         hasta:      Viri,         altus    Orodes,     pars 

overthrown,    and    with  his  spear:  Men  (said  he)  high        Orodes,        a  portion 

belli     baud     temnenda,  jacet.         Socn         conclamant 

of  the  war    not  to  be  despised,  lies  here.    His  companions  exclaim  together 

secuti    laetum  Parana.  Autem  ille  expirans:         Quicunque 

following  a  joyful    Paean.  But  he       expiring    says:  Whoever 

es,  non         victor    nee      laetabere  longum  me 

thouart,  thou  shall  not    live  a  conqueror  nor  shall  you  rejoice     long      over  mt 

inulto;    paria  fata    prospectant   te    quoque,    atque    mox 

uurevenged;    like     fates  await  thee        also,  and  soon 

tenebis     eadem   arva.    Ad  quern   Mezentius   subridens 

you  shall  possess  the  same    fields.       To     whom        Mezentius  smiling 

mista      ira",         Nunc  morere,  ast       pater         Divorum 

with  min?lnd  wrath,  says,   Now        die,  but    let  th«  father       of  the  God* 


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alque  rex   hominum  viderit  de  me.     Dicens   hoc  eduxit 

ami        king        of  men  see  for     me.        Saying        tliis        tic  drew 

tclum         corpore.         Dura    quies    et  ferreus         somnus 

the*  dart       from  Ai's  body.  Cruel         sleep      and      iron  slumber 

urget     olli     oculos,      lumina    clauduntur  in    atternam 

press  down      his         eyes,         Ms  sight  is  closed  in  eternal 

noctem.  Coedicus  obtruncat  Aleathoum,  Sacrator  Hydaspen 

iiigl.t.  Cxdicus        beheads  Aleathous,        Sacrator  kills       Hydatpes 

que    Rapo     Parlhenium,    et    Orsen   pracdurum     viribus. 

ami         Kapo  Parnethius,         and     Orsen        very  hardy    in  Ai's  strength. 

Messapus  Clonium  que  Lycaonium   Ericeten  ilium 

Mrs>:ipus     overthrows      Clonius        and        Lycaonian  Erecclcs       Inin.-clf 

jacentem       tellure       lapsu         infra?nis         equi,    pedes 

lying  on  the  ground     by  a  fall    of  his  undisciplined    horse,         on  foot 

hunc  peditem;  et  Lycius  Agis  processerat;  quem 

he  attacks    him        on  foot;    and    Lycian  Agis    had  gone  out  against  him;  whom 

tamen  Valerus  baud  expers    avitae     virtutis     dejicit:  Salius 

yet  Falerius        not      destitute  of  ancestral  courage      overthrows:    Salius 

Authronium  que  Nealces  insignis      jaculo,      et  sagittd 

AiV/s  Authornius  and        Nealces    renown'd        for  the  dart,      and     arrow 

longe  fallente         Salium.  Jam  gravis  Mavors  aequabat 

far  deceiving  killed  Sulius.          Now     cruel        Mars  equalled     their 

luctus  et  mutua  funera;    victores       que     victi     caedebant 

grief       and    mutual        deaths;   the  conquerors       and    conquered  full 

pariter  que  pariter  ruebant.    Fuga   ne  nota      his         nee 

together     and    together      rushed  on.       Flight  is  not  known   to  these  nor 

illis.     Dii      in    tectis    Jovis  miseranlur   inanem          iram 

those.  The  Gods  in    the  palace  of  Jove  pity  the  vain  anger 

imborum,    et  esse  mortalibus  tantos  labores.    Hinc 

of  both.  and  thai  there  are        to  mortals      so  great  labours.     On  this  fide 

Venus,  hinc         contra         Saturnia  Juno  spectat.  Pallula 

Venus,        on  that    on  the  other  hand    Saturnian    Juno      beholds.  Pale 

Tisiphone  saevit  inter   media     millia.    At  vero  Mezentius 

Tisiphone  rages    in  the     midst     of  thousands.  But   indeed         Mezcntius 

vjuatiens         ingentem  hastam  turbidus  ingreditur    campo; 

brandishing  his        great  spear        troubled        walks  on  the  plain, 

quam  magnus  Orion  cum    incedit    pedes  scindens     viam 

as  great  Orion      when    he  marches     on  foot    dividing         tin-  way 

per     maxima    stagna     medii     Nerei,  supereminet  undas 

through       great  pools     of  the  midst  ofNereus,       rises  above    the  wavci 

humero,    aut     referens      annosam  ornum     summis 

with  his  shoulder,       or       bearing  back        on  aged  ash          from   the  lofty 

montibus  que  ingreditur         solo,        et  condit    caput  inter 

mountains      and        walks  on  the  ground,    and    hides     his  head         :iiniil 

nubila:    Mezentius    talis    infert       se         vastis         armis 

the  clouds:    Mozentius  thus        bears        himself  with  his  vast  arm*. 

Contra.       ./Eneas  speculatus  in    longo    agmine    parat 

On  the  other  hand  jEtieas        watching         in      the  long        ra:ik  i>re;  arti 


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ire    obvius    huic.    Hie    manet   imperterritus         opperiens 

logo    to  meet      him.        He        remains        unfrighiened  awaiting 

magnanimum    hostem     et       stat         sua    mole    atque 

tis     huh  minded  /oe  and        stands    in  his  own     bulk  and 

emensus         oculis     quantum,  spatium       satis         hastse, 

having  measured  with  Ais  eyes  as  much  space       asiscuongh  for  Ai'sspear, 

Dextra    Deus  mihi   et    telum     quod    libro    missile 

said  My  rk'ht  hand  a  God     tome    and  the  dart       which    I  poise  about  to  send 

nunc   adsint;          Lause  voveo   te     ipsum  tropaeum 

now     be  friendly  to  i*c;  O  Lausus   I  vow  to  thee  thyself  •    the  trophy 

./Eneo;      indutum      spoliis    raptis     e    corpore    praedonis. 

of  .iCneas      clothed  in  spoils       stript      from    the  body      of  the  robber. 

Dixit   que  jecit  stridentem  hastam  eminus,  at    ilia  volans 

lie  said    and    hurl'd     the  hissing  spear          afar  off,    but     it  flying 

excussa  est   clypeo     que  procul  figit  egregium       Antorem 

•i-  shaken  off    from  the  shield  and     afar  orf  pierces    the  noble  Antorea 

inter    latus    et      ilia;       Antorem    comitem    Herculis  qui 

between  the  side  and  the  stomach;   Anlorcs     thecomprtiiion  of  Hercules        whii 

missus     ab  Argis  haeserat  Evahdro  atque         consederat 

boing   sent     from    Argos    had  joined    Ev.inder        and  had  settled  tiown 

Itala     urbe.     Infelix     sternitur     alieno     vulnere    que 

in  an  Italian  city.          Unhappy  he  is  overthrown  by  a  foreign  wound  and 

aspicit    ccelura   et   moriens    reminiscitur      dulces    Argos. 

looks  up    to  heaven  and      dying  calls  to  mind     his  beloved         Argos, 

Turn  pius  ^Eneas  jacit   hastam,  ilia  transivit     per     cavum 

Then    pious    -£neas     hurls  Ms  spear,         it        pass'd          through  the  hollow 

orbem,  triplici  sere,    per    linea    terga  que   opus  intextum 

circle,        of  triple  brass,  through  the  linen  coverings  and  the  work  interwoven 

tribus   tauris         que      sedit      ima         inguine;         sed 

with  three      bulls    hides      and  settles  down  to  the  bottom  of  the  groin;  but 

baud    pertulit     vires.     JEneas  laetus   sanguine  Tyrrheni 

it  did  not        retain    its  strength.      .-Eneas      joyful      the  blood     of  the  Tuscan 

viso,     ocyus   eripit     ensem     a        femore  et    fervidus 

boing  seen,  quickly  snatches  Ms  sword       from    his    thigh       and         glowing 

instat         trepidanti.   Lausus  ut    vidit     graviter  ingemuit 

presses  on  him    trembling.        Lausus       as   he  saw  it    heavily  groaned 

amore         cari   genitoris,  que  lacrymae         volutaj  per 

through  love  of  his  dear      parent,         and    the  tears       came  rolling     over  Ais 

ora.  Si         qua         vetustas   sit  latura  fidem     tanto  operi 

(ace.    If  by    any  means     antiquity  shall      give       faith       to  so  great  a  decJ 

equidem     non        silebo  casum          durse   mortis 

indeed  I  will  not    be  silent  concerning  the  misfortune  of  thy  cruel       death 

hie,    que     tua     optima  facta  nee  te  juvenis    memorande. 

here,    and  thy  most        worthy     deeds  nor  thee  O  youth  to  be  commemorated. 

Ille   referens   pedem    et    inutilis  que   inligatus  cedebat 

He     withdrawing    Ais  foot     both     disabled     and      encumbered     retreated 

que  trahebat  inimicum  hastile    clypeo.       Juvenis    prorupit 

and        drew         the  hostile       <pcar    in  Aio.  shield.         The  youth     burst  forlli 


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que  immiscuit    sese       armis,     quc     subiit     mucronerr 

and  cast  himself   on  the  arms,     and    encountered  the  hlaiie 

./Eneae,  jam  assurgentis-      dextrd,      que  ferentis  plagam 

ofjEneas,   now  rising          with  his  right  hand,  and       aiming  a  blow 

que  sustinuit  ipsum  morando.        Socii     sequntur    magno 

and      sustained        bim       by  delaying.     His agsociates    follow       with  a  great 

clamore,  dura    gemtor  protectus    parmi          nati  abiret; 

about,  wbile     the  father       protected    by  the  shield  of  Ais  son    withdrew, 

que  conjiciunt  tela  que  proturbant  nostem  missilibus 

and        they  hurl       darts    and       drive  away       the  foe  by  missile   ipean 

eminus.    ^Eneas  furit  que   tectus     tenet    se.       Ac  velut 

afar  off.  .Eneas      rages   and     protected    restrains  himself.    And  as 

si    quando     nimbi     praecipitant  grandine      effusa",    omnis 

if    at  any  time    the  clouds          rush  on  with  hail     pouring  down,      every 

arator   diffiugit     campis,      et   omnis  agricola,    et     viator 

ploughman     flies       from  the  plains,  and     every         farmer,        and    traveller 

latet     tut£     arce    aut      ripis      amnis,  aut  fomice     alti 

lies  hid  in  a  safe  shelter  either  on  the  banks  of  a  river,    or     the  recess  of  a  high 

saxi,  <Jum     pluit     in    terris,    ut  possint  exercere  diem 

rock,      while      it  rams     on      the  land,  that  they  may       spend         the  day 

sole    reducto.  .     Sic  JEneas     obrutus        telis      undique 

the  sun  being  restored.    Thus    jEneas     overwhelmed     with  darts  on  every  side 

sustinet  omnem  nubem    belli   dum    detonet,  et  increpitat 

endures  all          the  cloud     of  war    while    it  thunders,   and  rebukes 

Lausum,   que>  minatur  Lauso.       Quo       ruis      moriture? 

Lausus,  and      threatens      Lausus.        Whither  do  you  rush    about  to  die? 

que         audes      majora  viribus?      tua  pietas  fallit 

and    tc/iy  do  you  dare   greater  ttiixfs  than  your  strength?  your    piety      deceives 

te   incautum.     Necminus  ille  demens  exultatque  jam  ssevae 

you  unsuspecting.       Nevertheless    he         mad  exults      and    uow      cruel 

irae   surgunt  altius   Dardanio   ductori,  que    Parcae      legunt 

wr.idi     arises       higher  in  the  Trojan     leader,       and  the  Destinies    draw  not 

extrema    fila  Lauso,  namque  ./Eneas   exigit    valid um 

Ais  last        threads  of  life  to  Lausun,       for  .Eneas      plunges   Aia  powerful 

ensem    per     medium     juvenem    que   recondit     totum. 

sword        through     the  middle       of  the  youth       and         hides  it  entirely 

Mucro      transit    et     parmam,        levia       arma 

within  him.        The  blade        pierced      both      Aw  shield,  the  light         arms 

minacis,      et  tunicam  quam    mater  neverat   molli    auro! 

ofhiin  threatening  and    the  coat      which    A»s  mother  had  spun  of  ductile      gold 

que  sanguis  implevit  sinum;     turn,    vita     moesta  concessit 

and        blood  filled         his  bosom;       then    his  life  sad  withdrew 

per  auras  ad  manes,  que  reliquit    corpus.     At    vero   ut 

through  the  air  to  the  shades,  and  abandoned  ki*  body.   But  indeed  as 

Anchisiades         vidit      vultum     et         ora         morientis, 

the  son  of  Anchises          saw  the  face        and    countenance    of  him  dying, 

ora        pallentia      miris      modis     miserans     ingemuit 

tt«  countenance       pale        in  a  wonderful  manner  compassionating    he  groaned 


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graviter   que     tetendit     dextram;        et     imago      patriae 

heavily  anil          extended         his  right  kand,  and    the  image  of  his  paternal 

pietatis  subiit   mentem.      Puer  miserande  quid  nunc 

piety  filtered       his  soul.  O  youth  to  be  pjtied      what       now     is  left 

tibi  pro  istis  laudibus,  quid      pius    JEneas  dabit  dignum 

:o  you  for     these       praises,      what  con  the  pious  JEneas         give  worthy 

tanta     indole.       Habe    tua     arma   quibus    laetatus     que 

BO  great       virtue.  Take  your  own    arms      in  which  you  rejoiced       and 

remitto    te     manibus     et    cineri    parentum;    si    ea      est 

I  restore     tbee   to  the  shades    and      ashes     of  your  parents;    if     this  it» 

qua  cura.     Tamen  infelix  solabere    miseram  mortem 

any     care.  Yet        unhappy  youth  you  shall  console  your  wretched      death 

hoc,       cadis       dextrd      magni  ^Eneae.      Increpat    ultro 

by  this,        you  fall  by  tbe  right AaTtdof  great    /Eneas.  He  chides    forthwith 

socios     cunctantes  et  sublevat  ipsum     terrd     turpantem 

Ais  companions     delaying      and    supports         him    on  the  ground          defiling 

capillos  comptos        de         more,     sanguine.         Interea 

his  locks       adorned        according  to  the  custom,  with  blood.      In  the  mean  time 

genitor  siccabat     vulnera    lymphis,     ad    undam    Tiberini 

Ata  father      rinsed          AJS  wounds     with  water,      at     the  stream      of  Tiber's 

fluminis,    que  levabat  corpus     acdinis       trunco    arboris. 

river,  and       raised        Ais  body    leaning  against  the  trunk      of  a  tree. 

JErea.  galea  dependel  procul      ramis,      et  gravia  arma 

His  brazen  helmet          hung          afar  oft"  on  the  branches,  and  his  heavy     arms 

quiescunt       prato.  Lecti  juvenes  stant  circum;    ipse 

rest  on  the  meadow.         Chosen       youth       stand     around;  he 

spger  anhelans  fovet    colla,     fusus    propexam  barbam  in 

sick  panting      relieves    his  neck,    spreading        his  long  beard        on 

pectore,     rogitat  multa  super       Lauso,    que   remittit 

his  breast,       he  asks      many  things  concerning       Lausus,      and     sends  back 

multos  qui  jevocent,     que    ferant     mandata        mcesti 

many         who      may  recall  Aim,  and         bear       the  commands  of  his  mournful 

parentis.  At       socii        flentes  ferebant  Lausum  exanimum, 

father.  But  his  companions  weeping      bore  Lausus  lifeless, 

super     arma    ingentem     atque    victum   ingenti   vulnere. 

upon         Ais  arms       -a  great  corpse     and       conquered  by  a  great          wound. 

Mens    prasaga     mali     -agnovit  gemitum    longer 

The  father's  mind      foreknowing  misfortune       knew         their  groan       afar  off: 

deformat     canitiem     immundo   pulvere  et  tendit     ambas 

be  deforms       Ais  gray  hair       with  filthy  dust        and  stretches  both 

palmas  ad  coelum,    et  inhaeret   corpore.       Nate      tantane 

His  hands    to      heaven,     and     cleaves      to  the  body.      O  my  son  has  so  great 

voluptas  vivendi    tenuit    me   ut  paterer  .quern 

a  pleasure      of  living      withheld     me     that  I  should  have  suffered  Aim    wnonr 

genui      succedere    hostili     dextrae,     pro      me?     ne 

I  have  begotten       to  yield         to  a  hostile  right  hand,  instead  of  myself?  whether 

genitor    servor    per  haec  tua  vulnera?  vivens    tud    morte? 

a  father     am  I  saved    by      these    thy     wounds?        living     by  your      death] 


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Heu!    clcmum    mihi     misero      exilium-    infelix,      nunc 

AlBb!         at  length       to  me       miserable         my  exile       «'.•>•  unhappy,  now 

vulnus   adactum  alte.       Nate   ego   idem   maculavi  tuum 

the  wound    is  driven     deeply.        O  my  son    I     the  same  have  stained        your 

nomen   crimine;     pulsus  solio  que  patemis  sceptris, 

name          with  crime;     banished  from  my  throne  and       paternal  sceptre 

ob       invidiam.     Debueram   pcenas     patrite,     que  ipse 

on  account  of     hatred.  lowed          penalties  to  my  country,  and  I 

dedissem      sontem  animam         odiis         meorum,         per 

•hould  have  given  my  guilty       soul        to  the  indignation      of  my  subjects,        by 

omnes   mortes.      Nunc   vivo,    que    ne    adhuc     relinquo 

all  deaths.  Now        I  live,       and      not       as  yet       do  I  abandon 

homines  que  lucem,         sed  linquam.  Simul 

men  and    the  light  of  life,  but   I  will  leave  then.  At  the  same  time 

dicens   haec          attollit      ^e       in      segrum       femur,     et 

Baying         these  things  he  raised    himself     on      his  wounded         thigh,       and 

quanquam  vis  tardat          alto      vulnere,     baud  dejectus, 

although  pain  restrains  Aim  by  a  deep       wound,       he  was  not  cast  down, 

jubet     equum      duci.  Hoc       decus     illi,     hoc   erat 

he  orders      his  horse  to  be  led  out.        This  was  an  honour  to  him,     t!iU        was 

solamen;       abibat      victor     hoc  omnibus  bellis.  Alloquitur 

a  consolation;  he  departed  a  conqueror  by  this   from  all       wars.        Headdresses 

mcerentem  et  infit  talibus.  Rhcebe     viximus     diu, 

•  Aim      mourning      and  begins  with  these  words.  O  Rhebus  we  have  lived     long, 

si  qua  ulla  res  est  diu  mortalibus.       Aut      victor      hodie 

if  any         thing       is     long      to  mortals.  Either    a  conqueror    this  day 

referes        ilia     cruenta   spolia,    et    caput     ^Eneae  que 

you  shall  bear  off  these         bloody         spoils,      and    the  head    ofJEneas      and 

eris         ultor    dolorum     Lausi  mecum  aut  si  nulla   vis 

you  shall  be  the  avenger  of  the  griefs  of  Lausus  with  me     or     if     no        power 

aperit  viam,  occumbes  pariter,  enim  neque   fortissime 

opens      away,    you  shall  fall  together  with  me,    for       neither  most  brave  horn 

credo        dignabere        pati     aliena     jussa,     et  Teucros 

do  I  believe  you  will  condescend  to  endure  another's  commands,   and         Trojan 

dominos.     Dixit   et    exceptus      tergo,      locavit    membra 

owners.  He  said  and    being  received  on  his  back,     he  placed         A  is  limbs 

consueta,         que  oneravit  ambas  manus  acutis  jaculis, 

in  their  accustomed  seat,    and       loaded         both        hands    with  sharp  javelins, 

fulgens     asre  caput,   que   hirsutus       equind       cristd. 

vhiuing    with  brass  as  to  his  head,     arid         rough        with  a  horse  hair       crest. 

Sic  rapid  us     dedit     cursum    in   medios.        Ingens  pudor 

Thus      swift       he  directed    Ais  course  into   the  midst.  Deep          shame 

sestuat  in     imo     corde,  que       insania     luctu     misto     et 

boils         in  his  inmost    heart,     and  madness     with  grief    mingled     and 

amor  agitatus    furiis,     et  conscia  virtus;   atque  hie  vocavit 

pnve      convulsed  by  madness,  and  conscious    courage;       and      here    he  called 

^Enean   ter    magna    voce.     ./Eneas  agnovit  eum  que  lastus 

2uicu9       thrice  with  a  loud    voice.          jEneas        knew        him    and     joyful 


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precatur:      Sic       ille  pater     Deflm,      sic    altus    Apollo 

pmyed:  Thus  may  the      father     of  the  Gods,      thus    exalted        Apollo 

faciat,    incipias       conferre  manum.  EfFatustantum, 

move  you,  that  you  may  begin  to  engage  your  hand  with  me.       He     said  so  much, 

et    subit    obvius  infestd       hasta".        Autem     ille 

irul  passes  on  against  him  with  bis  hostile       spear.  But  he  said 

saevissime  quid     terres      me    nato  erepto?  haec 

most  cruel  man  why   do  you  terrify   me    my  son  being  snatched  from  me?    this 

fuit   sola  via    qua"      posses    perdere.         Nee     horremus 

was  the  only  way  by  which  you  could    destroy  me.  Neither          dowefeai 

mortem  nee  parcimus   ulli     Divvim. 

death  nor       regard       any  one  of  the  Gods. 

Desine,  jam  venio    moriturus,   et  prius  porto  haec  dona 

Cease,         now    I  come       about  to  die,    and     first       I  bear   these      gifts 

tibi.     Dixit,  que  intorsit     telum      in     hostem,    que   inde 

to  you.    He  said,    and    hurled  his  dart      against  the  foe,         and         then 

figit        aliud  atque  aliud,     que  super  volat      ingenti 

Ac  fastens  another   and      another,      and     over  the  plain    he  flies       in  a  great 

gyro,    sed  aureua    umbo  sustinet.         Equitavit  in      laevos 

circle,       but    the  golden     boss       sustains  them.        He  rode        in         sinister 

orbes    ter      circum      adstantem,    jaciens     tela         manu. 

circles     thrice       around  him     standing,  hurling         darts  with  AI'J  hand. 

Troius      heros      ter          circumfert      secum     immanem 

The  Trojan     hero        thrice  bore  around  with  him  a  great 

sylvam  serato      tegmine.      Inde      ubi     taedet 

forest  of  darts       in  kis  brazen       shield.  Then       when      it  wearies  him 

traxisse  tot     moras,         vellere      tot     'spicula,    et 

to  have  contrived    so  many    delays,  to  draw  out    so  many     darts,        and 

urgetur        congressus    iniquS.  pugnS    movens  multa 

he  is  driven  on        engaging         in  unequal   contest        revolving      manyfAing* 

animo,    jam  tandem    erumpit,     et  conjicit  hastam      inter 

in  his  mind,  now     at  last      be  breaks  forth,  and     hurls       his  spear     between 

cava         tempora  bellatoris    equi.     Quadrupes  tollit     se 

the  hollow       temples    of  the  warrior  horse.  The  horse       raised     himself 

arrectum  et  verberat   auras    calcibus,      que  ipse   secutus 

upright  and      beat  the  air    with  his  heels,      and       he       following 

super  effusum  equitem    implicat     que   cernuus   incumbit 

upon         the  fallen       rider         binds  Am  down  and    falling  over         lies  upon 

armo        ejecto,     que  Troes   que  Latini  incendunt  coelum 

kis  shoulder  projecting,      and  the  Trojans  and    Latins  rend  the  skjr 

clamore.  ^Eneas  advolat   que  -eripit  ensem       vagina1, 

with  their  cry.        /Eneas          flies  and  snatches  his  sword  from  his  sheath, 

et  super        haec:          Ubi  nunc   acer  Mezentius,   et  Hla 

and  over  him  says  these  things:  Where  now   «  brave    Mezentius,         and    that 

effera      vis    animi?       Contra,         Tyrrhenus  ut  suspiciens 

savage      violence  of  mind?  On  the  other  hand,    the  Tuscan       as         beholding 

ccelum     hausit     auras,   que  recepit      mentem;       A  mare 

the  aky      he  breathes       the  air,     and    recovers  his  understanding  says;  O  cruel 


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hostis,     quid      mcrepitas      et    roinaris  mortem?    nulJum 

enemy,         why         do  you  rebuke     and     threaten         death?        there  is  no 

nefas    in        caede,  nee  sic    veni      ad  proelia,  nee  meus 

crime      in  my    destruction,  nor    thus  have  I  come   to      battle,      nor     did  my 

Lausus    pepigit    mihi    haec   foedera  tecum.      Oro  hoc 

ton  Lausus       negotiate      forme     these     treaties      with  you.         I  pray    this 

unum     per,     si  qua  venia    est    victis      hostibus,  patiare 

one  thing  by  tltit,     if  any  indulgence     is  to  vanquished        foes,  suffer 

corpus       tegi         humo.     Scio  acerba   odia   rueorum 

my  body  to  be  covered  in  the  earth.  I  know  the  bitter  hatred         of  my  subjects 

circurnstare;    oro  defende   hunc   furorem  et    concede  me 

surrounds  me;     I  pray  you  prevent        this         madness    and         yield  me 

consortem     sepulcro      nati.      Loquitur  haec         que  baud 

a  companion        to  the  tomb  of  my  son.        He  speaks  those  things  and  hot 

inscius   accipit    ensem        jugulo     que  diflundit   animam 

ignorant    he  receives  the  sword    in  his  throat       and      pours  out  his  soul 

cruore  undanti    in    arma 

blood         flowing      over  his  arms. 


BOOK     ELEVENTH, 


INTEREA        Aurora  surgens  rehquit  Oceanum. 

IN  the  meantime    Aurora        rising          left  the  ocean.  ^ncas, 

victor,  solvebat  vota    Defim     primo  Eoo,    quanquam  curan 

victorious,  paid       the  vows  of  the  Gods  at  the  first  dawn,      although          cares 

precipitant  dare   tempus      socios         humandis,  que  mens 

urge  Aim    to  bestow  his  time  on  his  companions  to  be  buried,    and  his  mind 

est  turbata  funere.     Constituit  ingentem  quercum   tumulo, 

is     disturbed  by  the  funeral.    He  placed       a  great  oak         on  a  mound, 

ramis       decisis     undique,    que      induit    fulgentia  arma, 

its  branches  being  cut  off  on  each  side,    and    placed  upon  it     shining  arms, 

exuvias         duels        Mezentii:       tropaeum     tibi,      magne 

the  spoils       of  the  leader       Mezentius:  atrophy         tothee          Ogreat 

Bellipotens!        aptat   cristas   rorantes  sanguine,  que  trunca 

God  powerful  in  war!  he  fits    his  crests     dripping       with  blood,    and  the  broken 

tela   viri,       et     thoraca    petitum  que  perfossum     bis  sex 

dans  of  the  hero,  and  the  breast  plate  indented     and        pierced         in  twice  six 

locis;    que   subligat  clypeum  ex     aere      sinistrae,       atque 

p'.urcs;      and       be  binds         a  shield       of       brass   to  his  left  hand,          and 


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suspendit    eburnum    ensem      collo.  Turn     hortatur 

suspends  hia  ivory  sword      from  his  neck.  Then         he  exhorts 

socios          ovantes  (namque    omnis   turba  ducum     stipata 

Ai's  companions  rejoicing          (for  all         the  band  of  leaders    crowding 

tegebat  eum)  incipiens   sic:  Viri,    maxima   res         eflecta: 

surround     him)        beginning    thus:   Heroes,  our  greatest  work  is  accomplished: 

omnis  timor  abesto.     Quod   superest;   haec   sunt    spolia  ot 

let  all        fear       depart.         What        remains;        these       are       the  spoils  and 

primitise   de   superbo   rege;    que    hie   est  Mezentius  meis 

first  fruits    from    this  proud      king;          and    here       is         Mezentius        in  my 

manibus.     Nunc      est  nobis   iter   ad   regem  que     Latinos 

hands.  Now    there  is     to  us     a  way    to      the  king     and         the  Latin 

muros;    parate     arma   et  praesumite   bellum      animis,     et 

walls;  prepare        arms      and      anticipate        the  war      in  your  minds,  and 

spe,  ne  qua  mora  impediat         ignaros     que          sententia 

hope,  lest  any      delay  should  hinder  you  unprepared       and  wavering  resolution 

tardet     segnes         metu;     ubi  primum    Superi    annuerint 

retard  you  'slothful      through  fear;    when         first  the  Gods  have  consented 

vellere  signa     que        educere     pubem  castris. 

to  tear  up  the  standard     and       to  lead  out        the  youth  from  the  camps, 

Interea  mandemus          socios         que          inhumata 

In  the  meantime      let  us  commit     our  companions         and  their  un buried 

corpora    terrae;  qui    est   solus   honos  sub     imo  Acheronte. 

bodies    to  the  earth;  which  is    the  only     honour    in    the  lowest          Acheron. 

Ait,      ite,    decorate     egregias     animas,     quae      peperere 

He  says,  go,  honour       the  illustrious       souls,  who      have  obtained 

hanc  patriam  nobis   suo       sanguine,   sapremis   muneribus; 

this        country      for  us      with    their  blood,          with  their  last  offices} 

que  Pallas  quern  non  egentem   virtutis  atra  dies       abstulit, 

and      Pallas    whom     not       destitute       of  courage  cruel  time     has  borne  off, 

et   mersit  acerbo   funere,  primus      mittatur     ad    mcestam 

and  plunged     in  bitter       death,         first        let  him  be  sent      to    the  mournful 

urbem  Evandri.    Sic    ait  illacrymans,  que    recepit  gressum 

city  of  Evander.    Thus  he  says  weeping,  and    withdraws       his  step 

ad  limina,   ubi    senior  Acaetes   servabat    positum    corpus 

to    the  gates,  where      the  old       Acictes         guarded       the  laid  out  body 

exanimi   Pallantis;  qui      fuit      ante         armiger    Parrhasia 

of  the  lifeless  Pallas;         who  had  been  formerly  the  armour-bearer  to  Parrhasian 

Evandro,  sed  turn   ibat     datus      comes        caro  alumno  non 

Evander,        but    then  he  went  an  allotted  companion  to  hi$  dear  foster  child  not 

auspiciis   seque  felicibus.  Omnes    circum,  que    manus 

with  auspices  equally    happy.         All  collect     around  the  body,   both    the  band 

famulfim    que     Trqjana   turba,   (et   mcestse  Iliades 

of  servants      and        the  Trojan    crowd,      and    mournful          Trojan  matrons 

solutsB        crinem       de  more.      Vero    ut      ./Eneas 

dishevelling  their  hair         according    to  their  manner.    But  as  soon  as      -Eneas 

intulit      sese         altis    foribus  tollunt    ingentem  gemitum 

presented    himself     at  the  lofty    gates      they  raise      a  great  groan 


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ad     sidera,     pectoribus       tunsis       que     regia     immugit 

o        (be  stars,        their  breasts        being  beaten    and      the  palace         resounds 

moesto        luctu.       Ut    ipse     vidit      fultum       caput,    et 

with  mournful    grief.  At       be  beheld    the  supported       head,      and 

ora         hivei   Pallantis   que     patens     vulnus      Ausoniae 

countenance  of  pale        Pallas  and    the  opening      wound  of  the  Ausoman 

cuspidis  in    levi      pectore,     ita     fatur    lacrymis      obortis; 

spear  in  AJJ  smooth     breast,        thus   he  speaks     his  tears  bursting  forth; 

inquit    puer     miserande,    ne       Fortuna    cum     veniret 

says  he      O  boy         to  be  pitied,      could         Fortune        when    she  approached 

heta  invidit  te    mini,    ne       videres     nostra  regna  neque 

joyful    envy      you    to  me,      that   you  should  not  see  my  kingdom       nor 

veherere  victor        ad     paternas  sedes;  discedens, 

be  borne  a  conqueror       to  your  father's      seats;          I  departing, 

non    dederam  haec  promissa    parent!   Evandro      de       te, 

did  not        give         these    promises    to  your  father   Evander      concerning  you, 

cum    complexus    me    euntem,    mitteret      in       magnum 

when        embracing  me         going,  he  seat  me     against  a  great 

imperium,  que  metucns  moneret,  esse        acres  viros 

empire,  and      fearing         admonished  me,  that  they  were   brave        men 

prcclia,  cum  dura"    gente.     Et  nunc  quidem 

i  neon  test,  that  vie  must  cngagt  with    a  hardy     race.         And    now  indeed 

ille  multum     captus     inani     spe,    fors     et       facit    vota 

he  much  overcome  with  vain     hope,  perhaps  even  noiomakes  AisVows 

que  cumulat  altaria   donis;  nos  mcesti  comitamur  juvenem 

and        loads         the  altars  with  gifts;  we   mournful      accompany          the  youth 

exanimum,  et  jam  debentem    nil     ullis         ccelestibus, 

deprived  of  life,  and  now         owing       nothing  to  any  of  the  heavenly  powers, 

vano     honore.      Infelix  videbis        crudele     funus 

of  vain      respect.  Wretched  father  you  shall  behold       the  sad         funeral 

nati.  Hi       nostri  reditus,  que   expectati  triumphi?  haec 

of  your  son.  Are  these  our         returns,       and     our  expected    triumphs?    is  this 

mea  magna    fides?     At    Evandre      non    aspicies  pulsum 

my        great    confidence?      But     O  Evander  you  shall  not  see  him  beaten 

vulneribus        pudendis;      nee       pater      optabis      dirum 

with  wounds  to  be  ashamed  of;     nor         a  father  shall  you  desire  accursed 

funus  nato  sospite.     Hei  mihi!     quantum 

death  yourself  your  son,  disgracefully  being  saved.  Alas     met  how  gt tat 

praesidium     Ausonia  perdis   et  quantum  tu 

a  safeguard  O  Ausonia    you  lose  and    how  great  protection    have  you  lost 

liile.      Ubi      deflevit          haec,  imperat      miserabile 

O  lulus.    When  he  had  bewailed      in  these  terms  he  commands       the  lamented 

corpus      tolli,        et     mittit      mille       viros      lectos     ex 

corpse  to  be  borne  off,     and      he  sends    a  thousand     men  selected    from 

toto    agmine,   qui  comitentur    supremum   honorem,    que 

the  whole  army,         who      accompany  the  last  honour,  and 

intersint  lacrymis       patris;  exigua    solatia  ingentis  luctus, 

be  present    to  the  tears  of  his  father;  trifling  consolatiou     of  great  grief 


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«ea   debita      misero     patri.      Alii   baud    segnes     texunt 

but         due       to  an  unhappy     father.       'Others    not  slothful  interweave 

crates    et    molle    pheretrum    arbuteis   virgis    et    querno 

hurdles      a*d      a  light  bier  of  arbute       rods       and          oaken 

Vimine,    que  inumbrant     exstructos      toros       obtentu 

vine,  and  they  overshadow  the  high-raised       couch        with  a  covering 

frondis.      Hie     ponunt    juvenem    sublimem    in      agresti 

of  leaves.        Here      they  place       the  youth  high  on       his  rustic 

stramine  qualem   florem   seu    mollis   violae,  seu  languentis 

bed  as  a  flower  either  of  the  soft  violet,      or       the  drooping 

hyaciathi,    demessum      virgineo      pollice,        cui        que 

hyacinth,  plucked  by  a  virgin's        thumb,        from  which      also 

ne          fulgor   adhuc,    necdura    sua    forma    recessit;  jam 

neither      brightness    asyet,  nor        itsown     beauty    has  departed;  now 

mater    tellus  non  alit,    que  ministrat   vires.     Turn  ^Eneas 

its  mother  earth  does  not  feed  it,  and      supply        strength.          Then      /Eneas 

extulit    geminas    vestes,  rigentes   que     auro     que     ostro, 

brought  out   two  vests,  stiff  both   with  gold    and       purple, 

quas   Sidonia  Dido   ipsa  laeta       laborum,  quondam  fecerat 

which      Sidonian    Dido      herself  rejoicing  in  the  labour,    formerly    had  made 

illi  suis  manibus,  et   discreverat  telas     tenui     auro. 

for  him  with  her  own  bands,       and    had  separated  the  web  by  slender       gold. 

Moestus  induit    unam  harum  juveni  supremufn  honorem 

Mournful   he  put  on       one        of  these  to  the  youth    his  last  honour 

que    obnubit     comas       assuras         amictu.    Que  praeterea 

and         shrouds         Ais  hair   about  to  be  burnt     in  a  veil.      And  besides 

aggerat    multa    preemia      Laurentis    pugnse,    et          jubet 

he  adds          many         prizes      of  the  Laurentian    battle,       and       commands 

praedam          duci        longo   ordine.     Addit   equos  et   tela 

the  plunder  to  be  brought  out  in  long       array.         He  adds    horses  and    darts 

quibus   spoliaverat    hostem.      Et  vinxerat    manus 

of  which    he  had  stripped    the  enemy.        And       bound          the  hands  of  those 

post      terga,    quos       mitteret  inferias          umbris, 

behind   their  backs,  whom      he  would  send      as  funeral  offerings     to  his  shade, 

eparsuros  flammam    .  caeso     sanguine;    que      jubet 

about  to  sprinkle  the  .funeral  flame  with  slaughtered  blood;  and  commands 

duces        ipsos     ferre  truncos          indutos  hostilibus    armis, 

the  chiefs    themselves  to  bear  trunks  of  trees    covered     with  hostile          arms, 

qne      inimica    nomina        figi.  Infelix      Accetes 

and  their  hostile  names    to  be  marked  upon  them.    Wretched  Acreiea 

coiifectus     asvo    ducitur     fcedans   nunc  pectora      pugnis 

worn  down        by  age     is  led  out      disfiguring    now     his  breast    with  Ais  fists 

nunc      ora     unguibus     et     sternitur       terras     projectus 

now       Ais  face    with  Ai»  nails      and      he  is  thrown    on  the  earth       extended 

toto  corpore.  Et     ducunt       currus  perfusos     Rutulo 

with  Ats  whole     body.        And  they  lead  out       chariots      bathed  withRutulian 

*-uagume.     Post    ^Ethon    bellator     equus     it     lacrymans 

.'iod  Next        &thon       Ais  warrior       horse       goes  weeping 


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insignibus          positis         <\ue    humectat     ora      grandibu* 

his  trappings        being  laid  aside       arid       he  moistens  his  face         with  heavy 

guttis.          Alii   ferunt   hastam   que  galeam;  nam  Turnus 

drops  of  tears.  Others    bear        his  spear        and      helmel;         for  Turnm 

victor          habet     caetera.      Turn    mcesta     phalanx    que 

victorious         possesses       the  rest.         Then  the  mourning        band  both 

Teucri   que  Tyrrheni  duces   et      Arcades      armis      versis 

the  Trojan  and       Tuscan         leaders  and    the  Arcadians  with  arms     reversed 

sequuntur.     Postquam   omnis  ordo   comitum     praecesserat 

follow.  After  the  whole   band  of  companions       had  advanced 

longe,  ./Eneas  substitit  que  addidit  haec          alto       gemitu. 

far  JEneas         stopt         and      added       these  words  with  a  deep      groan: 

Eadem   horridafata  belli  vocant  nos  hinc  ad  alias  lacrymas. 

The  same      dreadful   fates  of  war     call         us      bence   to     other  griefs. 

Salve  aeternum  maxime  Palla  que     vale     seternum. 

Farewell  forever      most  noble    Pallas      and    farewell  forever. 

Nec   affatus   plura,    tendebat   ad  altos  muros  que    ferebat 

Nor       speaking    more,        he  marched    to   the  lofty  walls       and      withdrew 

gressum  in  castra.     Que  jam  oratores  aderant   ex   Latin  S. 

ki»  step         to  the  camps.     And       now        orators     had  come    from  the  Latin 

urbe,    velati       ramis         oleae     que      rogantes     veniam; 

city,        crowned  with  branches    of  the  olive  and          entreating  favour; 

redderet  corpora  qua?  jacebant    fusa  ferro 

that  he  would  give  up       the  bodies  which         lay  scattered   by  the  sword 

per        campos;    ac   sineret         succedere   tumulo   terrae; 

through      the  plains;    and  would  permit  them  to  be  placed      in  a  tomb  of  earth; 

nullum  certamen  cum    victis,      et     cassis      sethere; 

that  there  is  no  contest        with   the  conquered,  and  those  deprived    of  life; 

parceret          quondam  vocatis   hospitibus,  que   soceris. 

that  lie  would  spare  those  formerly         called  guests,  and    associates. 

Quos    precantes  baud   aspernanda  bonus   ^Eneas 

To  whom     asking      these  favours  not         to  be  despised         good  .(Eneas 

prosequitur       venia.       et      insuper     addit    haec      verbis: 

answers  with  kindness    and       moreover         adds        these  to  his  words: 

Latini,     quaenam     indigna  fortuna      implicuit    vos   tanto 

Ye  Latins,       what  unworthy      fortune         has  entangled    you   so  great 

bello,  qui  fugiatis  nos  amicos.     Ne  oratis   pacem   exanimis 

a  war.    who     shun         us    your  friends.  Do  you  ask        peace         for  the  dead 

et  peremptis     sorte   Martis?    equidem    vellem  concedere 

and  those  destroyed  by  the  lot  of  war?  indeed      I  would  wish        to  yield  it 

et    vivis.       Nec    veni    nisi    Fata    dedissent  locum   que 

also  to  the  living.   Nor  had  I  come  unless  the  fates     had  granted    a  place        and 

sederr  nee       gero    bellum  cum     gente.         Rex 

•ettlement  to  me.          nor       do  I  wage      war       with    the  nation.      Your  king 

reliquit         nostra     hospitia     et       potius       credidit      se 

has  abandoned      our  friendship      and    in  preference    has  trusted  himself 

armis      Turni.     Fuerat       ccqius    Turnum  opponere     se 

»o  the  armsof  Turnis    It  had  been      more  just    for  Turn  us      to  oppose     himte'J 


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huic  mortL  Si  apparat     finere   bellum   manu,  si 

to  tins    death.       If  he  prepares  to  terminate  the  war  with  his  hand,  if  heintendt 

pellere  Teucros,    decuit      concurrere    his     telis     mecum 

to  drive  out  the  Trojans,  it  became  Aim  to  engage    with  these  weapons      with  me. 

Vixisset  cui     Deus  aut   sua     dextra         dedisset 

He  would  have  lived  to  whom  God      or    his  own  right  hand    should  have  given 

vitam.       Nunc    ite     et     supponite         ignem,        .miseris 

life.  Now         go        and         apply  the  fire  to    your  wretched 

civibus.    ./Eneas     dixerat.  Olli    silentes    obstupuere,    que 

countrymen     ^Encas  said.         They      silent  stood  amaz'd,        and 

conversi    tenebant         oculos   atque      ora   inter        se. 

turning  held  their  eyes  and  their  faces  towards    each  other 

Turn   senior  Drances    infensus     juveni      Turno,    odiis 

Then      the  aged        Drances          hostile        to  the  youth      Turnus,  in  hatred 

et  crimine,    sic  vicissim  refert  orsa,  ore; 

and  crimination,  thus         in  turn     returns      these  words,  with  his  mouth; 

O   Trojane   vir     ingens     fama",  ingentior  armis,      quibus 

O      Trojan         hero  great        in  fame,    greater          in  arms,  by  what 

laudibus,    aequem     te       coelo?       ne      prius       mirer 

praises,        shall  I  equal    you        to  heaven?  whether    first      shall  I  admire   thy 

justitiae,  ne    laborum    belli?     Verb    nos  grati     referemus 

justice,  or    the  labours  of  the  war?      But       we    grateful    will  bear  back 

hsec  ad   patriam  urbem;  et,    si    qua   fortuna  dederit 

these  things        to    our  native      city;        and,    if       any      fortune      shall  give 

viam,    jungemus     te       regi      Latino.        Turnus    quaerat 

a  way.        we  will  unite  thee      to  king       Latinus.          Let  Turnus      seek  out 

Soedera     sibi.      Quin    et        juvabit     attollere      falales 

treaties    for  himself.      But      even   it  will  delight  us  to  raise  up  the  fate  decreed 

moles      murorum,      que      subvectare       Trojana         saxa 

masses  of  your  walls,  and  to  uplift  Trojan  rocks 

humeris.     Dixerat     haec,  que    omnes      fremebant 

on  our  shoulders.      He  said        these  things,      and         all  murmured 

uno    ore      eadem.       Pepigere  bis     senos  dies;  et 

with  one  mouth      the  same.  They  bargained   peace  for  twice  six        days;    and 

pace    sequestrd,  Teucri  que  Latini   misti    erravere  impune 

a  truce  intervening,  the  Trojans  and  the  Latins  mingling    wandered    unliarm'd 

per      sylvas        jugis.         Fraxinus  sonat  icta      ferro 

through     the  woods  on  the  mountains.    The  ash       sounds  struck  with  the  iron 

bipenni;       evertunt  pinus  actas  ad   sidera,  nee         cessant 

axe;  they  overturn        pines    rais'd    to      the  stars,    nor         do  they  cease 

scindere     cuneis      robora  et  olentum  cedrum,  nee  vectare 

to  cleave      with  wedges      the  oak    and    fragrant       cedar,          nor   to  bear  off 

ornos  gementibus  plaustris.    Et  jam    fama  volans, 

the  mountain  ashes  in  groaning  wagons.        And     now      fame          flying, 

prsenuncia   tanti     luctus,  complet  Evandrum    que    domos 

a  forerunner       of  great     grief,  fills  Evander  and    the  house 

Evandri,   et     msenia;     quae   modo  ferebat  Latio     Pallanta 

ofEvannVr.    and     the  city:         which    now        bnre        to  Latuni      that  Pallas 


318      .  H2 

victorem.         Arcades    mere   ad   portas,  et         rapuere 

was  victorious.        The  Arcadians   rushed     to     the  calea,   and  smcd 

funereas     fasces         de  vetusto    more.      Via    Jucel 

the  funeral      torches      according  to       the  ancient    manner.    The  way    chinos 

longo    ordine  flammarum  et  discriminat   agros      laf<j. 

with  a  long    train         of  flames  and    marks  out        the  fields    far  around. 

Contra         turba  Phrygum   veniens  jungit  plangentia 

On  the  other  hand    a  crowd    of  Trojans    approaching    joins         the  mourning 

agmina:  quae  postquam  matres  viderunt  succedere   tectis, 

troops:       which        after       the  mothers'      saw  to  enter  the  palace. 

incendunt    maestam    urbem    clamoribus.   At  non  ulla  vis 

they  inflame    the  mournful       city  with  cries.         But    not      any   force 

est  potis  tenere    Evandrum,  sed   venit  in  medios.  Feretro 

Is      able     to  restrain        Evander,          but  he  comes  into  the  midst.      The  bier 

reposito,     procumbit  super   Pallanta,    atque    haeret 

being  set  down,        he  falls  upon  Pallas,         and  hangs  to  him 

que  lacrymans  que  gemens;  et   vix     tandem   via   laxata  est 

both      weeping         and    groaning;    and  hardly     at  last      away         is  opened 

voci      dolore:     O   Palla          non         dederas         hoec 

to  Ai«  voice         for  grief;       O     Pallas       you  had  not        given  these 

promissa     parent!,     ut     velles   credere     te  cautius 

promises     to  your  parent,    that   you  would    trust       yourself  more  cautiously 

S83VO   Marti.    Haud   eram  ignarus,  quantum  nova   gloria 

to  cruel      war.          Neither    was  I        ignorant,     how  much    new  fame 

in   armis   posset,     et     prsedulce  decus    primo     certamine. 

in        arms       can  do.      and     very  pleasant  glory      in  a  first  contest. 

Miseras   primitiae  juvenis,  que  dura  rudimenta     propinqui 

O  wretched   first  fruits     of  youth,      and   cruel     first  lessons          of  approaching 

belli!  et  vota  exaudita    nulli    Deorum,  que  meas   preces! 

war!      and  vows      heard  by  no  one  of  the  Gods,      and     my  prayer.-! 

que      tu     O  sanctissima  conjux,  felix   tu£  morte,  neque 

and        thou     O        mo-it  holy  wife,  happy  in  thy    death,  not 

servata  in  hunc  dolore m!       Contra     ego         vici         mea 

reserved    for    this     wretchedness!  On  the  contrary    1    have  conquered  my  own 

fata   vivendo,  ut  genitor      restarem      superstes.      Rutuli 

fates     by  living,    that  a  father        I  should  remain    surviving.    The  Rutuliaiis 

obruerunt  telis,     secutum       socia         arma 

should  have  crushed  me  with  their  weapons,    following       associated  arum 

Troum;   ipse        dedissem      animam,  atque    haec  pompa 

of  the  Trojans:  1    should  have  surrendered  my  life,          and          this  pomp 

referret     me  non  Pallanta,  domum.  Ne       arguerim     vos 

should  have  borne  me  not        Pallas,          home.       Nor  might  I  have  accused  you 

Teucri    nee         faedera,     nee  dextras       quas      junximus 

O  Trojans    nor    your  treaties,          nor    the  right  hand    which    we  have  united 

hospitio:    ista    sors  erat   debita   nostrae    senectae.  Quod   si 

in  friendship:  this      fate      was      destined    to  my  old  age.  But         it 

immatura    mors    manebat       natum,    juvabit        cecidisse 

untimely  death        remained        to  my  son,     it  will  delight  me    that  he  fell 


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ducentem  Teucros   in  Latium,  millibus    Volscorum    caesis 

leading         the  Trojans   into    Latium,      thousands  of  the  Volscians  being  slain 

Mite.  Quin  ego  non  dignor  te  Palla,         alio      funere  quam 

Irst.       Bat        I  will  not    honour  you  O  Pallas,  with  any  other  funeral      than 

pius  ^Eneas,  et  quam  magni  Phryges,  que  quam  Tyrrheni 

pious    jtneas,      and    than    the  heroic     Trojans,        and    than         the  Tuscan 

duces  et  omnis  exercitus     Tyrrhenum.  Ferunt 

leaders  and      all  the  army        of  the  Tuscans  have  prepared.        They  beat 

magna  troephea  quos  tua  dextera    dat  letho.    Tu 

great  trophies       from  those    whom    thy    right  hand  gives  to  death.    You 

quoque    Turne,    nunc          stares         immanis  truncus  in < 

also  O  Turnus,        now      should  have  stood        a  huge  trunk          in  ' 

armis,  si         esset       par   aetas,  et   idem    robur   ab  annis. 

arms,       if    there  had  been    equal    age,    and  the  same  strength  from  my  years. 

Sed   quid    infelix    demoror  Teucros    ab  armis?  vadite,    et 

But        why      unhappy  do  I  withhold  the  Trojans  from  arms?       march,      and 

memores ,    referte      base     mandata     regi:     quod     moror 

mindful  bear  back        these    commands  to  your  king;  that  if     I  drag  out 

mvisam  vitam,  Pallante  perempto,  tua    dextera   est    causa; 

a  hated         life,  Pallas       being  slain,      thy      right  hand    is      the  cause; 

quam   vides    debere  Turnum   que     nato     que         patri 

which      you  see      owes  Turnus         both    to  the  son  and        to  the  father 

mentis.    Hie  locus   solus  vacat     tibi   que  fortunae.     Non 

by  its  deserts.  This  method    alone    is  open    to  you    and    fortune.          I  do  not 

quaero  guadia   vitas,   nee       fas;  sed  perferre         sub 

ask  the  joys    of  life,      nor  is  it  right  f  should;  but      to  bear  this  to 

imos    Manes     nato. 

the  lowest    shades      to  my  son. 

Interea         Aurora    extulerat    almam    lucem    miseris 

In  the  mean  time  the  morning  had  introduced  the  cheering    liyht    to  wretched 

mortalibus,  referens  opera  atque  labores.  Jam  pater  ^Eneas 

mortals,  renewing  their  works  and      labours.        Now    father      ^Eneas, 

jam  Tarchon,  constituere      pyras      in    curvo  litore.  Hue 

now         Tarchon,       built  up          funeral  piles      on  the  winding  shore.  Hither 

tulere       corpora    suorum,       quisque         more       patrum; 

they  bore     the  bodies      of  their  friends,  each  one  in  the  manner  of  his  fathers: 

que   atris    ignibus    subjectis,    altum    aclum   conditur   in 

and     black  fires         being  applied,  the  lofty          sky  is  hid  in 

tenebras   caligine.    Cincti   fulgentibus  armis  decurrere    ter 

darkness      by  the  smoke.  Arrayed      in  shining         arms  ran  thrice 

circum    accensos      rogos;  ter    lustravere        masstum 

around         the  burning    funeral  piles;        thrice  they  surrounded  the  mournful 

iguen      funeris  in  equis  que  dedere  ulutatus          ore. 

nre  of  the  funeral  on  horses  and       uttered    waitings     with  their  mouths. 

Et     tellus     spargitur      lacrymis,      et     arma    sparguntur 

And     the  earth     is  sprinkled    with  their  tears,    and  their  arms       are  bedewcj 

Que  clamor  virum  que  clangor    tubarum     it    ccelo.      Hinc 

And       the  cry     of  men    and     the  blast  of  tlie  trumpet?  goes  to  the  sky.    Hence 


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alii   conjiciunt      igni      spolia   direpta     occisis     Latinis, 

others          hur.          /nto  the  fire     spoils          torn        from  the  slain       Latins, 

galeas   que   decoros   enses,  que  frsena,  que  ferventes 

helmets      unu      decorated    swords,     and     bridles,     and       glowing      chariot 

rotas;  pars  munera     nota,    clypeos    ipsorum,    ct  tela   non 

wheels;    part        gifts       well  known,  shields      of  their  own,    and  darts        not 

felicia.     Multa  corpora  botim    circa   mactantur  morti;  que 

fortunate.      Many       bodies      of  oxen     around     are  sacrificed  todeath;     and 

jungulant  setigeros  sues,  que  pecudes  raptas    ex   omnibus 

tlicy  butcher         bristly       swine,     and       sheep        snatched  from  all 

agris  in  flammam:  turn  toto  litore  spectant   ardentes 

the  fields  in     the  flame:        then  along  the  whole  shore    they  behold  their  burning 

socios,    que  servant    semusta        busta;      neque   possunt 

companions,  and       guard      the  half  burnt  funeral  piles;       nor  can  they 

avelli,      donee    humida   nox    invertit     coelum      aptum 

be  torn  away      until  moist         night     turns  round     tbe  sky  studded 

fulgentibus  stellis;    nee  minus    et     miseri  Latini   struxere 

with  glittering     stars;         nevertheless      also  the  wretched  Latins  raised 

pyras    in  diversd  parte;  et  partim  infodiunt  multa  corpora 

funeral  piles  in  a  different     part;     and    partly      they  bury      many  bodies 

virfim    terrae;    que  partim     tollunt     avecta  in      finitimos 

ofniea  in  the  earth;  and      partly  they  carry  them  borne  off  into  the  neighbouring 

agros,   que     remittunt      urbi.         Cremant     ccetera,     que 

fields,         and     send  them  back  to  the  city.        They  burn       tbe  others,       and 

ingentem   acervum    confusae     caedis,      nee     numero  nee 

a  great  pile  of  mingled      slaughter,  without       number  or 

honore;  tune  undique        vasti      agri  collucent  certatim 

honour;        then  on  every  side  the  extensive  fields         shine        in  rival  splendor 

crebris     ignibus.     Tertia  lux  dimoverat  gelidam  umbram 

with  frequent       fires.          The  third  day    had  removed      the  cold  shade 

ccelo;     mo3rentes     ruebant    altum     cinerem    et     ossa 

from  the  sky,    mournful       they  piled  up  the  deep          asbes         and  the  bones 

confusa       focis,     que    onerabant     tepido     aggere   terrae. 

intermingled  in  the  fires,    and  they  loaded  them  with  a  warm  mound    of  earth. 

Jam  vero  praecipuus  fragor,  et  longe  maxima  pars      luctus 

Now  indeed     the  chief     noise,      and    far    thegreatest  parlof themourningar* 

in   urbe,         tectis    praedivitis  Latini.      Hie    matres,    que 

in    the  city,  and    palace        of  the  rich      Latinus.       Here    the  mothers,     and 

xniserae       nurus,        hie    cara  pectora  mcerentum  sororum, 

wretched  daughters-in-law,  here  the  fond     breasts      of  mourning  sisters, 

que  pueri     orbi     parentibus,  exsecrantur    dirum    bellum, 

and      boys      deprived  of  their  parents,          curse          tbe  dreadful  war, 

que  hymenaeos  Tumi;      jubent    ipsum    armis,  que  ipsum 

and      the  nuptials   of  Turnus;  they  command    him        by  arms,    and     himself 

ferro,     decernere          qui     poscat    regnum     Italiae    el 

by  the  sword,  to  conclude  the  tear   who        demands     the  kingdom     ofjtaly   and 

priroos  honores     sibi.      Sasvus  Drances  ingravat  base,  que 

tile  first       honours  for  himself.     Furious       Drances     aggravates  these,      and 


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testator  Turnum  solum  vocari,  solum    posci    in  certamina 

testifies     that  Turnus  alone     is  called,     alone    demanded    for        the  contest 

Contra        multa   sententia       simul       variis   dictis  pro 

On  the  other  hand  a  general      sentiment  at  the  same  time  in  various  words      for 

Turno,  et  magnum  nomen   reginae   obumbrat;  multa 

Turnus,    arid    the  great        name     of  the  queen  overshadows  Aim;   his  extensive 

fama  sustentat  virum  meritis  tropseis.     Inter  hos      motus, 

fame        sustains     the  hero  by  merited  trophies.        Among  these    commotions, 

in  medio    tumultu    flagrante,  ecce     super     moesti    legati 

in   the  midst  of  the  tumult       raging,  lo        moreover    mournful  delegate 

ferunt  responsa   ab   magna  urbe  Diomedis;      nihil     actum 

bear  replies       from  the  great     city      ofDiomede;    that  nothing  was  done 

omnibus  impensis  tantorum  operum;    dona  nil,    nee 

by  all  the  ex pe use    of  so  great      labours;    that  gifts  availed  nothing,     nor 

aurum,  nee  magnas  preces  valuisse;  alia  arma    quaerenda 

gold,  nor     did  great  entreaties      prevail;     other   arms  were  to  be  sought 

Latin  is    aut  pacem    petendam      ab    Trojano  rege.     Rex 

by  C.e  Latins   or       peace     was  to  be  sought    from   the  Trojan   king.         King 

Latinus  ipse  deficit  ingenti  luctu. 

Latinus     himself    faints    with  great  grief. 

Ira  Deum     admonet,     que    recentes    tumuli    ante 

The  anger  of  the  Gods  admonishes  Aim,  and    the  newly-made  graves       before 

ora  fatalem   ^Enean     ferri     manifesto    numine. 

\is  face  admonish     that  fated      .Eneas       is  led  on    by  a  manifest  deity. 

Ergo         cogit  magnum   concilium   que   primes     suorum* 

Therefore    he  collects     a  great  council  and    the  chiefs  of  A  is  friends 

accitos   imperio       intra   alta  limina.     Olli  convenere  que 

railed       by  his  command  within  the  lofty  palace.     They       assemble  and 

fluunt  ad    regia     tecta          plenis          viis.   Latinus  sedet 

rush,         to    the  royal      palace     through  the  crowded  ways.     Latinus  sita 

in   mediis   et  maximus    aevo    et    primus    sceptris,    baud 

in     the  midst  both     greatest       in  age     and       first  in  power,  not 

Isetd     fronte.     Atque   hie      jubet        legatos     remissos 

with  happy    front.  And         here   he  commands  ambassadors        sent  back 

ex      JEtolS.    urbe   fari   quse          referant,          et     reposcit 

from  the  ^Etolian     city  .  to  tell  what  they  might  have  brought,  and  he  demands 

cuncta       responsa     suo     ordine.      Tune    silentia     facta 

all  their  answers        in  their        order.  Then         silence    was  made 

linguis,       et  Venulus     parens     dicto     infit     farier  ita: 

to  their  tongues,  and     Venulus          obeying  his  command  begins    to  speak    thus: 

O  cives,         vidimus       Diomedem   que     Argiva  castra, 

O  my  countrymen,  we  have  seen  Diomcde  and      the  Grecian   camps, 

atque    emensi  iter       superavimus     omnes         casus, 

and    having  measured     our  way  we  have       surmounted     all          misfortunes, 

que    contigimus   manum    qua"       Ilia   tellus  concidit.    Ille 

and      we  have  touched    the  hand  by  which  the  Trojan  land       fell.  He 

victor      condebat   urbem  Argyripam  cognomine        patri® 

victorious      built  up          the  «ity        Arpyripa  with  the  name  of  hi$  native 


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gcntis     ar\  is       Gargani  Japygis.  Postquain         mtrogressi 

nee    ici  the  lumiury  of  Gdrganian  Japyi.  After     we  bad  been  introduced 

et  copia    fandi    coram  data,      praeferimus     munera; 

and  leave  of  speaking  before  tA«  prince  wag  given,    we  first  offer  our  gifts, 

docemus      nomen  que  patriam;  qui  intulerint  bellum,  quie 

we  announce     our  name     and     country;      who  had  conducted  the  war,    what 

causa   attraxerit    Arpos.     Auditis    ille   reddidit    haec 

cause       had  drawn  us  to  Arpos.    Being  heard     he          uttered         these  words 

placido    ore:     O  fortunatae   gentes,     Saturnia       regna, 

from  his  placid  mouth:         O  happy  nations,       Saturnian         kingdoms, 

antiqui  Ausonii,      qua3    fortuna   solicitat  vos   quielos  que 

ancient      Ausonians,        what       fortune        disturbs       you      at  rest         and 

suadet       lacessere    ignota   bella.     Quicunque    violavimus 

persuades  you  to  provoke      unknown    wars.  Whoever  of  us    have  violated 

Iliacos          agros  ferro  (mitto  quae 

the  Trojan        territories        with  the  sword         (I  omit  those  things  which  ieer» 

exhausta         bellando  sub   altis   muris;  quos  viros  ille 

sustained  to  the  utmost  in  fighting  under  the  lofty  walls;      those  heroes    that 

Simois       premat)         expendimus         infanda       eupplicia 

Simois         overwhelmed)         we  have  endured         unspeakable      punishments 

per          orbem     et    omnes        poenas       scelerum;   manus 

through       the  globe      and        all  the  penalties      of  our  crimes;       a  baud 

miseranda   vel    Priamo.     Triste          sidus    Minervae    scit 

to  be  pitied         even     by  Priam.       The  mournful     star         of  Minerva  knows 

*et   Euboicae   cautes   que    ultor      Caphareus,      Adacti   ex 

and  the  Euboian     cliffs         and  the  avenger     Capbareus.  Driven    from 

illS.  militi&  ad  diversum  litus,  Menelaus  Atrides          exulat 

that      war        to     a  different      shore,    Menelaus  the  son  of  Atreus  goes  to  exile 

usque  ad  columnas   Protei.  Ulysses  vidit  JElnasos  Cyclopas. 

even        at     the  columns  of  Proteus.    Ulysses      saw    the  ^Etnean         Cyclops. 

Referam         regna      Neoptolemi  que     Penates  versos 

Shall  I  relate  the  kingdoms  of  Neopiolcmus   and    household  Gods    overturned 

Idomenei?  ne  Locros  habitautes   Libyco  litore?  Mycenacus 

of  Idomeneua?  or    the  Locri  'inhabiting      the  Lybian    shore?      the  Mycensan 

ductor   magnorum  Achivorum   ipse    oppetiit   intra    prima 

leader        of  the  mighty         Greeks  himself         fell         within      his  first 

limina         dextrd        infanda?   conjugis;    adulter     subsedit 

gates  by  the  right  hand  of  his  cruel        wife;         the  adulterer  settled  down 

Asiam  devictam:    Deos   invidisse  mihi  ut  redditus      patriis 

in  Asia       subdued:      The  Gods    had  envied    me    that  returned    to  my  native 

aris         viderem         optatum      conjugium     et    pulchram 

altars         I  might  see        my  beloved  wife  and          beauteout 

Calydona.     Nunc  etiam  portenta  horribili  visu   sequuntur 

Calydon.  Now       also        portents       of  horrible  vision.          follow  mt 

et         socii       amissi     petierunt    aethera       pennis;      aves 

and  my  companions    lost  have  sought       the  skies         on  wings;     as  birds 

vagantur          fluminibus  (.heu     dira      supplicia    meorum) 

they  wander  about   the  stream*      (alas!  dreadful  punishments  of  my   friend*) 


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et     implent    scopulos     lacrymosis     vocibus.    Adeo   jam 

and      they  fill         the  rocks  with  tearful  cries.  Thus         now 

hsec          fuerunt   speranda     mihi    ex    illo  tempore   cum 

these  things  have  been      expected          by  me     from     that         time  when 

demens     appetii     ccelestia    corpora      ferro,       et    violavi 

mad  I  attacked       heavenly          bodies    with  the  sword,  and      violated 

dextram      Veneris    vulnere.      Ne      vero,     ne     impellite 

the  right  hand   of  Venus      by  a  wound.    Do  not     indeed,  do  not  drivo 

me   ad   tales  pugnas,  nee      mihi       ullum      bellum  cum 

me       to      such      contests,        nor         to  me  let  there  be  any      war  with 

Teucris   post     Pergama         eruta;      nee        memini,       ve 

the  Trojans  since  the  Trojan  city    is  overthrown;   nor  have  I  remembered,      or 

Isetor         veterum         malorum.       Vertite        munera     ad 

do  I  rejoice  in  their  former       misfortunes.  Return        your  presents          to 

^Snean  quse     potastis     ab     patriis   oris  ad  me.      Stetimus 

-rEneas      which  you  have  borne  from  your  native  coasts  to     me.    We  have  stood 

contra     aspera     tela       que          contulimus  manus. 

against    hit  cruel  darts          .and      we  have  fought  against  his  bands. 

Credite         experto;        quantus  assurgat  in  clypeum,     quo 

Give  credit  to  an  experienced  man;  how  great  he  rises       on   his  shield,  with  what 

turbine  torqueat   hastam.     Si    Idaea     terra     tulisset       duo 

fury  he  hurls       his  spear.        If  the  Idean      land  could  have  borne     two 

tales    viros    praeterea,   Dardanus      venisset        ultro       ad 

such          men          besides,          the  Trojan  had  come       unmolested       to 

Inachias         urbes      et    Grascia     lugeret       fatis       versis, 

the  Inachian  cities       and       Greece       had-  mourned  her  fates      reversed. 

Quicquid  cessatum  est  apud   mosnia   durse   Trojae,  victoria 

Whatever  was  yielded         at        the  walls  of  obstinate  Troy,  the  victory 

Graium    haesit      manu     Hectoris  que  ^Eneee,  et    retulit 

of  the  Greeks  remained  in  the  hand    of  Hector     and     zEneas,    and   restrained 

vestigia  in  decimum  annum.      Ambo     insignes     animis, 

Us  footsteps  to       the  tenth        year.  Both        distinguished  for  courage, 

am  bo  praestantibus  armis;  hie  prior  pietate.          Dextrae 

both          for  excelling       arms;       he      first     in  piety.      Let  your  right  hands 

coeant  in   fcedera,      qua         datur;       ast    cavete     arma 

unite          in,      treaties,    in  any  way  it  is  allowed:     but       beware      lest  arm* 

concurrant   armis.        Optime  rex  regum,  simul     audisti 

engage  with  arms.    O  most  worthy  king  of  kings,  at  once  you  have  heard 

et   quae  respon^a  sint  et  quae    sententia  sit  magno   bello. 

both  what     his  replies     are    and  what      his  opinion     is   of  this  great      war. 

Vix  legati  ea,  quevariusfremorcucurrit 

Hardly  had  the  ambassadors  said  these  words,  and  a  varied  murmuring  ran 

per     turbata    ora    Ausonidum;  ceu  cum  saxa  morantur 

througi  the  troubled  mouths  of  the  Ausonians;    as     when     rocks  block  up 

rapidos    amnes,     murmur       fit       gurgite     clauso,      que 

rapi  1  rivers,  a  noise       la  made     the  stream    being  closed,      and 

vicinae      ripae  fremunt  crepitantibus  undis.     Ut  primum 

Ihe  neighbouring  banks    resound  by  the  noisy       waves.        As  first 


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animi     placati     et     trepida       ora  quierunt         rex, 

tkeir  minds  were  apprised  and  their  trembling  mouths    rested,  the  king. 

praefatus         Dives,  in  fit  ab    alto    solio:  equidem  Latini, 

iavmg  first  addressed  the  Gods,  begins  from  his  lofty  throne:      indeed      ye  La! mi 

et       vellem     et     fuerat     melius          statuisse  ante 

even      I  could  wish  and  it  had  been      better        to  have  determined          before 

de         summi      re;      non     cogere     concilium     tali 

concerning       this  great       affair;       not       to  assemble        a  council         at  Mich 

tempore;  cum    hostis    obsidet  muros.        Gives,       gerimus 

a  tune;  when  the  enemy    besieges    our  walls.    My  countrymen,     we  wag* 

imporlunum  bellum  cum  gente  Deorum  que   invictis  viris 

inconvenient  war        with   a  nation  of  the  Gods  and  unconquered    men 

quos  nulla  prcelia  fatigant,  nee     victi      possunt   absistere 

whom      no          battles       fatigue,        nor   vanquished    can  they  abstain 

ferro.         Ponite     spem,    si     habuistis   quam  in   accitis 

from  the  sword.    Lay  aside       hope,        if   you  have  had        any     in  the  invited 

armis   ^Etolum;      quisque          sibi  spes,    sed   videtis 

arms    of  the  Etolians;      each  one  must  be  to  himself     a  hope,     but        you  see 

quam   angusta   hsec.        Qu£       ruin£       cetera        rerum 

how  narrow        this  is.        In  what    destruction      the  rest  of  our  concerns 

perculsa    jaceant,       omnia    sunt  ante    oculos     que    inter 

struck  down  lie  prostrate,      all  things      are     before    your  eyes       and     within 

vestras  manus.      Nee   incuso   quemquam;  plurima  virtus, 

your  hands.  Nor    do  I  blame         any  one;         the  greatest   courage, 

quae    potuit    esse,         fuit;  certatum  est  toto 

which      could          be,  has  been;  (Acrehas  been  contending  with  the  wholo 

corpore       regni.       Adeo  nunc    expediam    quae  sententia 

body  of  the  kingdom.     Thus      now        t  will  unfold      what        sentiment 

sit     dubiae  menti;  et     docebo    paucis  (adhibete  animos.) 

is  in  my  doubtful  mind:    and    I  will  leach  in  few  words  (lend  me  your  attention.) 

Est     mihi   antiquus     ager       proximus     Tusco    amni, 

There  is         to  me     an  ancient   territory  near          to  the  Tuscan      river, 

longus  in  occasum,  usque    super    Sicanos   fines;        Arunci 

far  to     the  west,       even          beyond  the  Sicanian  limits;  the  Aruncians 

que        Rutuli       serunt,      et      exercent        duros      colles 

and  Rutulians         EOW  it,         and        they  work         the  hard  hills 

vomere,          atque  asperrima     horum   pascunt.      Omnis 

with  the  plough  share,  and  the  roughest  parti  of  these  they  pasture.  All 

hacc  regio,  et  pinea  p)aga    celsi    mentis    cedat        amicitix 

this     region,  and    pine       tract  of  the  lofty  mountain  shall  yield  to  the  friendship 

Tcucrorum,    et     dicamus      aequas      leges      fcederis,  que 

of  the  Trojans,     and    let  us  declare       equal       conditions    of  compact,     and 

vocemus          socios  in     regna.  Considant,       si 

let  us  invite  them   as  allies   to  our  kingdoms.    Let  them  settle  down,  if  Mere  is 

tantus    amor,     et    condant    mcenia.      Sin      eat     animun 

•o  great      desire,      and    let  them  build    towns.         But  if  tfor*  ia  a  disposition 


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alios    fines     que   aliam   gentem,   que    possun* 

to  possess          other      limits        and    another      nation,         and         they  can 

decedere  nostro  solo,  texamus    bis    denas  naves      Italo 

withdraw       from  our   soil,      let  us  build     twice      ten  ships    of  Italian 

robore,  seu  plures,     valent       complere;     omnis  materies 

wood,         or       more,     if  they  are  able       to  fill  ikem;  all      the  materials 

jacet  ad   undam;    ipsi    praecipiunt    que    numerum     que 

lie  by    the  water;     they     may  prescribe      both       the  number         and 

modum     carinis;     nos    demus    aera,    manus,         navalia. 

the  fashion   of  the  ships;      we       will  give     brass,       bands,  naval  stores. 

Prasterea      placet        centum    Latinos  oratores   de    primd 

Besides         it  is  our  desire  that  an  hundred    Latin         orators      from     the  first 

gente     ire,   qui  ferant    dicta     et  firment    fcedera,  que 

of  the  nation  go,      who  may  bear  our  words  and     confirm-    our  treaties,    and 

praetendere    ramos    pacis      manu,      que-  portantes  munera 

holdout  branches    of  peace  in  tAeir  hand,   and       bearing          present* 

eboris   que  talenta    aun    et    sellam  que  trabeam, 

of  ivory      and       talents      of  gold    and    the  chair  of  office      and          .       rube, 

insignia  nostri  regni.   Consultite  in  medium         succurrite 

the- ensigns  of  our  authority.       Consult        for  our  common  interest,          relieve 

fessis    rebus. 

our  distressed  affairs. 

Turn    Drances  infensus,     (idem     quern     gloria     Tumi 

Then        Drances          hostile          (the same      whom      the  glftry  of  Turnus 

agitabat   obliqu<l    invidii,    que     amaris     stimulis      largus 

aroused      with  oblique       envy,  and    with  bitter        goads        abounding 

opum     et  melior     lingud,     sed     dextera         frigida  bello 

in  wealth  and    better       in  language,    but  his  right  hand  was      cold        in  war 

habitus   non    futilis    auctor     consiliis,      potens   seditione; 

esteemed      not       a  useless     adviser       in  councils,      powerful       in  sedition; 

materna    nobilitas  dabat    huic   superbum   genus,     ferebat 

his  maternal    nobility        -gave       to  him       a  proud  race,       be  derived 

incertum     de     patre,)  surgit  et  onerat  his       dictis; 

a  doubtful  one  from  his  father,)    rises  and   loads  Turnus  with  these         words; 

atque  aggerat  iras.  O  bone  rex    consulis  rem 

and       provokes  anger  against  him.  O  kind    king      you  consult     about  an  afiair 

obscuram  nulli,  nee  egentem  nostra  vocis.  Cuncti    fatentur 

dark  to  none,  nor     wanting  my       voice.  All       must  confess 

se     scire  quid     fortuna      populi      ferat,     sed   mussant 

that  they  know   what      the  fortune    of  our  people  demands,    but  they  hesitate 

dicere.  Det       libertatem    fandi    que  remittat   flatus 

to  declare  it.    Let  him  grant      liberty         of  speaking  and      relax       his  pride 

ob    cujus   irifaustum    auspicium,    que      sinistros      mores 

for      whose       unhappy  influence,          and         unfortunate      manners 

(equidem     dicam         licet       rninetur      arma  que  mortem 

(indeed  I  will  speak      although  he  should  threaten  arms    and  death 

mihi)    videmus  lumina      tot      ducum      cecidisse,       que 

to  me)         we  see         the  lights  of  so  many  leaders       to  have  gone  out,      and 


venii.ni   ab  ipso;       cedat      proprium  jus        regi, 

favour        from  him;  that  he  will  yield  bis  own       right  to  the  king, 


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totam    urbem    consedisse      luctu,     dum     tentat     Troia 

Ihewhole    city        to  have  act  down  in  mourning,  while    be  tempts  the  Trcjau 

castra,  fidens    fugae   et  territat  coelum,    armis.         Qptime 

camps,     trusting    to  flight  and  terrifie*      heaven        with  arms.  Most  excellent 

regum,    adjicias      unum     ctiam    unum    istis    donis,    quaa 

of  kings,    will  you  add     one  thing      even  one        to  these    favours,  which 

plurima        jubes       mitti,     que    dari    Dardanidis;    nee 

in  great  numbers  you  command  to  be  sent,  and  to  be  given  to  the  Trojans;       nor 

violentia          ullius      vincat      te,      quin    pater,  des 

1st  the  violence  of  another     overcome      tltce         but      O  father,  give 

natam         egregio  genero,   que    dignis     hymenaeis,   et 

your  daughter  to  Ms  renowned  son-in-law,  and  honourable         nuptials,        and 

jungas  hanc  pacem    aeterno    foedere.  Quod  si  tantus 

confirm  this        peace    by  an  eternal    treaty.        But       if    BO  great 

terror  habet      mentes  et  pectora,  obtestemur  ipsum,  que 

dread     possesses  your  minds       and    souls,  let  us  entreat       him,         and 

oremus 

let  us  beg 

que  remittat    patriae.     Quid    projicis         miseros         cives 

and      forego  it  for  his  country.  Why   do  you  drive  your    wretched    countrymen 

toties,    in    aperta    pericula?      6  caput     et    causa    horum 

FO  often,    to         open.  dangers?  O  fountain    and      cause        of  these 

malorum   Latio!  Nulla  salus  bello;  omnes  poscimus 

misfortunes  to  Latium!     There  is  no        safety    in  war;      we  all  demand 

te,    Turne,   pacem,       simul        sojum  inviolabile  pignus 

of  thee,  O  Turnue,     peace,    at  the  same  time    the  only      unbroken  pledge 

pacis.     En!  ego  primus   (quern  tu   fingis  invisum   tibi,    et 

of  peace.    Lo!       I          first  (whom    you    pretend  am  hostile   to  you,  and 

nil  moror     esse)        supplex          venio;        miserere 

in  no  way  do  I  hesitate     to  be)  humbly  approach  you;  pity 

tuorum;  pone    animos,   et  pulsus  abi.  Fusi 

your  countrymen;     lay  aside  your  anger,   and     beaten    depart.  Routed 

vidimus      sat         funera,  et  desolavimus   ingentes   agros. 

we  have  seen  enough          deaths,    and  we  have  desolated  extensive  territories. 

Aut,   si  fama  movet,  si  concipis  tantum  robur    pectore, 

Or,         if     fame     moves  you,  if     you  feel         so  great    courage  in  your  breast, 

et  si  adeo  dotalis   regia  est        cordi;    aude,  atque     fidens 

and  if   thus     a  dotal      palace      is  in  your  heart;,    dare,         and       confident 

fer    adversum    pectus      in      hostem.     Scilicet,  ut  regia 

b«ar  your  opposing        breast       against     the  foe.  For,         that    a  royal 

Conjux  contingat    Turno,      nos,       viles      animss,     turba 

bride  shall  fall         to  Turnus,  shall  we,    despicable         souls,  a  mob 

inhumata   que   infleta   sternamur      campis?     Et   jam   tu, 

nnburied  and      unwept    be  laid  prostrate  on  the  plains?  And      now    you, 

si  tibi    qua  vis,     si   babes    quid          patrii  Martis 

if  to  you  i*  any  courage,  if  you  have  anything   of  your  country's  warlike  spirit 

aspice  ilium  contra,  qui    vocat.          Violentia    Turni 

behold       him      opposed  to  you,      who    challenges  you.      The  race     of  Turnu* 


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exarsit  talibus    dictis;      dat    gemitum,    que  rumpit      has 

glows         at  these      words;   be  utters       a  groan,  and   breaks  out  in  these 

voces        imo      pectore:  Drance,  tibi  quidem   semper 

words  from  his  inmost    heart:    O  Drances,  there  is  to  you    indeed  ever 

ia'rga        copia    fandi,         tune  cum  bellaposcunt     manus; 

i  copious  abundance  of  speaking,  enen  then    when    wars  demand     active  hands; 

que    patribus    vocatis     primus      ades;      sed        curia  est 

and       the  fathers  being  convoked    first   you  are  present,   but  new     the  court  is 

non   replenda      verbis,     quse  magna  volant     tibi        tuto, 

not        to  be  filled       with  words,  which      large       escape    from  you  in  safety, 

dum   agger  murorum  distinct   hostem,  nee  fossa  inundant 

while  the  mound  of  our  walla   keeps  off        the  foe,     nor  do  the  ditches       flow 

sanguine.  Proinde      tona         eloquio,    solitum  tibi,   que  tu 

with  blood.    Therefore  thunder  forth  in  eloquence,  accustomed  to  you,  and  yon 

Drance,  argue  me  timoris,  quando    tua    dextra  dedit 

Drances,       accuse    me    of  fear,         since  thy     right  hand         has  given 

tot    acervos      stragis     Teucrorum,  que    passim   insignis 

so  many    heaps    of  the  slaughter  of  the  Trojans,    and    everywhere  you  mark 

agros       tropa?is.      Licet  experiare  quid  vivida  virtus 

the  field  with  trophies.  It  is  allowed  you     to  try  what       lively     courage 

possit:   scilicet   nee  hostes  quaerendi  nobis         longe; 

can  do:         for         neither  are  our  enemies   to  be  sought  by  us  farjience; 

circumstant  muros     undique.     Imus      in      adversos?  quid 

they  surround    the  walls    on  every  side.  Do  we  go    against  our  enemies?    why 

cessas?         An      Marvors  erit  tibi  semper  in  ventoszl 

do  you  withdraw?  Whether    will  Mars       be    to  you      ever         on  your  "windy 

lingusi,    que     istis   fugacibus    pedibus?    Ego    pulsus?  aut 

tongue,        and     in  these       flying  feet?  Am  I       beaten?        or 

quisquam     fcedissime,  merito  arguet          pulsum,  qui 

will  any  one  than  most  foul  wretch,       jastly      accuse  me  of  being  beaten,   who 

videbit  tumidum    Tybrim     crescere    Iliaco    sanguine,  et 

shall  see    the  swelling         Tyber  increase    with  Trojan      blood,         and 

totam  domum    Evandri    cum      stirpe    procubuisse,  atque 

all  (he  house    ofEvander     with     his  race  to  have  fallen,          and 

Arcades   exutos  armis?  Bitias    et    ingens    Pandarus 

Arcadians     deprived  of  their    arms?        Bitias      and        great  Pandarus 

haud  ita      experti       me,  et     mille,      quos     victor     misi 

not       thus  have  experienced  me,   and   a  thousand,    whom    victorious     I  sent 

sub  Tartara     die,    inclusus   muris,  que   septus         liostili 

under  'Tartarus  in  a  day,       inclosed    by  walls,    and     hedged  in      by  a  hostile 

aggere.       Nulla  salus  bello?    demens,  cane  talia 

rampart,  fa  there  no     safety    in  war?      madman,        tell  such  things 

Dardanio    capiti,    que      tuis      rebus.  Proinde    ne     cessa 

to  the  Trojan    chief,        and  to  your  own  concerns.  Wherefore  do  not        cease 

turbare  omnia          magno   metu    atque  extollere         vires 

to  confuse       alt    things    by  great     fear          and          boast        the  strength 


328  402 

gcntis      bis       victae;  contra  premeie   arma 

of  tin:  nation    twice      conquered;    on  the  other  hand  to  restrain  the  arms 

Latini.  Nunc  et  proceres  Myrmidonum  tremiscunt  Phrygia 

of  Latinu.".  Now  also    ihe  chiefs    of  the  Myrmidons       tremble  at  Trojan 

arma!  nunc  et   Tydides  et   Larissaeis  Achilles!  et     amnis 

arms!       now      also      Dromtde     and    Larissean    Achilles!       and     the  river 

Aufidus    retro     fugit     Adriacas     undas!   vel  cum    scelus 

Ami. Ins      backwards      flies  from  the  Adriatic    waves!      even  when     the  guilt 

artificis    fingit      se       pavidum    contra   mea  jurgia,   et 

of  ilie  deceiver  feigns    himself          fearful  against      my        threats,    and 

acerbat  crimen  formidine.  Numquam  amittes  talem  animam 

embitters   crime      with  dread.  Never         will  you  lose  such  a  soul 

hdc  dextrd;     (absiste  moveri;)    habitet    cum    te,   et  sit 

with  this   right  hand    (cease      to  be  moved;)  it  shall  dwell    with   thee,  and    be 

in  isto  pectore.  Nunc  revertor  ad    te,    pater,  et  tua  magna 

in  that     breast.  Now      I  return      to   thee,    O  father,  and  thy         great 

consulta.  Si   ponis     nullam  spem  ultra    in   nostris  armis; 

decrees.        '  If  you  place        no  hope      farther    in        our  arms; 

si  sum  us  tarn    deserti,  et  occidimus  funditus,  agminesemftl 

if    we  are     so      Abandoned,  and    we  fall  entirely,       our  army          once 

verso,       neque   Fortuna  habet  regressum;      oremus 

being  overcome,      nor       our  Fortune    has  a  return;          we  will  pray  for 

pacem,  et    tendamus       dextras      inermes.    Quanquam    d 

peace,       and  we  will  extend  our  right  hands   unarmed.  Although  O 

si    quicquam       solitae       virtutis       adesset!      Ille        mihi 

if       something       of  accustomed  courage       was  present!       He  seems    to  me 

que  fortunatus     laborum,  que  egregius    animi   ante  alios, 

both      fortunate       in  Ms  labour,    and   distinguished    in  mind    before    others, 

qui  ne          videret  quid  tale,  procubuit  moriens 

who  that  he  might  not       see         any    such  thing,  fell  dying 

et  semel  momordit  humum  ore.      Sin    et    opes,   et 

and  at  once       bit  the  ground  with  Ms  mouth.    But  if  even  wtaltb,  and 

juventus   adhuc    intacta,    que    Italse    urbes   que    populi 

youth  as  yet       untouched,    and      Italian       cities      end  people 

supersunt   nobis  auxilio;  sin  et   gloria   venit  Trojanis  cum 

remain  to  us      for  aid;     but  if  also  glory       comes  to  the  Trojans  with 

multo    sanguine;       sunt     illis         sua    funera,   que    par 

much  blood;  there  are    to  them  their  own      deaths,        and  an  equal 

ternpestas          per       omnes;    cur   indecores   deficimus  in 

storm  rafts  through       all;  why      disgraced  do  we  fail        in 

primo    limine?  cur       tremor         occupat         artus 

the  first    entrance  of  the  war?    why       does  trembling      possess    our         liinba 

ante  tubam? 

b'.'fore  tee  hear  the  trumpet? 

Pies,  que  varius  labor  mutabilis  aevi    retulit      multa 

Time,     and  the  varied  labour  of  changeful    life    have  restored    many  things 

in       melius;        fortuna   alterna  revisens     lusit       multos, 

to  a  better  condition;     fortune    alternately    revisiting  Jias  deceived          many. 


329  427 

et  rursus    locavit       in  solido.          yEtolus  non  erit 

and   again    has  placed  them  on      firm  ground.    The  Etolian  prince  will  not     be 

auxilio   nobis,    et   Arpi;       at     Messapus     erit,     que   fehx 

ai:l  to  us,      and    Arpis;         but        Messapus        will  be,      and     happy 

Tolumnius,    et      duces       quos     tot     populi    misere;   nee 

roliiminus,          and   the  leaders       whom  so  many   people        have  sent;      nor 

parva  gloria  sequetur   delectos  Latio     et  Laurentibus 

shall  small  glory         follow        the  chosen  bands  from  J.aliumand  the  Lnureiilian 

agris,  et       est  Camilla    de      egregid       gente  Volscorum, 

fields,     and  there  is     Camilla       from    the  renowned      nation         oftheVolsci 

agens   agmen  equitum,  et  cater vas  florentes      aere.    Quod 

loading  on  a  troop       of  horse,     and     bands       flourishing    with  brass.         But 

si    Teucri    poscunt  me  solum  in  certamina,  que  id  placet, 

if  the  Trojana      demand     me      alone     in        combat,         and    this      pleases, 

que     obsto    communibus  bonis    tantum;    victoria  non  adeo 

and       I  oppose         the  common         good       so  much;        victory       not       thus 

fugit      has     manus,     exosa,       ut      recusem          tentare 

escapei      these         hands.          hateful,        that     I  should  refuse         to  attempt 

quicquam  pro  tanto    spe.       Ibo         animis       contra, 

anything          for    so  great  a  hope.     I  will  go  with  rosolution      against   JEncas, 

licet  ille    praestet    vel  magnum  Achillem,  que      induat 

though    he    should  excel   even        great  Achilles,         and     should  put  on 

paria  arma,    facta      manibus    Vulcani.    Ego  Turnus   baud 

equal      arms,      wrought     by  the  hands    of  Vulcan.          I         Turnus  not 

secundus  ulli    veterum     virtute,       devovi     hanc  animam 

second  to  any  of  the  ancients  in  courage,    have  devoted      this  life 

vobis,  que        socero       Latino.      ./Eneas    vocat    solum?  et 

to  you,    and  to  my  father-in-law  Latinus.      Does  yEneas    call  me     alone?    and 

oro       vocet.       Nee  potius   Drances    luat  morte,  sive  haec 

I  pray   he  may  call.        Nor     rather    shall  Drances  suffer    death,    whether  this 

est     ira       Deum;      sive  est      virtus    et  gloria     tollat. 

is     the  anger  of  the  Gods;         or    it  is  that  courage  and  glory  shall  bear  me  off. 

Illi    certantes    agebant  haec  inter       se  dubiis 

They    contending          discuss     these  things  among  themselves  in  tneir  doubtful 

rebus.        ^Eneas     movebat      castra,      que  aciem.     Ecce 

concerns.  ^Eneas  advanced          the  camp,         and      army.  Li 

nuncius     ruit    ingenti  tumultu   per     regia      tecta,     que 

a  messenger  rushes  out  with  great    tumult     through  the  royal  apartments,    .ana 

implet    urbem     magnis    terroribus;  Teucros 

fills  the  city     with  great  fears;  announcing  that  the  Trojans 

instructos    acie,     que  Tyrrhenam  manum,  descendere    a 

drawn  out        in  array,    and        the  Tuscan          band,  descended        from 

Tiberino   flumine      totis     campis.         Extemplo        animi 

Tiber's  stream          from  all     the  plains.  Forthwith         tkeir  minds 

turbati,      que     pectora        vulgi       concussa,    et       irse 

were  distui  bed.     and     the  breasts       ofthecrowd     were  shaken,  and  their  anger 

arrectae  baud  mollibus  stimulis.     Trepidi     porcunt      arma 

foused          not         ly  gentle    provocations.     Trembling  they  demand         arms 


330  453 

tnanu;   juventus  fremit    arma;      patres    mcesti   flent  que 

in  hand;       tbe  youth        rage         for  arras;    the  father*  mournful   weep       and 

mussant      Hie  magnus  clamor     nndique    tollit    se      in 

mutter.  Here       a  great         shout     from  every  side   raises    itself      into 

auras     vario     dissensu:    baud     secus    atque  cum    forte 

the  air    with  varied     discord:  not       otherwise       as         when  by  chance 

catervse  avium  consedere  in  alto  luco,  ve  rauci  cynci  dant 

troops         of  birds         alight         in  a  deep  grove,     or     hoarse     swans     utter 

sonitum     piscoso     amne     Padusae    per    loquacia  stagna. 

their  noise    along  the  fishy  stream        ofPadusa   through    the  noisy  pools. 

Turnus,    tempore     arrepto,    ait  imo,  6       cives,         cogite 

Turnus,     the  opportunity  being  seized,  said    nay,    O  my  countrymen,    assemble 

concilium,    et    sedentes      laudate   pacem;          illi    ruunt 

a  council,  and      sitting  at  ease     applaud         peace;    while    they          rush 

armis     in         regno.  Nee  locutus  plura,  corripuit   sese,    et 

in  arms  against  cur  kingdom.   Nor    speaking    more,      he  hurried     himself,  and 

citus  extulit      altis      tectis.  Tu,  Voluse,    edice    maniplis 

quick   withdrew  from  the  lofty  palace.    You,  O  Voluaus,  command    your  bands 

Volscorum    armari;    et    due     Rutulos;     ait:        Messap'w 

of  Volscians       to  be  armed;  and  lead  on  the  Rutulians;  be  says:    You  Messaf  » 

et  Coras    cum     fratre,  diffundite    equitem    in   armis 

and  Coras  with  your  brother,      pour  out         your  cavalry    in       arma    throu/  It 

latis      campis:      pars     firment       aditus         urbis,      qu  ^ 

.he  broad       plains;        let  a  part   strengthen  the  entrances     of  the  city,        ail 

capessant     turres;      csetera     manus    inferat   arma  mecup 

guard  the  towera;  let  the  other      band         bring  up      arms        with  m 

qui    jusso.       Ilicet     discumtur   in  muros,     totd      urbe 

where  I  command.    Forthwith  there  is  a  running  to  tbe  walls,  through  all  thecitj 

Pater  Latinus  ipse     deserit    concilium,  et  magna  incepta 

Father     Latinus    himself    abandons       Ais  council,      and   Ais  great      purpose: 

ac  turbatus     tristi     tempore,    differt;     que   incusat      se 

and  disturbed     by  the  sad     occasion,      withdraws;      he         blames      hiinseL 

multa,      qui     non      ultro     acceperit  Dardanium  ^Enean 

much,     thai  he       did  not     forthwith        receive  Trojan  /Eneai 

que  asciverit    generum       urbi. 

and     invite  Aim  as  bis  son-in-law  to  the  city. 

Alii  prsefodiunt     portas,     aut  subvectant  saxa,  que  sudes 

Others  dig  trenches  before  the  gates,  or         upraise         rocks,    and      stakes 

rauca  buccina    dat   cruentum   signum     bello:    turn 

the  shrill  sounding  trumpet      gives       a  bloody  signal    for  the  war:     the1 

matron®    que  puen       cinxere       muros      varid     coronS 

the  matrons    and        boys  surrounded       the  walls  with  a  varied       circle 

ultimus    labor    vocat  omnes.     Nee  non   regina        magnS 

the  last         effort        invites        all.  Also         the  queen     with  a  great 

caterva   matrum  subvehitur  ad,  templum  que  ad  summas 

company     of  matrons      is  borne  to     tbe  temple       and      to         the  lofty 

arces    Palladis    ferens     dona;   que    juxta    virgo     Lavinia 

towers    of  Minvrva     bearing          gifts;      and      near  by    the  maid         Livini» 


331  4SO 

comes,    causa    tanti         mali,     atque  dejecta      decoras 

Aer  companion,  the  cause  ofsogreat  a  misfortune,  and  casting  down  her  beautiful 

oculos.         Matres    succedunt,    et      vaporant       templum 

eyes.  The  mothers       come  up,  and.         perfume  the  temple 

thure;         et  fundunt         moestas    cvoces  de    alto     limine. 

with  incense; and    pour  out     their  mournful       voices  from  the  lofty   entrance. 

Triton  ia     virgo     armipotens       praeses          belli,       frange 

O  Tritonian      maid       powerful  in  arms,       sovereign        of  the  war,  break 

telum      Phrygii    praedonis       manu,        et    sterne     ipsum    , 

the  darts  of  the  Trojan      robber        with  your  hand,    and     stretch  him 

pronum  solo,       que     effunde          sub    altis      portis. 

prostrate  on  the  ground,  and     overthrow  him      under  the  lofty          gates. 

Turnus      ipse    furens    certatim,     cingitur   in   proelia   que 

Turnus         himself     raging        anxiously,  is  girt        for       battle         and 

jam  adeo   indutus     Rutulum    thoraca     horrebat       ahenis 

now      thus    having  put  on  A«\>- Rutulian     breastplate      looks  terrible      in  brazen 

squamis;     que     incluserat        suras      auro,    adhuc    nudus 

scales;  and       he  had  inclosed       hi*  legs       in  gold,       as  yet          naked 

tempora;  que   accinxerat    ensem     lateri,    que    fulgebat 

as  to  his  temples;  and      be  had  girded       a  sword  to  his  side,     and         he  shone 

aureus  decurrens      aM     arce;  que   exsultat      animis,    et 

in  gold       hastening  from  the  high  citadel;  and        exults       with  courage,  and 

jam  praecipit    hostem       spe;      qualis   equus     ubi       fugit 

now      anticipates    the  enemy  in  his  hope;       as  ahorse      when  he  escapes 

praesepia     vinculis     abruptis,  tandem   liber   que   potitus 

from  the  stalls,    his  fastenings  being  broken,  at  length      free         and     enjoying 

apertocampo;  illeauttendit  in     pastus,     que  armenta 

the  open    plain;       he  either  directs  At's  course  to    the  pastures,    and  herds 

equarum,    aut     assuetus       perfundi  noto       flumine 

of  mares,  or         accustomed         to  be  bathed       in  the  known  stream 

aquaa,     emicat     que  luxurians    fremit    cervicibus   arrectis 

of  water,  springs  forth   and    wantoning         neighs       with  hi s  neck          raised 

alte;  que     jubae     ludunt  per      colla,  per      armos.      Cui 

high;      and  his  mane          sports      over   his  neck,  along  his  shoulders.  Whom 

Camilla         acie  Volscorum   comitante       obvia      occurrit, 

Camilla   with  her  troop  of  Volscians      accompanying       meeting       encounters, 

que   regina  desiluit   ab    equo     sub   portis     ipsis;      quam 

and     the  queen      leaped      from  her  horse  under  the  gates  themselves;       whom 

tota   cohors   imitata   defluxit    ad    terrain      equis     relictis. 

all       the  troop  imitating    leaped  down   on     the  ground  their  horses  being  left. 

Turn      fatur      talia:  Turne,  si  qua   fiducia  sui 

Then    she  speaks       these  words:    O  Turnus,  if     any  confidence  of  one's  self 

merito     est    forti,     audeo,  et  promitto  occurrere     turmae 

deservedly      is  to  the  brave,    I  dare,  and     I  promise     to  encounter       the  host 

yEneadum,  que  sola  ire    obvia    contra  Tyrrhenes  equites. 

of  Trojans,         and   alone  to  go    opposed     against      the  Tuscan  horse. 

Sine   me   tentare   prima  pericula    belli         manu;  tu 

Allow    me     to  attempt  the  first    dangers     of  the  war   with  my  hand;    do  you 


33-2  506 

pedcs   subsiste  ad    muros    et     serva      mccnia.       Turnus 

.HI  i,,,, i         stay          by      the  walla    and     preserve    the  rampnrts.  Turniia 

lixus       oculos     in    hon-enda"     virgine  ad    hacc: 

fastening   his  eyes        oa      the  dreadful          maid  responds      to       those  tliingr. 

O  virgo,    decus      Italic,  quas     grates        parem       dice  re, 

O  maid,         ornament     of  Italy,   what         thanks       can  I  prepare   to  express, 

ve  quas  referre!    sed  nunc,  quando  iste      animus  est  supra 

or    what      to  return!      but     now,         since       this         thy  mind      is      above 

mnia,          partire      laborem      mecum.       Ut      fama    que 

II  dangers,          divide  the  labour         with  me.  As         report        and 

exploratores     missi     reportant     fidem,     improbus   ^Eneas 

our  spies  sent  out      bring  back       confidence,        cruel  Aeneas 

przcmisit         levia   arma   equitum        qualerent       campos; 

has  sent  before        light       arms        of  horse      that  they  may  shake     the  plains-, 

per     ardua  deserta   mentis       adventat  ad  urbem.     Paro 

through  the  high      deserts  of  the  mountain  he  approaches  to   the  city.    I  prepare 

furta        belli,  in   convexo     tramite    sylvae,      ut      obsidam 

slratagemsof  war,  in       a  winding  path    of  the  wood,    that  I  may  besiege 

bivias   fauces    armato    milite.     Tu      excipe      Tyrrhenum 

the1  double  straits    \vitharmed     soldiery.    Do  you     encounter  the  Tuscan 

equitem     signis     collatis.         Acer  Messapus    erit    tecum 

tavalry     our  signals  being  compared.        Brave      Messapus     shall  be  with  you 

ijue    Latinae    turm®  que    manus   Tiburti;    et     tu    concipe 

ind     the  Latin       troops       and        band       of  Tiburtus;  and  do  you  take 

ouram      duels.         Sic     ait,     et     paribus     dictis    hortatur 

the  charge  of  a  leader.        Thus  hcsaid,    and     with  like         words      he  exhorts 

Messapum  que      socios    duces  in  proelia,  et     pergit     in 

Mussapus  and    the  associate  leaders   to     battle,     and  he  marches  against 

hostem.         Est  vallis      curvo     anfractu  accommoda  fraudi 

the  foe.        There  \a      a  valley  in  a  crooked      winding  fitted  for  fraud 

que   dolis    armorum;  quam    atrum   latus    urget     utrimque 

and  the  deceits    of  arms;         which     a  gloomy     side        encloses     on  each  side 

densis     frondibus;  quo     tenuis  semita  ducit,  que  angust® 

with  thick        leaves;        where     a  narrow      path       guides,      and          narrow 

fauces    que    maligni     aditus     ferunt.      Super     hanc,     in 

straits         and      malignant      entrance*     lead.  Over  this,          on 

speculis     que     in     summo     yertice         montis,         ignota 

the  height        and     upon    the  loftiest       summit       of  a  mountain,  a  concealed 

planities  jacet,  que  luti  rec^.ptus;     seu         veils   occurrere 

plain  lies,        and    safe      retreats;        whether    you  wish        to  engage 

pugnae     dextera"  que  laeva,  sive  instare  jug's         e* 

in  battle      on  the  right  and      left,        or  to  press  the  enemy  from  the  heights  and 

volvere    grandia  saxa.  Juvenis  fertur   hue       noia' 

in  roll  down    large        rocks.    The  youth  Turnus  is  borne  hither  by  the  knowt 

regione     viarum,     que       wripuit      locum      et         insedit 

egion         of  the  ways,      and  seiz'd  tbe  place      and  sat  dowu 

iniquis      sylvis. 

i»  the  unequal   forests. 


333  532 

Inlerea     in  superis  sedibus  Latonia  compellabat  velocem 

In  the  mean  time  in  the  highest   seals.         Diana  address'd  swift 

Opim,  unam  ex       sociis       virginibus  que     sacra"    catervS 

Opis,  one      of    her  associated  maids       and     consecrated         band 

et   dabat  has   voces  tristi         ore.      0   virgo,  Camilla 

and  uttered  these     words  from  her  mournful  mouth.       O    nymph,        Camilla 

graditur  ad  crudele  bellum,  et  nequicquam  cingitur  nostris 

goes  out        to       cruel  war,       and       in  vain  is  girt  with  our 

armis;  cara  mihi  ante  alias:  enirn  neque  iste    amor     novus 

arms;        dear    to  me  before  others:    for         neither  is    this    affection  new 

venit  Dianas  que   movit    animum     subita"    dulcedine. 

ichich  comes    to  Diana    atid    influences    my  mind      with  sudden          fondness. 

Gum    Metabus     pulsus  regno     ob     invidiam,     que 

When        Metabus          banished    from  his  kingdom  for  envy,  and 

superbas    vires    excederet  antiqud  urbe         Priverno, 

haughty         authority    had  departed  from  his  ancient  -  city  Privenus, 

fugiens     inter  media      proelia      belli,     sustulit    infantem 

escaping  in  the  midst    of  the  contests   of  war,    he  bore  off        the  infant 

comitem     exilio,     que  vocavit         Camillam,     nomine 

his  companion        in  exile,        and          called  her       Camilla,  the  name 

matris  Casmillae  parte     mutatd.    Ipse  portans   prae   se 

of  his  m  >ther      Casmilla        in  part  being  changed,  lie    bearing 'her  before  him 

sinu   petebat     longa     juga    solorum   nemorum;    sasva 

.in  h is  bosom  sought       the  long       heights  of  the  lonely    groves;  cruel 

tela    premebant  undique       et       Volsci       volitabant 

darts  press'd  Aim       on  every  side       and    the  Volscana         flew  about 

milite      circumfuso.       Ecce     medio      fugse,  Amasenus 

the  soldiery    pouring  around  him.      Lo    in  the  midst  of  his  flight,       Amasenus 

abundans     spumabat  sumrnis    ripis;   tantus  imber  ruperat 

overflowing      foamed  over    if*  highest      banks;    so  great  a  shower    had  burst 

se         nubibus;     ille     parans  innare   tardatur         amore 

itself       from  the  clouds;    he       preparing    to  swim    is  hindered       by  his  love 

infantis,   que   timet      caro    oneri.     Vix    haec   sententia 

of  the  infant,  and       fears    for  his  dear      load.    Scarcely  had  this      sentiment 

subito  sedit  versanti  omnia         secum.         Immane 

suddenly  settled  in  his  mind  revolving    all  things  with  himself.  There  was  a  huge 

telum  quod   forte    bellator  gerebat    valid  £    manu,  solidum 

dart        which  by  chance  the  warrior  wielded    in  his  strong     hand,  firm 

nodis   et    cocto     robore:  implicat      natam   huic  clausam 

with  knots  and  seasoned    oak:  he  binds    his  daughter    to  this        inclosed 

libro    et  sylvestri  subere,  atque  circumligai          habilem 

with  bark  and    sylvan  cork,  and        fastens     her  around  dexterously 

mediae       haste:      quam  librans        ingenti   dextera  ifa 

to  the  midst    of  the  spear:      which    poising      in  his  great         right  hand  thus 

fatur    ad  fethera:    Virgo    Latonia  alma  cultrix  nemorum, 

he  speaks    to    heaven:        Virgin        Diana        fair       inhabitant          of  groves 

ipse   pater    voveo    hanc    famulam    tibi:  supplex         fugit 

(  a  father    devote         big  handmaid    to  you:   suppliant          fhe  flies 


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hostem     per     auras     prima   tenens  tua    tela:       Diva 

the  foe        through    the  air  first          holding      thy     weapons.      O  Goddess 

tester    accipe     tuam    quae  nunc  committitur  dubiis 

1  entreat  you  receive    your  own    who        now  is  entrusted  to  the  doubtful 

amis.      Dixit    et     immittit     contortum     hastile      lacerto 

winds.        He  said      and      hurled  the  wreathed  dart  Ait  arm 

adductor          und®     sonuere:  infelix  Camilla    fugit    in 

r>eing  drawn  back:  the  waves      resounded:    haplesa       Camilla         flies         on 

stridente  jaculo,  super  rapidum   amnem.    At        Metabus 

the  hissing        dart,        above        the  rapid       stream.  But  Metabus 

magnS.       catervd  jam  urgente  propius  dat  sese     fluvio, 

a  great  troop  now    pursuing  Aim  nearer  gives  himself  to  the  stream, 

atque,     victor    vellit  hastam,    donum  Trivise,  cum  virgine 

ana,        a  conqueror    plucks  the  dart,        the  gift    of  Diana,  with        the  maid 

de  gramineo  cespite.  Non    ullae    urbes  accepere         ilium 

from    the  grassy        turf.  •         No       other       cities       received  him 

tectis   non  moenibus;  neque   ipse   dedisset     manus 

in  their,  dwellings    nor       walls;  nor        did  he       yield  Ai*  hands 

feritate:       at     exegit      asvum    pastorum 

to  the  arts  of  life  through  wildnesa:    .but     underwent    the  life         of  shepherds 

solis       montibus.    Hie    nutribat      natam     in      dumis 

in  the  solitary    mountains.        Here  be  nourished  his  daughter  among  the  bushes 

que  inter  horrentia  lustra,  mammis     armentalis  equae 

and     among  the  frightful  haunts'o/ieasts,  by  the  teats      of  a  brood  mare 

et   ferino     lacte,   immulgens  ubera        teneris  labris.  Que 

and  wild  animal  milk,        milking        her  udder  with  her  tender     lips.          And 

ut    infans    institerat      vestigia      primis     plantis    pedum, 

as     the  infant    had  mark'd     her  footsteps  with  the  first      prints      ofAerfeet, 

oneravit      palmas         acuto        jaculo,      que       suspendit 

be  loaded   her  hands   with  the  sharp   dart,      and       suspended 

spicula   et  arcum   ex    humero      parvse. 

arrows       and    a  bow    from    the  shoulder    of  the  little  maid. 

Pro        crinali      auro,       pro       tegmine    longae    pall®, 

In  place  of  a  fillet          of  gold,     in  place  of       a  dress       of  a  long        cloak. 

exuvise   tigridis  pendent   a  vertice  per   dorsum.  Jam  turn 

the  skin      of  a  tiger      bangs         from  her  bead    over    her  back.      Even    then 

torsit     puerilia    tela          tenerS.          manu,    et    egit 

she  hurled         childish         darts      with  her  tender         band,         and   whirled 

fundam      tereti      habena",    circum   caput,   que     dejecit 

a  sling      with  tapering      thong,  around      Aerhead,      and      struck  down 

Strymoniam  gruem,  aut  album  olorero.,  Multae  matres   per 

a  Strymonian     crane,  or     white         swan.        Many      mothers    through 

Tyrrhena  oppida  frustra  optavere  illam          nurum. 

the  Tuscan         towns       in  vain        desired  her  as  a  daughter-in-law. 

Contenta     Diand     scl£    intemerata        colit        seternum. 

Contented       with  Diana    aU>ne       unviolated       she  cultivates        the  eternal 

amorem   telorum.    et   virginitatis.      Vellem    baud   fmsset 

lovo  of  weapons,    and      maidenhood.        I  could  wish   she  had    not  beeu 


335  585 

correpta.     tali    militia,      conata        lacessere      Teucros' 

•me  away       by  this     war,  attempting  to  provoke       the  Trojans* 

foret         cara  mihi  que  una  mearum    comitum   nunc. 

«he  might  have  been  dear  tome      and     one       of  my         companions        now. 

Verum   age,     nympha,    quandoquidem   urgetur        acerbis 

But  come,        O  nymph,  since  it  is  settled    by  the  cruei 

fatis,  labere      polo      que  invise   Latinos  fines,     ubi  tristis 

fates,      glide     from  the  sky    and     visit        the  Latin  coasts,     where    the  sad 

pugna  committitur  infausto   omine.     Cape  haec  que 

contest         is  fought         with  hapless    omen.     '      Take     these  weapons      and 

deprome      ultricem     sagittam      pharetra.  Quicunque 

draw  forth        a  revengeful        arrow  from  my  quiver.  Whoever 

violaverit     sacrum     corpus      vulnere,       Tros    ve   Italus, 

shall  violate     her  sacred         body         with  a  wound,      Trojan     or      Italian, 

det        pcenas    mihi    sanguine     pariter    hdc.          Post 

let  him  give    penalties     to  me       with  his  blood    equally     by  this.      Hereafter 

ego   feram          cava         nube  corpus  miserandae     et 

I       will  bear  off     in  a  hollow       cloud    the  body    of  the  unfortunate  maid  and 

arma  inspoliata     ab    tumulo,  que     reponam  patria3. 

her  arms     uninjured        from     the  tomb,    and    I  will  restore  her  to  her  country 

Dixit:      at  ilia   demissa  per      leves      auras      coeli 

She  said:      but    she       casting  herself      through      the  light          airs  of  heaven 

insonuit,    circumdata      corpus      nigro         turbine.         At 

sounded,  surrounding        her  body        with  a  black        whirlwind.  But 

interea          Trojana  manus  propinquat  muris   que  Etrusci 

in  the  meantime  the  Trojan    band          approached      the  walls    and  the  Tuscan 

duces   que  omnis  exercitus   equitum   compositi  in  turmas 

leaders      and         all  the  army       of  the  horse  were  arranged  in         bands 

numero.     Insultans      sonipes  fremit       foto        sequore   et 

in  order.  The  bounding       horse         neighs     through  all        the  plain  and 

pugnat  habenis  pressis,  obversus  hue  et   hue:  turn   ferreus 

fights    his  reins  being  restrained,  turning        here    and  there:    then         an  iroti 

ager    horret         late      hastis,  que  campi  ardent  sublimibus 

field    bristles  up    far  around  with  spears,  and  the  plains   glow       with  upraised 

armis.     Nee  non     contra         Messapus  que  celeres  Latini 

arms.  Also       on  the  other  hand   Messapus       and     the  active      Latins 

et  Coras  cum     fratre  et    ala    virginis     Camillas   apparent 

and  Coras      with  his  brother  and  wing     of  the  maid      Camilla  appear 

adversi        campo    que    protendunt  hastas    longe 

opposed  to  them  on  the  plain  and  protrude  their  spears        far  before 

dextris  reductis,         et    vibrant       spicula:     que 

their  right  hands       being  drawn  back,     and  they  brandish  their  darts:  and 

adventus  virorum,    que    fremitus     equorum,          ardescit. 

the  coming      of  the  men,      and     the  neighing    of  the  horses,        grows  warm. 

Jamque    uterque  progressus      intra   jactum    teli 

And  now          each  army  having  advanced      within    the  cast  of  a  dart, 

substiterat:     erumpunt       subito   clamore,  que  exhortantur 

baited:  they  burst  forth  with  sudden     shout,       .and  encouiagc 


336  610 

frementes  equos;  simul   fundunt .  crebra    tela     undique 

Aeir  neighing       horses;     at  once  they  pour  forth  thickening  darts  on  every  side 

ritu         nivis,  que  cesium  obtexitur     umbra.      Continue 

in  the  manner  of  snow,  and    tbesky        is  covered  with  their  shade.  Immediately 

Tyrrhcnus  et  acer  Aconteus   connixi     incurrunt    adversis 

Tyrrhenus        'and    bold      Aconteus       struggling      rush  together  with  hostile 

hastis,  que  primi  dant  ruinam   ingenti  sonitu,  que  rumpunt 

spears,      and      first      cause  destruction  with  great    noise,       and      they  dasb 

pectora  quadrupedantum  perfracta    pectoribus.      Aconleus, 

the  breasts       of  their  horses  striking        against  breasts.  Aconteus, 

excussus    in    morem       fulminis         aut  ponderis         acti 

thrown  off       in    the  manner     of  a  thunderbolt       or       a  weight       sent  forth 

tormento,     prsecipitat  longe  et  dispergit    vitam   in.  auras. 

from  an  engine,  is  hurried          far  off  and    scatters         his  life       in      the  air. 

Extemplo    acies     turbatae    que    Latini      versi     rejiciunt 

Forthwith        the  troops  are  disordered  and      the  Latins     turned       throwback 

parmas  et  vertunt         equos  ad  moenia.       Troes   agunt; 

their  shields      and     turn        their  horses     to  the  walls.    The  Trojans  drive  on; 

princeps  Asylas  inducit    turmas,   que  jam  propinquabant 

the  chief         Asylus        leads  on      the  troops,    and      now         they  approached 

portis;    que  rursus    Latini    tollunt  claraorem,  et  reflectunt 

the  gates;  und       again      the  Latins     raise          a  shout,       and       turn  back 

mollia  collar     hi    fugiunt  que      referuntur,     habenis 

their  flexile       necks:       these       fly  and       are  carried  back,    the     reins 

penitus      datis:    qualis   ubi  pontus  procurrens         alterno 

entirely  being  given  up:    as         when     the  sea         running  with  alternate 

gurgite  nunc  ruit   ad  terras,  que    spumeus    jacit  undam 

tide  now     rushes    to    the  land,    and         foaming         casts      its  wave 

super  scopulos,       que       perfundit     extremam      arenam 

upon         the  rocks,  and  bathes  the  extreme  sand 

sinu.  Nunc    rapidus    atque     resorbens       saxa 

with  its  curling  wave.      Now         swift  and        swallowing  up  the  rocks 

revoluta        sstu,         fugit     retro      que    relinquit     litus, 

rolled  back      with  the  tide,    it  hastens    back  and         leaves       the  shore, 

vado      labente.       Bis   Tusci      egere  Rutulos   versos  ad 

the  current    gliding  back.    Twice  the  Tuscans   drove  the  Rutulians  turned     to 

moenia;     bis      reject!     respectant  tegentes         terga 

the  walls;     twice  drrven  back       they  regard  their  foes    covering       their  backs 

armis.  Sed  postquam  congressi  in   tertia         prcelia, 

with  their  arms.        But         after  meeting       in    the  third     engagement, 

implicuere     totas      acies    inter          se,      que     vir    legit 

hey  entangle  their  whole      forces      among        themselves,  and         man  select! 

virum;    turn  vero     et  gemitus  rr/orientum  que  arma  que 

nis  man;       then    indeed    even   the  groans     of  the  dying       and      arms      and 

corpora   et  semianimes  equi   permisti  caede    virorum, 

bodies          and      '  expiring         horses  intermingled  with  the  slaughter  of  men, 

volvuntur  in  alto  sanguine;  aspera  pugna  surgit.  Orsilochus 

arc  rolled         in  deep         blood;  a  cruel     contest     arises.          Orsilochus 


337  637 

•ntorsit    hastam         equo         Remuli,      quando     horrebat 

hurled         kis  spear  against  the  hr>r«e    of  Remulus,         whe»         he  shuddered 

adire       ipsum,  que   reliquit  ferrum  sub     aure;      quo   ictu 

to  approach    him,         and         left          the  steel  under  his  ear;    by  which    blow 

sonipes    furit  arduus,       que   impatiens  vulneris,        jactat 

the  liorso        raged      high  leaping,  and       impatient      of  the  wound,  throws  out 

crura     alta     pectore     arrecto.         Ille    excussus   volvitur 

Ais  legs      high,  his  breast         being  upraised.        He          shaken  off          is  rolled 

humi.         Catillus  dejicit   lolam  que  Herminium  ingentem 

on  the  ground.  Catillus  strikes  down   lolas      and       Herminius  great 

corpore  et    armis;    cui   fulva  caesaries  nudo  vertice 

in  body      and     inarms;  whose    yellow    hair  flowed     on  his  uncovered       head 

que     humeri  nudi.  Nee    vulnera  terrent:  patet 

and  hit  shoulders   were  uncovered.  Nor     did  wounds    terrify  him:    he  is  exposed 

tantus  in  arma.  Hasta,  acta  per  huic  latos  armos,  tremit,  que 

so  much  inarms.  The  spear, driven  through  his   broad  shoulders,  trembles,    and 

transfixa  duplicat    virum     dolore.       Ater  cruor    funditur 

piercing  doubles         the  h«ro      with  pain.        Black       blood  is  poured  out 

ubique;    certantes     dant      funera      ferro     que    petunt 

on  every  side;    contending    they  cause       death      by  the  sword   and  seek 

pulchram  mortem  per  vulnera.  At  inter  medias      caedes 

honourable         death         by       wounds.     But      in       the  midst  of  the  slaughter 

Amazon      pharetrata  Camilla  exsultat  exserta  unum  latus 

the  Amazon       quiver  bearing  Camilla    marches  forth    baring        one          side 

pugnae,      et    nunc    spargens      lenta       hastilia       manu 

(o  the  battle,    and     now         scattering     Aer  slender         spears    with  her  hand 

denset,  nunc  indefessa    rapit    validarri  bipennem 

•he  thickens  them  around,  now        untired      she  seizes   the  strong  axe 

dexteri.    Aureus  arcus  sonat   ex     humero  et  arma 

with  her  right- hand.  Her  golden      bow    sounds     from  her  shoulder  and  the  arms 

Dianae.         Ilia     etiam     siquando     pulsa      recessit         in 

of  Diana.  She          even      if  at  any  time    repulsed     sAewithdrew          in 

tergum  dirigit      fugientia    spicula    arcu     converse. 

retreat  directed          her  flying  darts       her  bow    being  turned. 

At  circum  lectae     comites,     que  Larina  virgo  que 

But    around  her  went  her  chosen      companions,      both    Larina       a  maid       and 

Tulla  et  Tarpeia  quatiens    aeratam    securim;         Italides 

Tulta      and   Tarneia         shaking      her  brazen          axe;          daughters  of  Italy 

quas    dia    Camilla    ipsa    delegit,        decus         sibi,     que 

whom   divine      Camilla      herself    had  chosen,    an  ornament    to  herself,     and 

ministras         bonae         pacis  que  belli:      quales    Threiciae 

handmaids          of  pleasant          peace     and    of  war;      suchlike          Thracian 

Amazones  cum  pulsant  flumina  Thermodoontis,  et  bellantur 

Amazonian*    when  they  beat  the  streams      of  Thfrmodoon.       and  right 

pictio    armis;    seu  circum  Hyppolyten;   seu  cum  martia 

with  painted  arms;         or       around          Byppolyte;  or    when      maniitl 


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Penthesilea     refer!       se        curru,     que  magno  tumultu 

Penlhesilea          brings  back  herself  in  her  chariot,    and  wiih  great         tumult 

ululante,  feminea  agmina  exultant  lunatis  peltis.     Aspera 

•creaming,     the  female     troops          exult      with  created  shields.  O  orue 

virgo    quern    primum,  quern    postremum  dejicis 

maid         whom  first,  whom  last  did  you  overthrow 

telo?  aut      quot      morientia    corpora        fundis 

with  your  darts?     or      how  many  dying  bodres         did  you  stretch 

humi?      Primum  Eumenium  Clytio        patre,  apertum 

on  the  ground?       First  Eumenius        Cly ti us  being  his  father,      the  open 

pectus     cujus      adversi    trans  verberat      longd          abiete. 

breast          of  whom       opposite        she  transfixed     with  her  long  spear      of  fir. 

Ille  cadit  vomens   rivos  sanguinis  atque  mandit  cruentam 

He        falls      vomiting    streams       of  blood        and          bites  the  bloody 

humum,  que  moriens  versat     se     in  suo  vulnere.      Turn 

ground,          and       dying          turns     himself  on     bis       wound.  Then 

super  Lirin  que  Pagasum;  quorum  alter  dum  revolutus 

besides  she  slew   Liris     and      Fagasus;       of  whom  the  one  while  rolling 

equo     suffosso         colligit     habenas.        alter      dum 

from  his  horse  stabbed  beneath      be  collects       the  reins,         the  other       while 

subit         ac      tendit     inertem     dextram    labenti, 

he  comes  up       and    reaches  out  his  unarmed      right  hand  to  his  falling  friend, 

ruunt  prsecipites  que  pariter.  Addit  Amastrum,  Hippotaden 

they  fall      headlong      and  together.   She  adds    Amastrus,     the  son  of  Hippo taa 

his,    que  incumbens  sequitur  eminus         hasta,  que  Terea 

to  them,  and      pressing  on    she  follows    afar  off  with  her  spear,  and    Tereus 

que  Harpalycum  et  Demophoonta  que  Chromin;  que  quol 

and         Harpalycus        and       Demophoon         and     Chromis;      and  as  many 

spicula   emissa  manu  virgo     contorsit;    tot    Phrygii 

darts  as       sent  forth  from  her  hand     the  maid       hurled;      as  many       Trojan 

viri  cecidere.     Ornytus   venator   fertur   procul     ignotis 

heroes        fell.  Ornytus      the  hunter     is  borne       afar        with  unusual 

armis  et    lapyge    equo   cui   latos  humeros  pellis     erepta 

arms       and  an  Apulian    horse   whose  broad     shoulders     a  skin       torn  frum 

pugnatori  juvencooperit;  ingens  hiatus      oris,       et    malae 

a  fighting          bullock     covers;     tin;  great  openingof  the  mouth,  and    thejaivs 

lupi   cum  albis.  dentibus  texere   caput,  que  agrestis  sparus 

ofa  wolf  with  white       teeth  covered    /as  head,    and      a  rustic  dart 

armat    manus.     Ipse  vertitur  in  mediis   catervis,   et  est 

arms          his  hands.        He1    is  exercised    in    the  midst  of  the  troops,  and      is 

supra         toto    vertice.     Ilia  trajicit  hunc  exceptum,  (enim 

above  them  by  a  whole   head.  She     pierces      him       intercepted,  (for 

neque  labor  agmine    verso)    et  fatur  hose         super 

neither  was  there  labour  the  band  being  routed)  and  speaks  these  things  over  Aim 

inimico    pectore:  Tyrrhene     putdsti         te    agitare  feras, 

with  unfriendly    breast:        O  Tuscan    did  you  suppose  yourself  to  hunt       wild 

sylvis?       Dies   advenit   qui  redargued  t  vestra  verba 

in  the  woods?  The  day  has  arrived  which    shall  disprove    your       word* 


339  687 

muhebribus  armis:   tamen        referes        hoc  nomen  haud 

by  female  arms:          yet      you  shall  bear  back     ibis     name  not 

leve    manibus     -patrum,  cecidisse     telo     Camillas. 

trifling   to  the  shades  to  your  fathers,  that  you  have  fallen  by  the  dart  of  Camilla. 

Protinus      Orsilochrum   et   Buten     duo    maxima    corpora 

NextsAe  attacks      Orsilochus        and    Bates        the  two     greatest  bodies 

Teucrfim:      sed     figit    Buten  adversum        cuspide  inter 

of  the  Trojans:       but  she  pierces  Butes        opposed        with  her  spear  between 

loricam     que  galeam,  qua.     colla     sedentis     lucent,  et 

fits  coat  of  mail  and     helmet,     where    the  neck  of  him  sitting      shines,      and 

parma  dependet        laevo  lacerto:  fugiens  Orsilochum 

his  shield       hangs       from  his  left      arm4          flying  she  deceives         Orsilorhui 

que  agitata  per  magnum  orbem,  interior  gyro    eludit 

and      driving  through     a  great        circle,        within       a  circle  she  mocks  him 

que  sequitur  sequentem.    Turn  insurgens  altior  congeminat 

and    follows  Aim     following  her.        Then        rising          higher       she  redoubles 

validam  securim  que   per     arma  que    per      ossa      viro 

her  strong        axe  both  through  the  arms  and    through  the  bones  of  the  man 

oranti   et   precanti  multa;  vulnus      rigat        ora        calido 

praying   and   entreating      much;   the  wound  flows  over  on  his  face  with  warm 

cerebro. 

brains. 

Bellator     filius     Auni,  Apenninicolae,  haud 

The  warrior      son      of  Aunus,     an  inhabitant  of  the  Appennines,         not 

extremus  Ligurum,  <ium   fata  sinebant       fallere,       indicit 

the  last  of  the  Ligurians,  while  the  fates  permitted  Aim   to  deceive,  encountered 

huic,  que  territus   subito  aspectu  hassit;  que  is  ubi       cerait 

her,        and    terrified  by  the  sudden  sight      paused;      and  he  when  he  perceives 

jam      posse      evadere       pugna       nullo    cursu,  que  •    ne 

now     that  he  can        escape       from  the  con  test  by  no       flight,     and    neither 

avertere  reginam     instantem,        ingressus    versare     dolos 

turn  aside       the  queen          pressing  on,  attempting      to  practice         frand 

consilio  et    astu    incipit   haec:         Quid         tam  egregium 

by  design  and  cunning     begins    in  ihese  words:  Wlialis  there  so   distinguished 

si   femina     fidis      forti    equo?  dimitte  fugam,  crede     te 

if   a  woman  you  confide  in  a  brave  horse?   lay  aside      flight,       trust    yourself 

cominus    mecum     aequo         solo,    que   accinge      pedestri 

nand  to  hand   with  me    on  the  level       ground,    and       prepare     for  pedestrian 

pugnae:  jam     nosces        cui    ventosa  gloria  ferat  fraudem. 

contest:        soon  you  shall  know  to  whom  windy       glory    shall  bring  loss. 

Dixit:     at  ilia  furens  que    accensa      acri      dolore   tradit 

He  said:     but    she      furious      and       inflamed    with  fierce  resentment  delivers 

equum      comiti,      que    assistit    in    paribus     armis  pedes, 

her  horse   to  a  companion,   and        stands        in          equal  arms       on  foot, 

interrita         nudo     ense  que    purd  parma".      At   juvenis, 

undismayed  with  the  naked  sword    and     spotless   shield.  But     the  youth, 

ratus  vKisse  dolo,    ipse   avolat  (baud      mora,) 

supposing  that  h  .  nad  conquered  by  fraud,  himself    flics        (there  was  no  delay, 


340  715 

que  fugax   aufertur  habenis   conversis,   que  fat  i  gat    citum 

and       flying      is  borne  off   Ais  reins       being  turned,    and     wearies    A»s  swifl 

quadrupedem    ferrati     calce.     Vane     Ligur,    que     frustra 

horse  witb  Ai*  iron     spur.  Vain      Ligurian,     and      fruitlessly 

elate  superbis    animis,     lubricus  nequicquam  tentasti 

elated  with  proud    presumption,    deceitful  in  vain        you  have  attempted 

patrias       antes;     nee    *  fraus         perferet     te    incolumem 

your  native     arts;  nor        shall  fraud          restore          you  unharmed 

fallaci          Auno.     Virgo  fatur  haec,         et      ignea 

to  your  dinnonest/atAer  Aunus.      The  DKI id  uttered    these  vords  and      inflamed 

pernicibus      plantis    transit    equum     cursu,      que 

icith  rage  on  her  swift  feet         she  passes    Ais  horse  in  the  course,       and 

fraenis   prehensis  adversa  congreditur,   que  sumit      poenas 

his  reins    being  grasped  conflicting    *h«  meets  Aim,        and       takes        penalties 

ab  inimico  sanguine;  quam  facile  accipiter,  ales  sacer 

noiu  Ais  hostile     Mood;  as        easily       a  hawk,        a  bird    sacred  to  Mart 

ab  alto  saxo,    co»sequitur  pennis   columbam  sublimem  in 

from  a  high  rock.  pursues  with  wings       a  dove  high  in 

nube,  que  tenet  comprensam,  que    eviscerat  uncis 

a  cloud,  and    holds  her         grasped,  and    disembowels  her  with  his  crooked 

pedibus;  turn  cruor,  et  vulsss  plum®  labuntur  ab    aethere. 

claws;  then    blood,    and      torn       feathers     fall  down      from     the  sky/ 

At,    sator  hominum  atque  Deorum,  observans  haec  non 

But,  the  sire     of  men  and       of  Gods,         observing      these  things       not 

nullis        oculis,  sedet  altus  summo  Olympo.  Genitor 

with  regardless  eyes,       sits       high     on  lofty     Olympus.      The  celestial  father 

suscitat  Tarchontem  Tyrrhenum  in  sapva  prcelia,  et  incitat 

arouses  Tarchon  the  Tuscan      -to     cruel       battle,     and  provoke* 

iras,     baud  mollibus   stimulis.         Ergo,     inter       caedes 

Ai*  anger,       not     with  gentle    provocations.     Therefore,     amidst       slaughter 

que  cedentia  agmina,  Tarchon    fertur       equo,  queinstigat 

and     retreating       troops,       Tarchon  is  borne  away  by  Ms  horse,  and         urges 

alas         variis  vocibus,  vocans  quemque  nomine;  que  reficit 

the  troops  with  varied  words,        calling       each  one       byname;    and       rallies 

pulsos  in   proelia.       O  Tyrrheni,    nunquam    dolituri, 

the  vanquished   to       battle.  O  Tuscans,  never       to  be  excited, 

O  semper  inertes,   quis  metus,   quae   tanta    ignavia    venil 

O       ever  slothful       what     fear,         what   so  great    cowardice  has  come 

animis?  Femina         agit     palantes,  atque    vertit    ha;c 

to  your  minds?     Does  a  woman  drive  you  wandering,      and        turn  aside    thesf 

agmina?     Quo         ferrum?       ve  quid  gerimus  haec         tela 

troops?  Tn  what  docs  the  sword pro/itf  or   why  do  we  wield  these      weapons 

irrita       dextns?         At      non      segnes  in    Venerem,   que 

useless  in  our  right  hands?    But  you  are  not   slothful     in  love,  and 

nocturna  bella,  aut  ubi      curva   tibia  indixit  chores  Bacchi 

nocturnal         wars,    or    when  the  winding  pipe   proclaims  the  choirs  of  Bacchus, 

expectare  dapes,  et  pocula  plense    mensae.     Hie      amor: 

to  await  for        Feasts,   and      bowls   of  the  full       table.  This  is  your  love 


341  740 

noc    studium  dum    secundus    aruspex  nunciet   sacra,     ac 

(his  your  delight,     while    the  favouring       augur      announces  sacred  rites,  and 

pinguis  hostia  vocet  in  altos  lucos.     Eflatus  haec,          ipse 

(he  fat  f"     victim  calls  you  to  the  deey   groves.       Speaking    these  things,        he 

et  moriturus  concitat  equum  in  medios,    et  turbidus   infert 

»lso  about  to  die  spurs  on   his  horse  into  the  midst,    and    disturbed          bears 

se       adversum    Venulo;     que       complectitur      hostem 

himself          against  Venulus;         and  seizes  the  foe 

dexterd         dereptum  ab      equo,  et  concitus     multsL 

with  his  right  hand  torn  from  his  horse,    and  moved  with  much 

vi         aufert      ante  suum  gremium.     Clamor  tollitur  in 

violence  he  bears  him  off  before    his  bosom.  A  shout        is  raised     to 

coelum;    que  cuncti    Latini     convertere     oculos.     Jgneus 

heaven;         and        all         the  Latins  turned  their  eyes.  Fiery 

Tarchon      volat       sequore,  ferens  arma  que  virum;  turn 

Tarchon        hastens  through  the  plain,    bearing      arms      and    the  man;       then 

diffringit  ferrum    ab    summ£    hast£    ipsius,    et     rimatur 

ho  breaks       the  steel     from      the  top    of  the  spear  of  him,    and   searchesout 

apertas  partes,  qua     ferat      lethale  vulnus.     Contra       ille 

the  open      parts,    where  he  may  strike  a  deadly    wound.    On  the  other  hand  he 

repugnans  sustinet      dextram      a    jugulo,    et    exit     vim 

contending         keeps  off      his  right  hand  from  his  throat,    and    avoids  violence 

viribus,     que  ut  cum  fulva  aquila  volans  alte,  fert  draconem 

by  violence,    and    as    when  a  tawny  eagle      flying      high,  bears         a  serpent 

raptum,  que  implicuit  pedes,  atque    haesit       unguibus:    at 

seized,          and     entwines  its  feet,  and     cleaves  to  him  with  its  claws:  bu, 

serpens  saucius  versat  sinuosa  volumina,  que       horret 

the  serpent  wounded      turns  its  winding  folds,  and    appears  terrible 

squamis      arrectis,  et  sibilat        ore,        insurgens  arduus; 

with  his  scales     erect,       and     hisses   with  its  mouth.        rising  high; 

ilia    baud    minus      urget        luctantem     obunco     rostro, 

she         not         the  less        presses  Aim       struggling       with  hooked  beak, 

simul         verberat     sethera         alls:        baud       aliter 

at  the  same  time  beats  the  air    with  her  wings:      not       otherwise 

Tarchon     ovans     portat    prsedam    ex   agmine    Tiburtum. 

Tarchon      .   rejoicing       bear  off       his  prey       from  the  army  of  the  TiburtineB. 

Maeonidas,      secuti       exemplum    que     eventum       duels, 

The  Tuscans,       following         the  example        and  success  of  their  leader. 

incurrunt.     Turn  Aruns,   debitus     fatis,      prior     circuit 

rush  on.  Then     Aruns,       destined  by  the  fates,      first       moves  round 

velocera  Camillam,      jaculo    et  multd  arte,  et  tentat  quse 

the  swift         Camilla,  with  his  dart  and  much      skill,    and     tries        what 

fortuna      sit    facillima.  Quacunque  furensvirgo  tulit        se 

opportunity  may  be  the  most  easy.    Whenever      the  raging  maid  offered  herself 

medio       agmine,     Aruns     subit    hac,    et   tacitus    lustrat 

\nthenildstofthetroop3,     Aruns-       advances    here,    and     silently       'survey* 

vestigia.     Qua       ilia     victrix    redit,  que  reportat  pedem 

ter  footsteps   Wherever  she       victorious    returns,    and   withdraws      htr  foo 


342  765 

ex    hoste  juvenis   furtim  detorquet    celeres  habcnas  hac. 

from   the  foe      the  youth    by  stealth      turns  Ms  swift        reins          there. 

Pererrat  hos      aditus,      que    jam    hos    aditus,    que 

He  passe*  over          these     approaches,       anj       now   those  approaches,     and 

omnem  circuitum    undiquc,    et    improbus     quatit  certam 

the  whole       circuit  on  each  side,  and  devoted  to  evil  he  shakes    Aispurn 

hastam.      Forte*       Chloreus,    sacer    Cybelae,    que     olim 

spear.  By  chance          Cbloreus,          sacred      to  Cybele,         and    formerly 

sacerdos,   insignia    fulgebat   longe   in  Phrygiis   armis,  que 

her  priect,     distinguished      shone        from  afar  in      Trojan  arms,        and 

agitabat  spumantem  equum;  quern  pellis       conserta    ahenis 

urged  on        his  foaming         horse;        which  a  skin  braced  together  with  brazen 

squamis      auro,  plumam   tegebat.     Ipse,  clarus   peregrind 

scales  and  gold,  as  a  plume       covered.  He,       bright  in  foreign 

ferrugine   et  ostro,    torquebat   Gortynia   spicula         Lycio 

blue  and    purple,         hurled       kit  Gortynian      arrows  from  his  Lyci an 

cornu.     Aureus  arcus    sonat        ex    humeris,    et     aurea 

bow.  A  golden      bow       sounds         from     Ais  shoulders,  and     a  golden 

cassida      vati;       turn   collegerat    que  croceam  chlamydem 

helmet  teat  to  the  priest;  then    he  had  collected     both  his  yellow  cloak 

que   carbaseos   sinus  crepantes,   in   nodum,     fulvo     auro, 

and  lawn  robes        rustling,          in        a  knot,    with  yellow      gold, 

pictus  acu          tunicas  etbarbara  tegminacrurum. 

being  embroidered  with  a  needle  astokis  tunic  and  the  foreign  coverings  of  his  leers. 

Virgo,      sive    ut    prafigeret       Troi'a  arma   templis,   sive 

The  maid,    whether  that  she  might  hang  up     Trojan    arms  in  the  temple,        or 

ut     venatrix  ferret       se    in    captivo      auro,      creca 

that  as  a  huntress       she  might  bear  herself  in      captive  gold,  blind 

sequebatur   unum  ex  omni  certamine   pugnae;   que  incauta 

she  pursued  A«m    alone     from    all         the  contest    of  the  fi^-ht;    and    fearlessly 

ardebat     per      totum  agmen      femineo     amore  praedse    et 

dhe  raged    through  the  whole     army       with  a  female's     love    of  plunder  and 

spoliorum;  cum  tandem  Aruns,     tempore      capto,    conjicit 

spoils;  when    at  length     Aruns,    the  opportunity  being  taken       hurled 

telum  ex  insidiis,  et  precatur  Superos   sic        voce:     Summe 

Ait  dart  from  ambush,  and      prays  the  Gods  above  thus  with  Ins  voice:    Greatest 

Deflm,  Apollo,  custos  sancti  Soractis,  quem  primi     colimus, 

of  Gods,      Apollo,     keeper    of  holy    Soracte,       whom      first        we  worship, 

cui    pineus    ardor  pascitur  acervo;    et       cultores, 

whose     pine  fire  is  fed  frtim  our  heap:        and  we  worshippers, 

freti      pietate,    premimus     vestigia    multa    pruna       per 

trusting  to  our  pifty,       press  our  footsteps  on  many         coals      through 

medium  ignem;  omnipotens  pater,    da   hoc  dedecus  aboleri 

the  midst       of  fire:       O  almiehty        father,   grant    this    disgrace  to  be  effrred 

nostris  armis.  Non   peto  exuvias  ve  tropaeum,  aut  ulla  spolia 

from  our    arms.-  I  do  not  ask  for    spoils        or     atrophy,        or     any     spoilt 


343  79J 

pulsse        virginis:    cetera  fecta  ferent  laudem  mihi. 

jf  the  vanquished       maid:          let  other     deeds      award        praise         tome. 

Dum     haec    dira    pestis     pulsa     cadat    meo   vulnere, 

Provided  that  this     direful     plague  struck  down  may  fall    by  my          wound, 

inglorius    remeabo    patriam  urbem.     Phcsbus  audit      et 

withuui  honour  I  will  return  to  my  native     city.  Apollo       heard  him  and 

dedit  partem     voti    succedere    mente;     dispersit  partem 

granted      apart    of  his  wish    to  succeed      in  his  mind;   be  scattered         apart 

in  volucres  auras.     Annuit       oranti,       ut         sterneret 

in     the  swift       air.        He  consented  to  him  praying,  that  he  might  overthrow 

Camillam   turbatam     subitS,    morte;     non      dedit,    ut 

Camilla  overwhelmed   by  sudden      death;     he  did  not     grant,     that  kit 

alta  patria  viderit      reducem,  que  procellee  vertere    vocem 

eialted  country  should  see  him  restored,       and    the  storms     turned     his  prayer 

in       notos.          Ergo    ut    hasta    missa      manu,         dedit 

to  the  south  winds.   Therefore  as    his  spear      sent     from  his  hand,       caused 

sonitum   per     auras,         acies     convertere     animos,    que 

a  sound      through    the  air,         the  armies         turned  their  minds,      and 

cuncti     Volsci      tulere   oculos   ad  reginam.     Ipsa     nihil 

all  the  Volsciana     directed  their  eyes    to      the  queen.       She  was  nothing 

memor    nee     aura    nee  sonitus,  aut    teli    venientis    ab 

mindful       neither  of  the  air    norof  the  sound,  or  of  the  dart    coming          from 

sethere,    donee     hasta,     perlata    sub     exsertam  papillam, 

the  sky,          until       the  spear,       driven       under       her  naked  breast, 

haesit,     atque    alte     bibit    virgineum  cruorem;     trepidae 

remained,        and       deeply     drunk        her  virgin  blood;       her  trembling 

comites    concurrunt,  que   suscipiunt  dominam    ruentem. 

companions     rush  together,      and  receive        their  mistress  falling. 

Aruns   exterritus    fugit   ante   omnes,     laetitid    que    metu 

Aruns          frightened          flies      before        all,  with  joy       and  fear 

misto;      nee  jam  amplius    audet    credere     hastae,     nee 

commingled;      nor     now      any  more     dared  he      to  trust     to  his  spear,     nor 

occurrere    armis    virginis.    Ac  velut  ille  lupus,  priusquam 

to  encounter    the  arras    of  the  maid.    And      as        a       wolf,  before 

inimica  lela  sequantur,    continue,  avius    abdidit    sese    in 

hostile        darta    pursued  him,       forthwith,      secretly  concealed   himself    in 

altos     monies,     pastore,    ve   magno    juvenco       occiso 

the  lofty    mountains,    the  shepherd,    or        great  bullock          being  slain, 

conscius  audacis  facti;  que  remulcens  pavitantem  caudam, 

;onscious    of  the  daring  deed;      and       clinging         his  cowardly  tail. 

subjecit          utero,    que  petivit     sylvas:     baud      secus 

placed  it  under          Ms  belly,    and       sought      the  woods:        not         otherwise 

turbidus  Aruns  abstulit     se      ex     oculis,    que   contentus 

frightened       Aruns     withdrew   himself  from    their  eyes,    and  contented 

fugd     immiscuit      se         mediis     armis.      Ilia   moriens 

with  flight  intermingled      himself   in  the  midst    of  arms.         She  dyin? 

trahit    telum         manu;  sed  ferreus  mucro  stat  ad    costas 

draws  out  the  dare  with  her  hand;  but     it*  iron       point    stands  in       the  rib. 


344  818 

,nter     ossa      alto    vulnere.       Labitur  exsanguis,    lumina 

amidst    the  bones  in  a  deep    wound.  She  falls          bloodiest);  her  cyi's 

labui:tur  frigida  letho;    color    quondam  purpureus  reliquil 

fail  cold         in  death;  tier  colour    formerly  blooming  has  left 

ora.       Turn  exspirans    sic    alloquitur  Accam,   unam  ex 

her  face.        TJien  dying          thus     she  addresses       Area,  one         of 

sequalibus,   quae   sola     fida     Camilla;   ante   alias,    quicum 

*er  equals,  who     alone    faithful     to  Camilla     before    others,  with  whom 

partiri    curas;    atque   ita     fatur     haec:  Soror  Acca, 

she  divided  hrr  cares;      and       thus  she  speaks   these  things:    O  sister      Acca, 

potui  hactenus,  nunc  acerbum  vulnus  conficit, 

I  have  been  able  to  act       thus  far,        now        a  cruel         wound      destroys  me. 

et   omnia   circum  nigrescunt   tenebris.      EfTuge,  et  perfer 

and  all  things    around         blacken         with  darkness.        Fly,        and        beai 

hsec   novissima   mandata     Turno;       succedat         pugnae, 

these        my  last          commands      to  Turnus;    let  him  advance     to  the  battle, 

que   arceat  Trojanos      urbe;       que  jam     vale.        Simul, 

ami      drive  ofT   the  Trojans   from  the  city;    and    now     farewell.         At  once 

his       dictis,      linquebat      habenas,    fluens    ad    terram 

\viththese     words,      she  relinquishes       the  reins,         falling       to      the  earth 

non     sponte;        turn  frigida    paulatim   exsolvit       se 

not  with  her  own  accord;          then        cold  by  degrees    she  relaxed  herself 

toto  corpore,    que    posuit      lenta     colla,    et   caput 

in  her  whole       body,  and      inclined      her  slender    neck,      and        head 

captum   letho,    relinquens   arma:    que  vita  indignata  fugit 

overcome    by  death,        leaving       her  arms:     and     life     not  enduring        fled 

cum  gemitu   sub    umbras.      Turn  vero  immensus    clamor 

with      a  groan     under    the  shades.        Then    indeed       a  great  cry 

surgens  ferit    aurea    sidera.      Camilld     dejecta,     pugna 

arising        strikes  the  golden     stars.  Camilla         overthrown,  the  contest 

crudescit.  Densi  incurrunt,    simul   omnis   copia   TeucrGm; 

grows  bloody.   Thick    they  rush  on,    together       ail       the  force  of  the  Trojans; 

que  duces  Tyrrhenurn,  que     ^lae     Evandri    Arcadis.     At 

and     leaders   of  the  Tuscans,      and    the  troops  of  Evander  the  Arcadian.    Rut 

Opis,     custos     Trivise,    jamdudum  sedet  alta  in  summis 

Opis,          a  keeper     of  Diana,     for  a  long  time       sits       high    on  the  loftiest 

montibus,    que    interrita     spectat    pugnas.        Ut    procul 

mountains,        and     undismayed        beholds      the  battles.  As       afar  off 

prospexit    Camillam,    multatam     tristi    morte,    in     medio 

she  beheld  Camilla,  overthrown       by  sad      death,       in     the  midst 

rlamore  juvenum  furentum,    que  ingemuit,  que  dedit   has 

of  the  shout  of  the  youth       raging,       she  both   groaned.       and  uttered   theso 

voces       imo       pectore:  heu!  virgo,        luisti         nimium, 

words  from  her  inmost    breast:       alas!     O  maid,  you  have  suffered  too, 

nimium   crudele   supplicium,     conata    lacessere    Teucros 

too  cruel  punis-hmcnt,       attempting     to  provoke     the  Trojans 

bello!     nec      profuit     tibi  desertae  in  dumis        coluisse 

to  the  wnrt     nor    had  it  profited   yon    deserted    in     the  wilds  to  have  honoured 


345  844 

Dianam,  aut     gessisse     nostras  pharetras    humero:   tamen 

Diana,  or    to  have  wielded      our  quivers    on  your  shoulder.         yet 

tua  regina    non    relinquet  te  indecorem  jam  in  extremS 

your     queen     shall  not       leave         you    dishonoured     now     in         extreme 

raorte;    neque      hoc     lethum   erit     sine     nomine      per 

death;  nor        shall  this       death         be       without       a  name       through 

gentes,     aut         patieris         famam  inultae:  nam 

the  nations,    or       shall  you  endure  the  rep.itation  of  being  unrevenged:          for 

quicunque  violavit  tuum  corpus  vulnere  luet      merits. 

whosoever       shall  violate   your       body    by  a  wound  shall  expiate  it  by  deserved 

morte. 

death. 

Sub   alto    monte    fuit  ingens  bustum    antiqui    Laurentis 

Under  a  high  mountain     was    a  great        tomb    of  the  ancient     Lauren tian 

regis    Dercenni    ex    terreno   aggere,  que  tectum     'opaci 

king          Dercennus      from    an  earthen     mound,      and      covered   by  a  gloomy 

ilice.     Hie  primum   pulcherrima    Dea    sistit     se      rapido 

holm.        Here      first         the  most  beautiful  Goddess    placed  herself  by  a  rapid 

nisu,  et  speculatur  Aruntem  ab   alto   tumulo.  Ut      vidit 

effort,  and      watches  A  runs        from  the  high     tomb.        As  she  beheld  Aim 

fulgentem    armis     ac    tumentem       vana,  inquit: 

shining.  inarms      and-       swelling  with  vain  importance,    she  said: 

Cur  abis        diversus?    dirige   gressum     hue,     veni     hue 

Why  da  you  go  a  different  way?   direct        your  step       hither,       come     hither 

periture,    ut     capias     praemia  digria  Camillas.     Ne       tu 

about  to  die,  that  you  may  take  rewards      due        to  Camilla.  Whether  will  you 

etiam  moriere      telis      Dianae!      Dixit,    et         Threissa 

also  die  by  the  darts    of  Diana!      She  said,    and     the  Thracian  maid 

depromsit  volucrem  sagittam    aurata   pharetra,  que  infensa 

drew  out  a  swift  arrow    from  Aer  gilded  quiver,          and       '  hostile 

tetendit  cornu,    et   duxit  longe,   donee  capita         curvata 

stretch'd    Aer  bow,      and      drew  it    far  out,     until     the  points  curved 

coirent  inter  se,  et  jam  tansreret         fequis  manibus,    laevi 

met  together,    and  now  she  touched  them  with  equal     hands,  with  the  left 

aciem      ferri,        dextera"  que  nervo   papillam.    Extemplo 

the  point  of  the  dart,  with  Aer  right    and  the  string     Aer  breast.  Forthwith 

Aruns  audiit  stridorem     teli,     que  sonantes  auras     una", 

Aruns        heard        the  hissing   of  the  dart,  and  the  sounding    air          together, 

que         ferrum         haesit  in         corpore.         Socii       obliti 

and        the  iron  weapon      stuck      in        his  body.        His  companions  forgetful 

linquunt  ilium  expirantem,  atque  gementem    extrema, 

left  him  dying,  and  groaning        his    last      agonies, 

in     ignoto     pulvere  camporum:    Opis  aufertur  pennis  ad 

in    the  unknown    dust  of  the  plains;          Opis      is  borne        on  wings  and 

setherium    Olympum.     Levis    ala    Camillas    prima     fugit, 

he  etherial  heaven.         The  light    wing    of  Camilla  first  Hies, 

domind    amissa;      Rutuli       turbatt  fugiunt;         acer 

their     mistress      being  lost;    The  Rutulians  disturbed       fly;  bold 


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Atinas  fugit;  que    disjecti    duces,  que     manfpli  desolati 

Atinas        flies;        and    the  scattered    leaders,      and    the  companies     clorru-J 

petunt  tuta,  et  aversi    tendunt     equis  ad    mcenia. 

seek         s:i;'u  quarters,  and  turning    they  advance   on  horses  to    the  ramparts 

Nec  quisquam  valet  sustentare    telis,    aut  sistere   contra 

Nor       ts  any  one       uble        to  sustain        with  darts,  or    to  stand        against 

Teucros    instantes,  que  ferentes  lethum;   sed  -   referunt 

I  lie  Trojans       pressing  on,    and    causing  death;       but      they  bear  back 

laxos   arcus  languentibus  humeris,   que     ungula 

tieir  relaxed     bows    on  their  fainting  shoulders,        and         the  hnot 

quadrupedum    quatit  putrem   campum          cursu.    Pulvis 

of  the  horses  shakes      the  mouldering  plain        in  their  course.      The  dust 

turbid  us,      atrS.     caligine    volvitur  ad   muros;    et    matres, 

disturbed,       in  black        darkness      is  roll'd       to    the  walls;  and  the  mothers, 

percus'sae         pectora   tollunt,     e    speculis,  femineum 

striking  their  breasts        raise,        from  the  watch  towers  a  female 

clamorem  ad  sidera     cceli.    Qui  primi    irrupere    patentes 

shout  to    the  stars  of  heaven.    Who   first  break  the  opening 

portas         cursu,       inimica     turba     premit    hos   misto 

gates     in  their  course,    an  unfriendly      throng       presses        them  in  a  mingled 

agmine    super:         nee     effugiunt  miseram    mortem,  sed 

band  upon  them:    nor    do  they  escape    wretched  death,  but 

confixi  in     limine     ipso,      in  patriis  moenibus,  atque 

pierced       in  the  threshold    itself,    within    their  native       walls,  and 

inter    tuta  domorum,  expirant       animas.   Pars 

amidst  the  safe  shelter   of  their  houses,        they  breathe  out  their  souls.      Apart 

claudere    portas;    audent      nee     aperire    viam          sociis, 

elose  the  gates;    they  dare      neither       to  open      away  to  their  friends. 

nec     accipere     orantes  moenibus;  que     miserrima 

nor    to  receive  them  praying  for  entrance  to  the  walls;    and       a  most  wretched 

caedes    oritur  defendentflm     aditus       armis,    que  ruentiQm 

slaughter    arises  of  those  defending  the  entrances  with  arms,    and  rushing 

in  arma.  Exclusi     pars     volvitur     pracipites         in 

on    arms.        Those  shut  out         a  part       are  rolled  headlong          into 

fossas,      r.uini         urgente,    ante     oculos  que     ora 

the  ditches,    destruction      pressing  them,  before     the  eyes    and   .faces  ofthtir 

parentum  lacrymantum;   pars    caeca    et  concita        fraenis 

parents  weeping;  a  part     blinded    and    excited          their  rein* 

immissis        arietat         in         portas   et  postes     duros 

being  let  oose      forcibly  beat    r.gainst        the  gates    and    posts  made  fast 

obice.     Summo         certamine,  ut    matres      ipsae      vidcre 

by  bolts.    In  the  greatest         contest,  as    the  mothers  themselves         saw 

Camillam  de    muris    (verus  amor  patriae     monstrat,) 

Camilla  from  the  walla    (true         love     of  country        directs  thtn,} 

trenidae  jaciunt         tela  manu,  ac  praeciptes  imitantur 

trembling  they  cast  their  darts  with  their  hands,  and  quitk  rushing  they  imitate 

ferrum      duro     robore,  stipitibus  que  obustis  sudibus,  que 

Die  sword    with  hard        oak,  clubs  aud      burnt  stakes,        auj 


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ardent     primae      mori     pro      moenibus.  Interea 

they  burn      first  to  die       before       the  walls.  In  the  mean  time 

ssevissiraus    nuncius   implet   Turnum  in   sylvis,   et  Acca 

tkn  most  cruel          news          encounters     Turnus      in    the  woods,  and     Acca 

fert    ingentem   tumultum  juveni;         acies         Volscorum 

reports    the  great         disturbance    to  the  youth;  that  the  bands  of  the  Volscians 

deletas,    Camillam    cecidisse,   infensos   hostes   ingruere 

were  destroyed,    Camilla  bad  fallen,       the  hostile       foes  attacked 

et   corripuisse  omnia          secundo      Marte;       jam  metum 

and        seized  all    thing*  by  favourable      warfare;    that  now  fear 

ferri      ad   mcenia.  Hie   furens    deserit   obsesses   colles. 

was  borne      to     the  walls.     He       raging         deserts      the  besieged         hills', 

linqmt    aspera    nemora     (nam    saeva      numina        Jovia 

leaves        the  rugged      groves  (for       the  stern       purposes        of  Jupiter 

poscunt         sic.)      Vix          exierat         e  conspectu, 

demand  it  to  be    thus.)       Hardly  had  he  withdrawn  from       their  view, 

que   tenebat   campum,   cum    pater    ./Eneas,         ingressus 

and        attained      the  plain,        when      father         .Eneas,  entering 

apertos   saltus,  que  exsuperat  jugum,    queevadit     opacS. 

the  open      lawns,      both     passes  over  the  height,     and  escapes   from  the  dark 

sylvi.   Sic  ambo   feruntur  rapidi  que  toto  agmine, 

«vood.       Thus  both      are  borne  on     swift      and  with  (Acir  whole          army 

ad   muros;    nee         absunt         longis   passibus   inter    se. 

to       the  walls;  nor     are  they  separated    by  long         paces       between  them. 

Ac  simul    ^Eneas   prospexit     longe1     campoa         fumantes 

As    soon  as      jEneas  beheld          from  afar    the  plains  smoking 

pulvere,   que  vidit   Laurentia   agmma;   et   Turnus  agnovit 

with  dust,       and    saw    the  Laurentian      bands;       also    Turnus  knew 

saevum   ^nean  in  arir.is,  que    audivit   adventum     pedum, 

the  stern       JEne&a    in   arms,       and        heard         the  coming  of  feet, 

que    flatus       equorum.    Continue  ineant         pugnas. 

and  the  breathing   of  the  horses.    Immediately  they  would  enter  on        battles, 

et  tentent  proelia,      ni     jam    roseus    Phoebus          tingat 

and   attempt    the  contest    unless    now      the  rosy          sun  should  dip 

fessos  equos     Ibero    gurgite,  que  reducat  noctem    die 

His  wearied  horses  in  the  Iberian    sea,  and    restore         night        the  day 

labente.  Considunt  castris     ante    urbem,     et 

withdrawing.       They  sit  down          in  tfatr  camps       before       the  city,      and 

valiant     moenia. 

fortify        the  ramparts. 


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^NEID. 
BOOK     TWELFTH. 


UT  Turnus    videt      Latinos    infractos    adverse   Marte 

As       Turnus  sees  that  the  Latins    broken  down      by  hostile  war 

defecisse:  sua    promissa    nunc         reposci,  se 

hud  become  faint:  tkat  his         promises  now  were  demanded,  himself 

signari    oculis;  ultro,  implacabilis,    ardet,  que  attollit 

marked  out  by  the  eyes  of  men;  keenly,     resentful  he  burns,  and     arouse* 

animos.     Qualis  ille  leo  in    arvis        Poenorum      saucius 

his  courage.  As  a      lion    in  the  fields  of  the  Carlhagenians  wounded 

pectus         gravi   vulnere  venantum,   turn  demum     movet 

in  the  breast  by  a  severe    wound      of  the  hunters,    then      at  last         he  exerts 

arma,     que     gaudet,  excutiens  comantes    toros      cervice, 

his  valour,   and         rejoices,       shaking          the  hairy        muscles     on  his  neck, 

que  impavidus  frangit     fixum     telum     latronis,    et  fremit 

and        fearless          he  breaks  the  piercing  dart       of  the  hunter,  and       rages 

cruento       ore;      baud     secus      violenlia  gliscit     accenso 

with  bloody      mouth;        not        otherwise        violence        urges  on  the  inflamed 

Turno.     Turn     sic     affatur         regem,   atque   ita   turbidus 

Turnus.          Then        thus  he  addresses         the  king,       and        thus       disturbed 

infit:  Nulla  mora     in  Turno;  est          nihil    quod        ignavi 

he  begins:  No        delay  is  in  Turnus;  there  is         nothing  for  which  the  cowardly 

^Eneadae  retractent     dicta;  nee  recusent  quae     pepigere; 

Trojans          shall  revoke  their  words;  nor        refuse        what  they  have  promised; 

Congredior;     pater,       fer  sacra,    et  concipe    foedus. 

I  join  battle;          O  father,    command  the  sacred  rites,  and   devise          a  treaty. 

Aut     mittam    Dardanium,  desertorem  Asiae,    sub     Tartara 

Either  1  will  send        the  Trojan,         the  fugitive        of  Asia,  under       Tartarus 

bac       dexterS,    (Latini     sedeant      que  spectent)  et  solus 

with  this  right  hand,     (the  Latins  shall  set  by       and     behold  it)      ami     alone 

refellam       commune  crimen       ferro;        aut "       habeat 

I  will  disprove    the  common      reproach    with  the  sword;     or        he  shall  hold  u* 

victos,     Lavinia  conjux    cedat.     Latinus  respondit   olli, 

\anquishcd,        Lavinia       his  wife    shall  yield.      Latinus        replied        to  him, 

sedato      corde:  O  juvenis,  praestans  animi,  quantum  ipse 

with  composed    heart:         O  youth,          excelling     in  mind,    as  much  a i     you 

exsuperas   feroci    virtute,    tanto     impensius     est    aequum 

abound  in  fierce      courage,     so  much  more  solicitously    is  it  right 

me       consulere        atque    metuentem  expendere  oinne» 

for  me     to  piovido  fof  you     and  fearing  to  weigh  «H 


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casus.  Sunt  tibi       regna        patns    Datini, 

tbe  chances  of  the  contest.  There  are  to  you  the  kingdoms  of  your  father  Daunus, 

sunt  multa  oppida     capta        manu;  nee  non      est  quc 

(Acre  are    many         towns       captured  by  your  hand;     likewise    there  la    both 

aurum   que   animus      Latino.         Sunt  alias    innuptae 

poM  and      courage       with  Latinos.  There  are  other       unmarried  maids 

Latio,         et    Laurentibis     agris;      nee  indecores 

in  Lutium,      and    the  Laurenline     territories;     nor         are  l*«y  dishonourable 

genus.    Sine    me  aperire  haec         baud  mollia       fatu, 

in  l/iei>  race.    Permit       me  to  lay  open  these  things  not      gentle  to  be  uttered 

dolis     sublatis,         simul        hauri  haec  animo.  Erat 

deceit  being  laid  aside,  at  the  same  time  receive  these  things  in  your  mind.  It  was 

fas       me    sociare       natam     nulli         veterum  procorum; 

lawful  for  me     to  unite  my  daughter     to  no  one    of  her  former  lovers, 

que  omnes  que  Divi  que  homines  canebant  id.         Victus 

and       all         both    Gods     and         men  foretold        this.  Subdued 

amore    tui,      victus         cognatd     sanguine,    et    lacrymis 

by  love   of  thee,     overcome       by  our' related         blood,  and         the  tears 

mcestae  conjugis,   rupi  omnia  vincula;    eripui 

of  my  mourning  wife,'          I  brake    all  bonds;         I  snatched  my  daughter 

promissam       genero;       sumpsi  impia       arma.       Turne, 

promised         from  my  son-in-law;      1  took  up  impious         arms.         O  Turnuf, 

vides  qui     casus,     quae  bella   sequantur  me      ex    illo; 

you  see  what  misfortunes,  what    wars          pursue  me        from  that  time, 

quantos    labores      primus  patiare.         Victi       bis  magna'; 

bow  great      exertions  you  especially    undergo.         Conquered    twice  in  a  great 

Eugnd,      vix       tuemur      Italas      spes      urbe;.    Tyberina 
ittle,  scarcely    do  we  guard  our  Italian     hopes  in  the  city;  Tylter's 

fluerita         adhuc    recalent  nostro   sanguine,  que  ingentes 

flowing  waters  even  now  are  warm        with  our        blood,  and       the  great 

campi    aibent       ossibus.      Quo         referor      toties,     quae 

plains    are  white  with  our  bones.       Where    am  I  borne  back   so  often,      what 

insania    mutat    mentem?     Si  sum   paratus  accire 

madness       changes  my  mind?  If     I  am       prepared  to  invite  the  Trajan* 

socios,  Turno    extincto,    cur  potius    non  tollp  ceitamina, 

as  my  allies,  Turnus  being  destroyed,  why  rather    do  I  not  banish          contests, 

incolumi?       Quid    consanguinei      Rutuli,  quid 

he  being  unharmed?  What  will  our  relations      the  Rutulians  fay,  what  will 

caetera  Italia  dicet,  si  prodiderim    te  ad  mortem,  (fors 

the  rest  of  Italy    say,      if     I  should  betray  thee  to         death,       (may  fortune 

refutet    dicta)  petentem      natam   et  nostra      connubia? 

refute     my  words)       seeking       my  daughter  and     our  nuptial  alliance? 

Respice  varias  res      bello;    miserere     longrevi 

Look  back  on  the  varied  concerns   in  war;         pity  •vouraged 

parentis,    quern     nunc     msestum      patria    Ardea    dividit 

I* "rent,  whom    even  now  sad         his  native       Ardea       separates 

longe.         Violentia  Tumi  haudquaquam  flectitur       dictis: 

for  from  you.  The  violence  of  Turnus     by  no  means   is  controlled  by  these  word* 


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*xsuperat  magis,    que   aegrescit    medendo.      Ut   pnmum 

lie  strives  more,         and        sickens         by  being  cured.      As  first 

potuit      fari,        sic   institit  ore:          Optime, 

he  was  able  to  speak,  thus  he  pursues  the  tutject  with  his  mouth:    Most  excellent 

precor          pro   me     deponas    hanc     curam,      quam 

ti*g<    '  Prav  V°u'          '°"r       me         la>'  aside        this  anxiety,  which 

geris  pro       me,  que  sinas  me    pacisci  lethum  pro 

you  experience  on  account  of  me.  and     suffer      me      to  bargain     death          for 

laude.     Et  nos,    pater,    spargimus  lela,  que  ferrum  baud 

praise.         And  we,       O  father,        wield  darts,     and     the  sword        not 

debile         dextera;         et    sanguis   sequitur    de    nostro 

with  a  powerless  right  hand;          and        blood          follows       from  out 

vulnere.      Dea      mater     erit    longe     illi,      qua?      t'egat 

wound.        Hi's  Goddess     mother     will  be      far       from  him,  who  may  conceal 

fugacem       feminea     nube,  -et  occulat  sese  vanis  umbris. 

her  flying  son    with  a  female    cloud,   and     hide          herself  in  vain        shades, 

At     regina,    conterrita      novd     sorte    pugnae,    flebat,    et 

But     the  queen,        alarmed       by  the  new       lot         of  battle,        wept,      and 

moritura,  tenebat    ardentem   generum:      Turne,  te 

about  to  die,       held         her  daring  son-in-law:        O  Turnus,  /entrtaHlia 

per  has  lacrymas,    per  Amatae,   si    quis    honos 

by      these        tears,  by  your  love    of  Amata,    if       any        respect  for  her 

tangit        animum:    tu     nunc-  una     spes         senectae,   tu 

touches      your  mind:  you         now    the  only     hope      of  my  old  age,    you 

requies      miserae;  decus  que  imperium   Latini    penes 

the  repose  of  my  wretched  self;    the  glory  and         power         of  Latin  us    uwith 

te;  omnis   domus  inclinata  recumbit  in   te:    oro    unum, 

thee;   -all          our  house     inclining         rests         on    thee:    I  pray      one  thing. 

desiste  committere  manum     Teucris.     Quicunque        casus 

forbear        to  engage       your  hand  with  the  Trojans.  Whatsoever     misfortunes 

manent  te,     Turne,   isto  certamine,  manent      et        me, 

remain     to  thee,  O  Turnus,  in  this       contest,  remain      likewise  with  me, 

simul,         relinquam  haec    invisa    lumina,   nee    captiva 

at  the  same  time     I  will  leave      this        bated          light,          nor       a  captive 

videbo      jEnean      generum.        Lavinia,  accepit      vocem 

will  I  see         ./Eneas       my  son  in-law.  Lavinia,       receives      the  address 

matris,    perfusa  lacrymis,    flagrantes     genas;   cui  plurimus 

of  her  mother,  bathed    with  tears,    as  to  her  burning  cheeks;   whose        profuse 

rubor      subjecit     ignem,      et    cucurrit      per       calefacta 

Nushing       supplied        the  glow,         and         ran  through       her  heated 

ora.         Veluti  si   quis  violaverit  Indum  ebursanguineo 

countenance.  As       if  anyone  had  stained      Indian     ivory      with  bloody 

ostro;  vel    ubi    alba    lilia,     mixta       multd    rosa  rubent; 

purple;     or       when   white      lilies,  Intermingled  with  many    roses  blush: 

virgo     dabat  tales  colores          ore.     Amor  turbat  ilium,  que 

the  maid    gave      such     colours  from  her  face.       Love     distracts    him,        and 

figit    vultus  in    virgine.      Ardet    magis    in   arma,  que 
be  fastens  hit  looks  on       the  maid.      He  burns       more      for     arms,        and 


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affatur  Araatam    paucis.          O  mater,      quseso  ne 

addresses      Ainata          with  a  few  words.    O  mother,  I  pray  you,      do  not 

prosequere  me  lacrymis,  neve  tanto    omine,     euntem    in 

pursue  me    with  tears,        nor     so  great    an  omen,        going        into 

certamina  duri  Martis:  enim      mora  mortis  neque     libera 

contests         of  hard      wan          for    the  putting  -off  of  death  is  not          allowed 

Turno.  Idmon,          nuncius,    refer  haec  mea  dicta  Phrygio 

to  Turnus.  Idmon,  my  trusty  messenger,  bear  back  these    my  words  to  the  Trojan 

tyranno,    haud        placitura:  cum     primum     crastina 

tyrant  not  about  to  please  Aim:     when  first  to-morrow's 

Aurora,    invecta     puniceis     rotis,     rubebit       ccelo,      non 

dawn,  borne  up       on  crimson  wheels,  shall  redden  in  the  sky,  let  biro  not 

agat    Teucros    in     Rutulos;    arma    Teucrum  et  Rutulum 

lead  out  the  Trojans  against  the  Rutulians;  the  arms  of  the  Trojans  and    Rutulians 

quiescant;     bellum     dirimatur      nostro   sanguine;    conjux 

shall  rest;  the  war  shall  be  determined  by  our  blood;  the  bride 

Lavinia  quseratur     illo   campo.     Ubi     dedit       haec  dicta, 

Lavinia    shall  be  sought  on  that     plain.       When  be  had  ultered  these   words, 

que   rapidus       recessit     in    tecta,    poscit        equos,    que 

and         quick         had  withdrawn   to    the  palace,  he  demands  his  horses,       and 

gaudet,  tuens         frementes  ante     ora;  quos  Orithyia    ipsa 

rejoices,      seeing  them       neighing       before  his  face;  which     Orithyia     heiself 

dedit    decus      Pilumno;     qui     anteirent    nives    candore, 

give      an  honour     to  Pilumnus;    which       surpassed    the  snows  in  whiteness, 

auras     cursibus.       Properi       aurigae         circumstant,   que 

the  winds  in  the  race.  The  hasty       charioteers  stand  around,         and 

lacessunt          pectora  plausa     cavis      manibus,  et  pectunt 

excite  their  breasts     clapped  with  hollow       hands,         and          comb 

comantia  colla.     Dehinc   ipse   circumdat  loricam 

their  flowing       manes.  Then  he  wraps  his  coat  of  mail 

humeris,          squalentem     auro      que   albo         ofichalco; 

about  Ms  shoulders,      scaled  with  gold       and     white      mountain  brass; 

simul         aptat    habendo   que    ensem  que  clypeum,   et 

at  the  same  time    befits     for  wearing     both  his  sword     and         shield,       and 

cornua       rubrae     cristae;    ensem,  quern     ignipotens    Deus 

the  points  of  his  blushing  crest;       the  sword,  which       the  fire-powerful       God 

ipse       fecerat     Dauno      parent!    et    tinxerat   candentem 

nimself     had  made    for  Daunus  kin  parent       and       dipped  glowing  hot 

Styia4     unda. 

(i  the  Stygian  wave. 

Exin  corripit  validam  hastam         vi,          quae   astabat  in 

Then       he  seized    his  strong      spear      with  violence,   which      stood       in 

mediis         sedibus       adnixa     ingfenti      columnae,    spolium 

the  midst       of  the  palace       leaning       on  a  great          column,  the  spoil 

Aurunci     Actoris,   que    quassat    trementem,    vociferans: 

of  Auruncian        Actor,         and       shook  't          trembling,  crying  out: 

Nunc,  6  hasta,  nunquara     frustrata    meos  vocatus,  nunc 

Now,         O    spear,          never          disappointing      my         calls.  now 


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tempus    adest:      maximus    Actor      te,      nunc      dextra 

the  lime     i»  present:    the  must  heroic   Actor     bore  thee,      now    the  right  hand 

Turni    gerit     te:      da         sternere     corpus,    que  lacerare 

of  Turnus  bears      tbee:     grant  me  to  overthrow     his  body,       and  to  tear 

loricam         semiviri     Phrygis,  revulsam     valida"     manu, 

the  coat  of  mail  of  the  effeminate    Trojan.          stripped    by  my  powerful    band, 

et  fcudare  crines  in  pulvere,    vibratos     calido     ferro,  que 

anil    defile        Ait  hair    in     the  dust,          curled        with  a  hot      iron,        and 

madentes    myrrhd.        Agitui1         his     furiis,  que  scintilla; 

flowing  wita  myrrh.      He  is  agitated   by  these    furies,     and  sparks 

absistunt    ab        toto         ore          ardentis;         ignis    micat 

flynir  from     the  whole  countenance  of  him  glowing;  fire         glitters 

acribus  oculis:  veluti  cum  taurus  ciet  terrificos   mugitus 

in  Ais  fierce     eyes:  as         when       a  bull    excites    dreadful        bcllowings 

in   prima  prcelia,     atque      tentat        irasci        in    cornua, 

in      the  first     contests,         and  attempts  to  vent  Ais  rage    on       Ais  horns, 

obnixus      trunco  arboris;  que  lacessit  ventos   ictibus,    el 

pushing  against  the  trunk    of  a  tree;     and      strikes     the  winds  with  blows,  and 

proludit   ad    pugnam    arenfi         spared.  Nee  minus 

preludes        to         the  fight       the  sand      being  scattered.  Nevertheless 

interea         ^Encas,    saevus    in     maternis     armis,    acuit 

in  the  mean  time        ^neas,          stern       in     Ais  maternal      arms,      provokes 

Martem,  et  suscitat       se         ird,        gaudens        bellum 

war,  and     arouses         himself  with  anjrer,       rejoicing         that  the  war 

componi          fcedere     oblato.   Turn  solatur        socios, 

was  to  be  determined  by  the  treaty    offered.      Then  he  consoles  his  companions, 

que  metum      mcesti       luli,   docens        fata;    que    jubet 

and      the  fear     of  the  mournful  lulus,     teaching  them  the  fates;  and   command* 

viros      referre          certa      responsa      regi     Latino,     et 

the  men      to  take  back    Ad  determined     replies  to  king     Latinui,       and 

dicere         leges         pacis.        Vix     postera   dies       orta 

to  pronounce  the  conditions     of  peace.       Scarcely    the  next       day          arising 

spargebat  summos    montes    lumine,    cum  primiim     equi 

bad  sprinkled  the  highest     mountains    with  light,     when        first         the  horses 

solis    tollunt      se  alto       gurgite,         que      efflant 

of  the  sun    raise      themselves  from  the  deep  gulf  of  ike  sea,     and     breathe  forth 

lucem         elatis         naribus.         Rutuli     que   Teucri   viri 

light        from  their  elevated   nostrils.  The  Rutulinn  and        Trojan       men 

dimensi     campum  ad  certamen    parabant;    sub  mrcnibus 

having  measured  thu  plain     for     the  battle       made  it  ready;  under       the  walls 

magnoe  urbis,  que  in   medio  focos    et  gramineas 

of  the  great    city,       and     in    the  midst  they  raised  hearths    and  grassy 

aras    communibus  Dis:   alii  ferebant  que  fontem  que  ignem 

altars    to  their  common  Gods:    others    brought     both     water      and  fir* 

velati   lino     tt  vincti  tempora  verbend.          Legio 

veiled  with  linen  and  bound       a*totheir  temples    with  vervain.        The  legion 

Ausonidum  procedit,  que       pilata     agmina  fundunt    se 

of  Ausooians       proceeds,      and  the  dart  bearing  troops         pour     themsclvet 


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plenis  portis:      hinc      omnis    Troius,   que  Tyrrhenus 

from    ihe  full     gates:      on  this  side       all        tlie  Trojan,    and  Tuscan 

exercitus   ruit     variis      armis,      baud       secus       instruct! 

army  tusa  on    in  varied       arras,  not          otherwise          furnished 

ferro,     quam  si  aspera  pugna  Martis      vocet.      Nee  non 

with  the  sword,  than    if  the  cruel      battle    of  Mars  should  call  tkem.  Also 

mediis     millibus    ductores     ipsi     volitant   decori    auro, 

in  the  midst  oT  thousands    the  leaders  themselves       fly          adorned      in  gold, 

que  ostro;    et   Mnestheus,      genus      Assaraci,     et     fortis 

and      purple;     and      Mnestheus,         the  offspring   of  Assaracus,    and  bold 

Asylas,  et  Messapus,  domitor  equorum,  Neptunia  proles. 

Asylas,       and    Messapus,       the  tamer       of  horses,        Neptune's       progeny. 

Utque   quisque   recessit    in       sua     spatia   signo     dato, 

And  as       each  one      withdrew     into    his  own       space      a  signal  being  given, 

defigunt       hastas    tellure,      et    reclinant    scuta.       Turn 

they  plant    their  spears  in  the  ground,  and      lean  upon     their  shields.        Then 

matres      effuss       studio,    et     inermum     vulgus,       que 

the  mothers   pouring  out    with  zeal,    and     the  unarmed      populace,  and 

invalid!   senes,   obsedere   turres    et  tecta   domorum:    alii 

powerless     old  men,       besiege      the  towers  and  roofs     of  the  houses:     others 

astant  sublimibus  portis.     At  Juno  prospiciens   ex    sum  mo 

stand          by  the  lofty      gates.        But   Juno  looking         from  •    the  high 

tumulo,    qui    nunc  h?.betur  Albanus  (tune     erat      neque 

bill,  which     now       is  called        Albanus       (then      there  was     neither 

homen,  honos,  aut  glo:ia       monti,)         spectabat  campum, 

name,          honour,     or      glory    to  the  mountain,}  beheld  the  plain 

et  ambas     acies        Laurentum     que   Troum,  que  urbem 

and     both        the  armies  of  the  Laiirentines     and      Trojans,     and      the  city 

Latini.      Extemplo  sic  affata  est  sororem  Turni,      Diva 

of  Latin  us.        Forthwith      thus  she  addressed  the  sister   ofTurnus,  a  Goddess 

Deam,     quae    presidet    stagnis,   que   sonoris    fiuminibus: 

to  a  Goddess,  who    presides  over       pools,         and      sounding  streams; 

Jupiter,    altus    rex    aetheris   sacravit   hunc  honorem    illi 

Jupiter,        the  high    king     of  the  sky  consecrated     this    •    honour        to  her 

pro  virginitate    ereptd.        Nympb.il      decus      fluviorum, 

for        her  virginity      ravished.  O  Nymph,        ornament  of  rivers, 

gratissima  nostro  animo,     scis,     ut   praetulerim    te    unam 

most  grateful     to  my       mind,       you  know  that  I  had  preferred    thee      alone 

cunctis,    qusecunque    Latinae     ascendere  ingratum    cubile 

to  all,  whatever         Latin  maids       ascended     the  ungrateful      bed  of 

magnanimi     Jovis,     que     libens       locarim          in    parte 

high-minded  Jupiter,       and       willingly     I  have  placed  (Ace     in       apart 

cceli:    Juturna,  disce  tuum  dolorem  ne       incuses      me. 

of  heaven:  O  Juturua,     learn       your          grief        lest  you  should  accuse    me. 

Qua         fortuna  visa  est  pati,     que     Parcae      sinebant 

Wherever     fortune       appeared    to  allow,"    and    the  destinies       permitted 

res       cedere      Latio,          texi          Turnum,  et         tua 

her  concerns    to  succeed  to  Latium,   I  have  guarded      Turnus       and         youi 


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mania:  nunc  video  juvenem  concurrere  imparibus  fatis; 

city:  now  I  see        the  youth       encounter       with  unequal       fates, 

que  dies    Parcarum  et  inimica  vis  propinquat.  Non  possum 

an^  the  (lay  fifth*?  Destinies  and   hostile    power      approaches.          f  cannot 

aspic* re  hanc  pugnam       oculis,    non    fcedera.     Si         tu 

behold         this       battle         with  my  eyes,    nor    this    treaty.      If  thuu 

audes  quid     praesentius   pro  germano,  perge:      decet: 

darest  anything  more  favourable  for   thy  brother,     proceed:  it  will  become  you.- 

forsan   meliora   sequentur      miseros.  Vix      ea 

perhaps  better  things    will  follow     your  unhappy  friends.  Scarcely  these  Mngt 

cum  Juturna  profudit  lacrymas          oculis,  terque 

were,  said,  when     Juturna  shod  tears  from  her  eyes,    and  thrice 

que   quater     percussit  honestum  pectus     manu.     Saturnia 

and      four  times        struck  her  fair  breast    with  Aer  hand.     Saturnian 

Juno   ait,    hoc  non   tempus  lacrymis;    accelera    et    eripe 

Juno       says,    this   is  not       a  time       for  tears;  hasten         and     snatch 

fratrem         morti,         si         quis   modus:  aut     tu     cie 

your  brother       from  death,         if  there  is  any    way:  or      do  you    excite 

bella,    que    excute    conceptum     fcedus.     Ego        auctor 

wars,         and       break  the  contracted       treaty.  1  am        authorit) 

audendi.     Sic     exhortata   reliquit   incertam,  et  turbatam 

for  your  daring.    Thus  having  advised  she  left  her    in  doubt,      and       disturbed 

tristi  vulnere  mentis.         Interea        reges,  Latinus 

by  sad    remorse      of  mind.      In  the  mean  time   the  kings  proceed,         Lutiuus 

ingenti  mole  vehitur    quadrijugo     curru,   circura         cui 

with  a  great  crowd    is  borne  in  his  four  horse       chariot,      around  whose 

fulgentia  tempora   bis   sex   aurati  radii  cingunt,  specimen 

•hining  temples      twice   six      golden        rays       encircle,        an  emblem 

Solis         avi;     Turnus      it      in    bigis  albis 

of  the  sun  his  ancestor;  Turnus      goes  out    in    a  chariot  with  two.  white  horses, 

crispansbina  hastilia     lato     ferro         manu.    Hinc      pater 

brandishing  two    spears      with  broad  steel      in  his  hand.      On  this  tide    father 

^Eneas,      origo      Romanes    stripis,    flagrans  siderec 

JEncas,        the  founder  of  the  Roman      race.  burning          with  his  starry 

clypeo  et  ccelestibus  armis,  et  juxta  Ascanius,  altera  spes 

shield        and      heavenly  arms,  and  near  by  Ascanius,      the  other    hop* 

magnae  Romae,  procedunt    castris:      que  sacerdos  in    pura 

of  great       Rome,         go  out         from  the  camps:  and  the  Priest    in  a  spotless 

veste  attulit      foatum     setigerae  suis,  que         bidentem 

dress  brought  out  the  offspring  of  a  bristly   swine,     and      a  two  year  old  sheer 

intonsam       que    admovit       pecus  flagrantibus  aris.    Illi, 

unshorn  and         re  moved  the  flock    to  the  burning  altars.     They, 

conversi        lumina  ad  surgentem  solem,  dant  salsas  fruges 

turning          their  eyes  to    the  rising  sun,         offer    salted        cake* 

manibus,    et  notant  summa   tempora        pecudum 

with  thtir  hands,  and    mark         the  high       temples  of  the  victims 

ferro,       que  libant     altaria        pateris.          Turn  pins 

with  the  sword,    and    pour  out  on  the  altars  from  goblets  of  vine.  Then    ptou» 


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./Eneas,     ense    stricto,   precatur  sic:  Nunc  Sol,    et  haec 

.Eneas,      with  sword  drawn,         prays  thus:    Now      O  sun,    and      this 

terra,  propter  quam        potui        perferre  tantos    labores, 

land,  fur          which      I  have  been  able    to  endure    so  great  labours, 

esto    testis   mihi  precanti;    et    omnipotens   pater,  et      tu 

be         witness    tome      praying,       and     O  Almighty         father,  and       thou 

Saturnia  Juno,  0    Diva,    jam  jam    melior,    precor;   que 

Saturnian        Juno.      O     Goddess,     now'  now     more  kind,      I  pray;         and 

tu,   inclyte  Mavors,  qui     pater,     torques  cuncta  bella  sub 

thou,  renowned        Mars,      who  as  oar  father,  directest        all  wars  under 

tuo  numine:  voco       que    fontes    que    fluvios,  que     qu» 

thy    divinity:    I  invoke  you  also  ye  fountains  and   ye  streams,    and    whatever 

religio         alti     aetheris,  et     quae     numina  sunt  cseruleo 

is  the  religion  of  the  lofty     sky,        and  whatever    duties         are    in  the  azure 

ponto.    Si      fors     victoria     cesserit     Ausonio         Turao, 

deep.  If  by  chance     victory         should  fall        to  Ausonian  Turn  us, 

convenit          victos          discedere      ad     urbem     Evandri. 

it  is  agreed      that  the  conquered    shall  depart       to       the  city       of  Evander. 

liilus     cedet        agris:    nee     p<5st        ^Eneadae      rebelles 

lulus       shall  leave  these  lands:      nor    hereafter    shall  the  Trojans      rebellious 

referent   ulla  arma,  ve  lacessent  hsec     regna  ferro. 

azain  bear    any    arms,    or      disturb         these     kingdoms       with  the  sword. 

Sin   victoria     annuerit     Martem  nobis  nostrum,          (ut 

But  if    victory        should  yield  war  to  us          in  our  favour,      (as 

potius     reor,     et  potius       Dt       firment        numine,)  ego 

rather      I  suppose,  and  rather    may  the  Gods  confirm    by  their  authority.)       I 

non  jubebo,    nee     Italos     pare  re   Teucris,   nee   peto 

will  not    command,  neither  the  Italians    to  obey    the  Trojans,   nor     do  I  ask 

regna      mihi:    ambas  gentes     invictae      mittant      se 

kingdoms    tot  myself:    both         nations   unconquered     shall  yield    themselves 

paribus  legibus  in  aeterna  fcedera.       Dabo          sacra 

to  equal    laws  in    eternal    leagues.      I  will  grant  their  sacred  observance* 

que  Deos:         socer        Latinus  habeto    arma,       socer 

and       Gods:  let  my  father-in-law  Latinus     possess   his  arms,  my  father-in-law 

solenne   imperium.     Teucri    constituent  mcenia    mihi, 

kis  accustomed    authority.        The  Trojans     shall  build         a  city  for  me, 

que  Lavinia  dabit        nomen    urbi.    ./Eneas  prior   sic: 

ind      Lavinia       shall  give     a  name  to  the  city.  .iBneaa       first     thus  spoke: 

deinde    Latinus     sic    sequitur,    suspicions    ccelum      que 

Ifterwards      Latinua       thus       follows,  looking  up     to  heaven  and 

iendit      dextram   ad   sidera:    ^Enea,    juro     haec     eadem 

itretohe*  Ms  right  hand    to      the  stars:   O  ^Eneas,   I  swear  by  these  same 

terram,    mare,     sidera,  duplex     genus     Latonse, 

iu'AoriVi>s    the  earth,    the  sea,      the  stars,    the  double    offspring      of  Latona, 

que  bifrontem  Janum,  que   infernam   vim      .  Deum, 

and     doublefaced    Janus,         and    the  infernal     power       of  the  Gods  belote. 

et  sacraria     diri      Ditis. 

»nd  the  courts  of  direful    Pluto. 


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Gcnitor,     qui     sancit     fcedera         fulmine,         audiat 

May  the  father,  who     sanctifies    our  treaties        by  his  thunder,  li  ;ir 

Tango    aras,    quc      teslor         mcdios      ignes 

these  things.        I  touch  the  altars,   and  call  to  witness  the  intermediate  .      fires 

et  numina;    nulla  dies    rumpet    hanc  pacem,  nee  federa 

and    deities;  no       day       shall  break      this         peace,        nor        treaties 

Italis,         quocunque     res      cadent;     nee   ulla    vis 

with  the  Italians,       whatever        events    may  happen:    nor      any    authority 

avertet  me  volentem,  non  si         effundat      tellurem 

t  irn  me       willingly/nun  them,    not     if    it  should  overwhelm      the  earth 

in    undas,    miscens          diluvio,    ve     solvat     coelum  in 

in      the  waves,    mingling  them     in  a  deluge,      or    break  down    heaven     into 

Tartara.     Ut  hoc  sceptrum,  (nam    forte    gerebat  sceptrura 

l.-ii.  At    this       sceptre,          (for     by  chance     he  bore  a  sceptre 

dextera1)     nunquam       fundet        virgulta  nee    umbras 

in  his  right  hand)         never         shall  spread  out       branches      nor  shade* 

levi  fronde,  cum  semel  recisum    de      imo   stirpe  in 

with  its  light    foliage,      since      once          cut  up       from    it*  low       stem      in 

sylvis        caret      matre,    que    posuit     comas  et   brachia 

the  forest  it  is  deprived  of  its  mother,  and  has  laid  down  it*  leaves  and     branches 

ferro;       olim      arbos,    nunc   manus     artificis      inclusit 

to  the  axe;    formerly       a  tree,        now       the  hand    of  the  artist  has  enclosed  ii 

decoro      aere,    que      dedit       Latinis   paLibus    gestare. 

with  beauteous  brass,       and     has  given  it  to  the  Latin      fathers  to  bear. 

Talibus  dictis  firmabant    fcedera     inter      se      in    medio 

With  such  words  they  confirmed  their  treaties  among  themselves  in     the  midst 

conspectu  procerum:  turn   rite  jugulant     sacratas  pecudes 

nf  the  view      of  the  elders;    then  in  order  they  butcher  the  consecrated     victims 

in  flammam  et    eripiunt    viscera       vivis,      que  cumulant 

in      the  flame     and  they  take  out  the  entrails  from  them  alive,  and    •  heap 

aras        oneratis     lancibus.  At  vero  ea  pugna  jamdudum 

the  altars      with  loaded         dishes.        But   indeed  this    contest  at  last 

videri     Rutulis      impar,   et     pectora      misceri      vario 

seemed  to  the  Rutulians  unequal,    and  their  breasts  were  mingled  with  various 

motu;     turn  magis  ut   propius     cernunt          non     sequis 

emotion;      then     more       as    more  nearly       they  see     they  are  not      of  equal 

viribus.     Turaus  adjuvat  progressus  tacito  incessu, 

strength.  Turnus  increases  this  impression  proceeding  with  silent        walki 

et  suppliciter    venerans      aram       demisso     lumine,    que 

and        humbly         worshipping        the  altar  with  downcast       eyes,  and 

tabentes      gense,   et     pallor    in   juvenili  corpore.  Quern 

his  consumptive  cheeks,    and  the  paleness  on    his  youthful       body.          Which 

sermonem  simul  ac  Juturna   soror    vidit    crebrescere,    et 

discourse  as  soon    as    Juturna      his  sister     saw     to  spread  around,   and 

labantia  corda     vulgi     variare;  assimulata  formam  Camerti 

the  fainting  hearts  of  the  crowd  to  waver;  counterfeiting   the  form  of  Camtrtui 

(cui    erat  ingens  genus   a      proavis,    que       clarum 

(to  whom  was      a  great        race    from     his  ancestors,  and    the  distinguished 


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.lomen   paternse  virtutis,  et  ipse  acerrimus  armis,)      dat 

Tame       of  liU  father's  courage,     and    he         most  bold    in  arms,)  she  throws 

sese  in  medias      acies,    baud    nescia    rerum,    que  serit 

.erself  into  the  midst  of  the  bands,  not        ignorant    of  affairs,     and   scatters 

varies    rumores,    ac     fatur    talia.  Non      pudet 

various         reports,        and      speaks     these  words.    Does  it  not      shame    you 

0  Rutuli,     objectare   unam  animam  pro  cunctis  talibus? 

O  ye  Rutulians,    to  expose          one  life  for  all  these? 

sumus  nonne  aequi    numero    an  viribus?     En!  omnes    et 

are  we         not         equal      in  number      or      strength?        Lo!         all         both 

Troes   et    Arcades  sunt  hie,  que   Etruria  infensa     Turno 

Trojans  and    Arcadians      are     here,     and       Etruria       is  hostile    to  Turnua 

fatalis    manus:         vix         habemus      hostem,     si    alterni 

a  fatal          band:  scarcely          have  we  an  enemy,      if   one  by  one 

congrediamur.      [lie  quidem    fama    succedet  ad   Superos, 

we  should  engage.  He        indeed        by  fame      shall  arise    to         the  Goda 

quorum     aris     devovet      se,      que     feretur     vivus     per 

to  whose       altars     he  devotes     himself,      and   shall  be  borne     living  in 

ora;  nos,        patriS.     amissd,      cogemur     parere 

the  mouths  of  men;    we,        our  country     being  lost,      are  compelled         to  obey 

superbis  dominis,  qui  nunc          lenti  consedimus       arvis. 

proud  masters,     who    now     at  our    ease       sit  down         on  the  fields* 

Jam   sententia  juvenum   est  magis   atque   magis  incensa 

Now       the  opinion    of  the  youth      is       more          and         more          inflamed 

talibus  dictis,  que  murmur  serpit   per    agmina.    Laureates 

by  these    words,    and    a  murmur    creeps  through  the  troops.  The  Laurentinea 

ipsi         mutati,    que    Latini     ipsi,      qui    jam  sperabant 

themselves    are  changed,   and  the  Latins  themselves,  who  but  now       hoped  for 

requiem  pugnse          sibi,       que  salutem      rebus,       nunc 

rest  from  fighting  for  themselves,  and      success     in  their  affairs,         now 

volunt   arma,  queprecantur  fcedus  infectum:  et  miserantur 

they  wish  for  arms,  and         pray         the  treaty      unmade:      and          they  pity 

iniquam  sortem   Tumi.     Juturna  adjungit  aliud          majus 

the  unequal     lot        ofTunius.      Juturna       adjoins       another  thing     greater 

his     et     dat     signum     alto     coelo,       quo     non  ullum 

to  these  and     gives       a  signal    from  lofty   heaven,  than  which    not  any 

praesentius  turbavit  Italas  mentes,  que  fefellit  monstro. 

more  readily      disturbed  Italian     minds,       and     deluded  them   by  a  prodigy. 

Namque     fulvus     ales    Jovis,    volans  in      rubrS.      sethrS. 

For  the  tawny      bird     of  Jupiter,     flying     in  the  reddening          sky 

agitabat         litoreas        aves,  que  sonantem  turbam   aligeri 

drove  about  the  shore  frequenting  birds,    and        a  noisy          crowd     of  a  winged 

agminis,  cum    subito     lapsus  ad  undas,   improbus    rapit 

troop,  when       suddenly       gliding     to   the  waves        cruel          he  seized 

*?xcellentem  cycnura      uncis      pedibus. 

a  beautiful  swan       in  his  crooked      claws. 

Itali         arrexere  animos;       que  cunctse     volucres 

The  Italians      aroused  their  minds;        and  all  the  birds 


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convertunt          fugam      clamore,     mirabile      visu!     que 

cum  their  flight         with  a  shout       wonderful    to  Le  seen!      and 

obscurant  aethera        pennis,  que  premunt  hostem        per 

darken  the  air  with  their  wings,     and         press  the  foe          through 

tfuras      nube       factil;       donee   ales     victus        vi          et 

the  skies    a  cloud     being  formed;     until    the  bird    overcome    by  violence    and 

pondere    ipso,    defecit,  que  projecit  prsedam  ex   unguibus 

the  weight      itsvlf.         Tails.        and        cast*         its  prey       from         its  clawa 

fluvio,      que    penitus    fugit     in      nubila.     Turn     verd 

into  the  river,     and       afar  olF         flies       into        the  clouds.     Then       indeed 

Rutuli     salutant  augurium   clamore,  que  expediunt  man  us: 

the  Rutulians  salute        the  omen        with  a  shout,  and       draw  out    their  bands: 

que   Tolumnius    augur    primus   inquit:  Hoc  erat,  hoc 

and         Tolumnius  the  soothsayer    first  says:        This     was,  this  was  that 

quod      saepe    petivi       votis;        accipio       que        agnosco 

fur  which     often      I  sought  in  my  prayers;    J  receive  it        and        acknowledge 

Deos:    me,   me        duce,         corfipite  ferrum,       6  Rutuli, 

the  Gods:    I,         I         being  your  leader,    seize  the  sword,       O  Rutulians, 

quos  improbus  advena   territat  bello,    ut  invalidas  aves,  et 

whom    Ms  cruel        stranger     frightens    by  war,    as     powerless        birds,  and 

Eopulat  vestra  litora       vi.        Ille  petet  fugam,  que  penitus 
iys  waste   your      shores  with  violence.   He  shall  seek  flight,       and      afar  off 

dabit    vela    profundo.     Vos  unammi  densate     catervas,  et 

•hall  give  sail         tolhcdeep.        Ye    of  one  mind      close        your  bands,     and 

pugnd     defendite      regem  raptum    vobis.      Dixit,      et 

with  battle       defend         your  king        snatched     from  you.      He  said,      and 

procurrens  contorsit    telum     in     adversos  hostes:    stridula 

hastening  hurled      Ais  weapon  against  his  adverse       foe;         the  hissing 

cornus  dat  sonitum,  et  certa  secat    auras.     Simul  hoc, 

arrow      gives     a  sound,     and     sure       cuts        the  air.       At  once  this  »j  done, 

simul     ingens   clamor,          omnes    cunei      turbati,       que 

at  once        a  great         cry  arises,  all  the  ranks  are  disturbed,       and 

cord  a  calefacta    tumultu.        Hasta    volans,  ut     forte 

their  hearts     are  warmed  by  the  tumult.        The  spear     flying,        as  by  chance 

novem   pulcherrima   corpora  fratrum   constiterant  contra, 

nine  roost  beautiful         bodies       of  brothers          stood  opposed. 

quos  tot     una     fida     Tyrrhena    conjux       crearal 

whom  though  so  many      one     faithful         Tuscan  wife  bad  borne 

Arcadio   Gilippo;    transadigit  costas  unum  horum  juvenum 

to  Arcadian  Gilippus;       pierces  through  the  ribs   of  one   of  those      young  men 

egregium     forma"    et  fulgentibus  armis,  ad    medium     qua 

distinguished  for  beauty  and       shining  arms,       in       tlie  middle    where 

sutilis  balteus  teritur         alvo,      et   fibula  mordet  juncturas 

the  sewed    belt       is  worn  into  the  stomach,  and  the  buckle  corrodes      the  joints 

laterum,  que  eflundit          fulva"  arena".    At   fraties,  phalanx 

•»ftlifi  sides,  and    stretches  him  on  the  yellow  sand.       But  the  brothers,      a  band 

animosa,    que     accensa     luctu,    pars   stringunt       gladios 

animated,         and        inflamed      with  grief,  a  part         draw  their  Awards 


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manibus,      pars  corripiunt  missile   ferrum,  que  caeci  ruunt; 

in  their  hands,    a  part       seize          the  flying       steel,         and   blina  rush  on; 

contra    quos  agmina   Laurentum    procurrunt:    hinc  rursus 

against      whom  the  troops  of  the" Laurentines        rush  out:          here         again 

densi       Troes,    que    Agyllini,    et     Arcades          pictis 

Ihe  thickening   Trojans,     and      Agyllenians,    and       Arcadians     with  painted 

armis  inundant.     Sic   unus  amor  habet  omnes   decernere 

arms         overflow.         Thus    one          love    possesses       all  to  contend 

ferro.         Diripuere         aras;    turbida   tempestas  telorum 

with  the  sword.  They  tear  down  ihtir  altars;     a  thick         tempest  of  darts 

it       toto  coelo,  ac  ferreus  imber     ingruit;          feiunt 

goes  thro'  the  whole  sky,     and  an  iron    shower  thickens  around;  they  boar  off 

que  crateras  que  focos.   Latinus     ipse      fugit         referens 

3oth      goblets        and    hearths.     Latinus       himself      flies,         bearing  back 

pulsates          Divos,    fcedere      infecto.          Alii    infrapnant 

the  repulsed  Gods,         the  treaty     being  broken.       Others  rein  in 

currus,      aut  subjiciunt      corpora     saltu     in       cquos, 

their  chariots,         or  cast  their  bodies   with  a  leap  on    ihcir  horses, 

et  adsunt    strictis   ensibus.     Messapus,  avidus  confundere 

and  are  present  withdrawn    swords.  Messapus,        eager  tol.n.Tik 

fcedus,       proterret       Tyrrhenum    Aulesten    regem,    que 

the  treaty,    strikes  against  Tuscan  Aulestcs          a  king,          and 

gerentem  insigne   regis,       adverso      equo;  ille     recedens 

wearing          the  ensign  of  a  king,  with  his  opposing  horse;     he       withdrawing 

ruit,         et     miser  involvitur    aris   oppositis      a  tergo     in 

falls,  and     wretched  rolls  over    the  altars  opposing  him  from  behind  upou 

caput,    que  in      humeros.     At    fervidus  Messapus  advolat 

'tis  head,    and    on     his  shoulders.       But      glowing       Messapus  flies 

hastd   que  altus      desuper         equo,  graviter   ferit, 

with  his  spear    and    high  from  above  on  his  horse,    heavily       strikes  him, 

orantem  multa,-  trabali          telo,  atque  ita        fatur: 

praying         many  things    with  his  heavy  wooden  dart,  and      thus     he  speaks: 

Habet         hoc:  haec  melior  victima   data     magnis       Divis. 

Let  him   have  this:  this    a  better      victim     offered  up    to  the  great  Gods. 

Itali      concurrunt  que  spoliant  calentia  membra.  Chorinseus 

The  Italians  rush  together  and     strip       kis  warm          limbs.  Chorinsiis 

corripit    ambustum  torrem    a"b     ar&,      et,     obvius  Ebuso 

seized  a  burning          brand       from  the  altar,    and       meeting      Ebusus 

venienti,     que  ferenti   plagam,    occupat      os         flammis. 

coming  up,         and      aiming        a  blow,          strikes     his  face    with  the  flames 

Tngens    barba    reluxit    illi,    que   ambusta   dedit   nidorem. 

His  great      beard        shone       to  him,  and       burning  gave  forth       a  stench. 

Ipse    super     secutus,     corripit   caesariem     turbati      hostis 

He      from  above    following,          seized  the  hair  of  his  disturbed     enemy 

laev£,         que  nitens      genu  impresso,  applic<it  ipsurn 

with  his  left  hand,    and   struggling    his  knee  being  pressed,     fastens  hint 

terra;         sic     ferit       latus         rigido     ense.     Podalirius 

to  the  earth;   thus  he  strikes    his  side  with  his  bard          tword.  Podaliriua 


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sequens,          nudo  ense,  Alsum  pastorem,  que  ruentem  per 

following,  with  Aw  naked  sword,       Alsus    the  shepherd,    as       rushing  ttm..i|h 

ela  primd         acie,  superimminet,  ille     disjicit    medium 

darts  in  the  front  of  the  army,  lowers  above  Aim,    he         strike*  the  mnUi 

frontem,      que    menturn    adversi    securi       reducti,      el 

of  the  forehead,  and          chin  of  hit  foe     his  nxe  being  drawn  back,  and 

rigat         arma   cruore  sparse     late.     Dura  quies,  et  ferreus 

moistens  his  arms  with  blood  scattered  far  around.   Cruel      rest,    and          iron 

somnus  urget  oculos,   olli;    lumina  clauduntur  in  seternam 

•leep  closes   Aii  eyes,  for  him;      Ai»eyes         are  shut  in  eternal 

noctem.     At  pius   ^Eneas    tendebat      dextram    inermem, 

night  But  the  pious  jEneas    stretched  forth  Aw  right  hand  unarmed, 

capite  nudato,  atque  vocabat  suos  clamore:          Quo 

his  head  being  bare,    and        called         his/ri«n<*»        with  a  Khout:       Whither 

ruitis?      ve  quoe   ista  repens  discordia         surgit?  0  cohibete 

do  you  rush?  or  what  is  this    sudden         discord         which  arises?         O  restrain 

iras!  jam  fcedus   ictum,  et  omnes     leges      compositae; 

your  anger!  now    a  treaty     is  made,  and      all        the  conditions        are  settled 

mihi  soli    jus     concurrere;  sinite  me,  atque  auferte   metus; 

to  me  alone  is  the  right  to  engage;         suffer      me,      and        banish     j/ourfears; 

5go   faxo    foedera   firma     manu;  hsec     sacra  jam  debent 

i      will  make    treaties        firm  with  my  hand;  these  sacred  rites    now  owe 

Turnuin    mihi.      Inter     has     voces,     inter    media    talia 

Tuning  tome.        Among       these      words,         in  the        midst     of  these 

verba,       ecce  stridens  sagilta  allapsa  est   alls  viro, 

exhortations,         lo        a  hissing        arrow  glided    on  wing*    to  the  hero, 

incertum  quS.   manu    pulsa,     quo  turbine    adacta,  quit, 

il»»  doubtful  by  what    hand   it  was  sent,  by  what  violence  it  was  burled,  who, 

ne        casus,     ne     Deus,     attulerit      tan  tarn    laudem 

whether         chance,         or          a  God,      had  obtained        so  great  prats* 

Rutulis;  insignis       gloria      facti      est     pressa;     nee 

for  the  Rutulians;  the  distinguished  glory     of  thedeed     is       concealed;        nor 

quisquam    jactavit    sese        vulnere     JEnex.     Ut  Turnus 

did  any  one  boast         himself       of  the  wound  of  /Eneas.      As      Turnus 

vidit^Eneancedentem  ex  agmine,  que      duces        turbatos, 

saw        JEneas     withdrawing  from  the  army,  and  that  the  leaders  were  troubled, 

fervidus    ardet     subitsl     spe;        simul          poscit    equos 

glowing        he  burns  with  sudden   hope;  at  the  same  time    be  demands     horses 

atcue  arma,  que  superbus     emicat          saltu     in    carrum, 

and         arras,      and       proud       he  springs  forth  with  a  bound  into    Aitcharioi, 

et  molitur  habenas     manibus.      Volitans   dat   raulta  fortia 

and    guides      the  reins  with  Aia  hands.  Flying    he  gives  many        brave 

corpora  virorum     letho;      volvit     multos  semineces,   aut 

bodies  of  men       to  death;    he  rolls  over      many  half-dead,  or 

proterit    agmina        curru,         aut    ingerit    hastas    raptas 

tramples         troops       with  his  chariot,       or          hurls         spears       snatched 

fugientibus.  Qualis  cum  sanguineus  Mavors,  concitus  apud 

at  those  flying.         As        when        bloody  Man,         excited  at 


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fiumina  gelidi     Hebri,     increpat    ciypeo,    atque  movens? 

the  streams  of  cold        Hebrus,          rattles       on  Ai.s  shield,      and  moving 

Delia  imraittit  furentes  equos:  Illi  volant          aperto  aequore 

war       lets  loose   Ais  raging    horses:     They    fly  through      the  open  plain 

ante    Notos,         que     Zephyrum.     Ultima  Thracia  gemit 

before  the  south  winds,    and       the  west  wind.        Remotest      Thrace       groans 

pulsu  pedum,  que  circum      ora  atrae  Formidinis,  que 

by  the  beating  of  their  feet,  and  around  him  the  faces  of  black        fear,  and 

Irae,  que  Insidiae,   comitatus    Dei,       aguntur.  Talis  Turnus 

rage,    and  stratagem,      the  retinue  of  the  God,  are  scattered.  Thus        Turnus, 

alacer  inter  media  prcelia,  quatit     equos  fumantes     sudore, 

joyful      in  the     nudsi-     of  battle,  provokes  his  horses     foaming        with  sweat 

miserabile    msultans       caesis    hostibus;      rapida     ungula, 

wretchedly  insulting       Ais  slain  foes;  the  rapid  hoof, 

spargit     sanguineos    rores,    que     cruor    calcatur     mistS. 

scatters  the  bloody  dews,         and        blood  is  trodden  down  mingled 

arena.         Que  jam  dedit  que  Sthenelum,  que  Thamyrim, 

with  sand.          And      now  lie  gave    both      Sthenelus,        and  Thamyris, 

que  Pholum  neci,congressus  hunc  et  hunc,  ilium  erninus; 

and    Fholus  to  death,  engaging          this    and  that  handtohnnd,  theothcrafaroft, 

ambo   Imbrasidaa      eminus,  Glaucum   atque  Laden, 

he  slew  also  both  sons  of  Imbraaiu   at  a  distance,  Glaucus  and  Ladea, 

quos  Imbrasus   ipse     nutrierat  Lycia;  .que          oneraverat 

whom    Imbrasus      himself  had  nourished  in  Lycia;    and  bad  burdened 

paribus    armis,     vel     conferre     manum,     vel  praevertere 

with  equal     arms,        either      to  engage       hand  to  hand,   or  to  outstrip 

ventos     equo.         Ali&     parte,  Eumedes  fertur   in     media 

the  winds  on  the  horse.    In  another  part,       Eumedes      is  borne  into    the  midst 

prcelia,        proles     antiqui   Dolonis  praeclara  bello,  referens 

of  tli':  battle,  the  offspring  of  ancient    Dolou         renowned      in  war,      restoring 

avum        nomine,    parentem       animo,  que 

A  is  grandfather  by  his  name,     Ai»  father   by  his  courage,  and  deeds  wrought  by  his 

manibus;     qui    quondam,    ut    speculator     adiret      castra 

hands;  who        formerly,          as  a  spy  approached    the  camps 

Danaum     ausus   poscere     currus     Pelidae  pretium       sibit 

of  the  Greeks   daring     to  demand    the  chariot  of  Achilles  as  a  reward  to  himself 

Tydides  affecit   ilium     alio    pretio  pro  talibus   ausis;  nee 

Diomede       punished    him  with  another  reward     for       such         daring;      nor 

aspirat         equis   Achillis. 

did  he  aspire  to    the  horses  of  Achilles. 

Ut  Turnus   conspexit   hunc  procul      aperto   campo,  ante- 
As    Turnus       beheld  him       afar  off  on  the*pen   plain,  first 

secutus  per   longum  inane       levi      jaculo,  sistit 

having  pursued  Aim    through    the  long       void    with  a  liuht      arrow,  hestop» 

bijuges  equos,   et  desilit  curru,    atque  supervenit 

ti»  yok'd          horses,    and     leaps    from  his  chariot,      and          comes  up  to  Atm 

.emianimi  que  lapso;  et  colloimpresso         pede,  extorquet 

half  dead  and    fallen;    and  Ais  neck  being  prees'd  with  hit  foot,  he  wrenches 


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mucronem        dextrin,      et  tingit  fulgentem      altojugulo. 

the  blade        from  kit  rigbl  hand,    and    dip*  it    chining       in  hit  deep      throat, 

atque  insuper  addit  hsec.         En,  Trojane,    jacens   metire 

and       moreover     he  adds  these  wonfa.   Lo,    Trojan,       sirclchM  out  measure 

agros          et  Hesperiam,  quam        petfsti     bello:      ferunt 

the  land*        and        Italy,  which      you  have  sought  in  war:  they  bear  ofl 

praemia,    qui  ausi  tentare  me       ferro:      sic  condunl 

rewards,        who    dare    to  tempt  me  with  lh»  sword:  thus  they  build  up 

noenia.     Mittit     huic        comitem          Buten,       cuspiile 

walls.  He  sends      to  him       for  a  companion  Bute*,  hit  spear 

conjecti;    que   Chlorea,   que    Sybarim,   que  Dareta,    que 

being  hurled;     and      Chlorous,         and       Sybaris,  and       Daren,         and 

Thersilochum,  et  Thymoeten,  lapsum     cervice       sternacis 

Thersilochus,  and  Thymrtes,  fallen      from  the  neck  of  Au  plunging 

equi..  Ac  velut,  cum  spiritus    Edoni  Boreae  insonat    alto 

horse.      And      as,    when  the  breath  of  Thracian    Bnrca*    resounds  on  the  deep 

jEgaco,         que  sequitur   lluctus  ad    litora,     qua         venti 

^Egean  sea,         and    pursues       the  waves   to     the  shores,  wnere      the  wind* 

incubuere,     nubila  dant          fugam      caclo;     sic    agmina 

buvfr  round,        the  clouds    give  flight       in  the  sky;    thus     tlie  troops 

cedunt      Turno,     quacunque      secat      viam,  que     acies 

withdraw    from  Turnus.    Wherever  he  cuts    ACs  way,       and  the  armies 

conversae  ruunt:      impetus  fert   ipsum,      et    aura     quatit 

turn'd  rush  out:       impetuosity  bears    him  on,       and  the  wind     shakes 

cristam  volantem         adverse         curru.    Phegeus      non 

Ms  crest  flying  against  the  opposing    chariot.       Pliegeus        did  not 

tulit       mstantem,  que  frementem  animis:    objecii  sese   ad 

endure  At'w  pressing  on,  and       raging  with  anger;  he  opposed  himself  to 

currum,   et  dextrd        detorsit       ora       citatorum 

the  chariot,    and    with  kit  right  hand         turned       the  mouths       of  the  swift 

equorum  spumantia    fraenis,    Dum     trahitur,      que  pcndet 

horses  foaming    on  the  reins.     While    he  is  borne  on,    and         hangs 

jugis,  lata  lancea  consequitur  hunc  retectum,  que 

from  the  chariot,  Ais  broad    lance  follows  him       unprotected,     and 

infixa   rumpit      bilicem      loricam,    et  degustat  summum 

fastened    breaks    AM  double  plated    coat  of  mail,    and    grazes  the  surface 

corpus     vulnere.    Tamen  ille  conversus  ibat        clypeo 

riy        with  a  wound.      Yet  he        turning        went  with  Ai«  shield 

objecto  in  hostem,  et  petebat  auxilium         ducto  mucrone; 

opposed      to    the  foe,       and    sought         aid        with  Avs  drawn  blade; 

cum    rota    et  axis  concitus   procursu,  impulit  praecipitem, 

when  the  wheel  and«xis  moving  on        in  its  course,  hurled  Aim  headlong, 

que  effudit  solo;      que  Turnus  secutus   inter     imam 

and  overthrew  Aim  on  the  ground;  and     Turnus    following  between  the  lowest 

galeam,    et      oras       summi      thoracis,  abstulit  caput 

•art  «/ the  helmet,  and  the  borders  of  the  highest      corslet,       cutoff*    Ait  head 

ense,  que  reliquit     truncum      arena.  Atque   dum 

with  Au  sword,    and       left          Au  trunk          onihesuna.    And         while 


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Turnus.    \icto      dat     ea    funera     campis,         interea 

Tnrnus      victorious    causes    these    deaths      on  the  plains;     in  the  mean  time 

Mnestheus,  et  fidus  Achates,    que  Ascanius         comes, 

Mnealheiis,          and  faithful    Achates,        and        Ascanrjs,         his  companion, 

statuere  ^Enean  cruentum      castris,     nitentem       alternoa 

placed  JEneas  bloody  in  the  camp,      supporting        his  alternate 

gressus    longa"    cuspide.  Sasvit,  et  luctatur  eripere   telum 

footsteps  with  a  long      spear.        He  rages,   and  ttruRiiles    to  tear  out    the  dud 

arundine   infract^,        que      poscit     viam    auxilio,     qua 

the  reed        being  fractured,        and    be  demands    away         for  aid,        which  i* 

proxima;     ut          secent  vulnus       lato       ense,  que 

nearest;  that          they  should  cut   the  wound  with  a  broad    sword,    and 

recindant  latebram      teli     penitus,  que  remittant  sese  in 

lay  open    the  concealment  of  the  dart   deeply,       and        restore  him      to 

bella.    Que  jam  lapyx       lasides,       dilectus   Phcebo    ante 

the  war.    And    now    lapyx    the  son  of  lasiug,        beloved      by  Apollo      before 

ulios,     aderat;     cui    quondam  Apollo  ipse,  captus      acri 

others,  was  present;  to  whom  formerly     Apollo  himself,  overcome  by  powerful 

amore,    laetus   dabat    suas  artes,    sua   munera,    augurium, 

love,          joyfully  imparted     his        arts,         his       gifts,  prophecy 

que  citharam,  qu,e    celeres  sagittas.  Die,    ut      proferret 

and       music,  and      the  swift      arrows.         He,   thai      be  might  prolong 

fata  deposit!    parentis,     maluit     scire       potestates 

the  fates    of  /it's  dying  parent,  choose       to  know         the  powers 

herbarum,    que    usum    medendi   et        inglorius     agitare 

of  herbs,  and        the  uae    of  healing     and       without  honour  to  practise 

mutas  artes. 

dumb        arts. 

jEneas  stabat  fremens  acerba,  nixus  in  ingentem  hastan, 

yEneas         stood        raging        bitterly,    leaning  on      his  great  spear. 

immobilis     magno     concursu,  que   lacrymis  juvenum    et 

unmoved  bythegreat,      crowd,  and       the  tears    of  the  youth    and 

mcerentis  liili.     Ille  senior  succinctus   amictu   in  Pteonium 

the  mourning  lulus.      The  old  man          girt  with  a  dress  iu   the  Pzoniart 

morem,  nequicquam  trepidat  multa    medici    manu,   que 

manner.  In  vain  trembles       much  with  his  healing  hand,        and 

polenlibus   herbis     Phoebi;     nequicquam   solicitat    spicula 

the  powerful        herbs        of  Apollo  in  vain  he  urges       the  darts 

dexterd,        que  prensat  ferrum     tenaci    forcipe.  Nulla 

with  hit  right  hand,    and       seizes      the  steel   with  grasping  pincers.  No 

fortuna  regit  viam;     Apollo    auctor  subvenit      nihil;      et 

success        guides  his  way;        Apollo     Ais  patron    relieves  Aim  in  nothing;  and 

WEVUS  horror  crebrescit  magis   ac  magis  in    campis,     que 

cruel          dread         increases        more        and   more        in     the  plains,          and 

malum  est  propius.     Jam  vident  crelum      stare      pulvere; 

the  evil       is       nearer.          Now   they  see      the  sky   to  stand  thick    wilh  rtust: 

equites    subeunt,    et   densa         spicula  cadunt     mediis 

the  horsemen    succeed        and  the  thickfiying    darts  full          in  tlio  midiil 


364  406 

castris:      tiistis    clamor  bellanlumj uvenum,  et  cadcntum, 

tfihe  cam  pc  asaddening    shout       of  warring         youth,       and  of  those  tailing, 

sub   duro   Marte,      it    ad  aethera.      Hie   Venus    genclnx 

in         cruel          war,        goes     to     the  sky.          Here       Venus        Ma  mother 

concussa     indigno      dolore        nati,  carpit  dictamnum    ab 

moved  by  the  unworthy  distress    of  her  son,    plucks         dittany  from 

CretaeS.    Ida",    caulem     puberibus     foliis,    et       comantem 

Cretan  Ida,       the  stalk     with  full  grown    leaves,    and  waving 

purpureo  flore:  ilia  gramina   non  incognita    feris     capris, 

wiih  a  purple  flower:  these    plants  are     not       unknown     to  the  wild      goats, 

cum  volucres  sagittae  haesere      tergo.        Venus  circumdata 

when        swift          arrows  have  stuck  in  their  backs.       Venus  surrounded 

faciem  obscuro     nimbo,   detulit   hoc:     hoc       infirit 

as  to  her  face     with  a  dark        cloud,  bore         this:  with  this  she  tinctured 

fuscum   amnem   splendentibus    labris,    medicans    occulte, 

the  dark          water  in  the  shining  vats,         medicating  »'t        secretly, 

que     spargit      salubres     succos    ambrosias,    et   odoriferam 

and    she  sprinkles   the  healthful       juices        of  ambrosia,     and  scented 

panaceam.     Longa^vus  lapyx,  ignorans,  fovit   vulnus 

panacea.  Aged  lapyx,      ignorant ofitsvalue,  bathes  the  wound 

e&    lympha";  que  subito     quippe  omnis  dolor   fugit     de 

with  this    water;        and    suddenly         indeed        all          pain     had  fled     from 

corpore,  omnis  sanguis    stetit        imo      vulnere,  que  jam 

Ai.«  body,  all          the  blood     remained  in  the  deep      wound,        and      now 

sagitta,    secuta   manum,  excidit,  nullo  cogente,  atque  nova 

tin-  arrow,  following     his  hand,      fell  out,    no  one     forcing  it,       and          new 

vires    rediere  in    pristina.       Citi   properate  arma     viro; 

strength     returned   into  its  former  state.  Quick       hasten         arms  for  the  hero; 

quid     statis?      lapyx     conclamat,     que   primus     accendit 

why    do  you  stand?    lupyx  cries,  and         first  he  inflames 

animos      in     hostes:     Hacc  non  proveniunt  humanis 

Weir  minds  against    the  foe.        These  things  do  not        proceed        from  human 

opibus,  non  magistral  arte,  neque     mea     dextera     servat 

aid,  nor '     a  master       art,         nor          does  my    right  hand     preserve 

te,    ^Enea;    major  Deus   agit,    atque  remittit    ad  majora 

thee,  "  O  ^Eneas;  a  greater    God       does  it,      and       remands  you  to        greater 

opera.  Ille,  avidus   pugnae,    incluserat  suras   auro,      hinc 

labours.      He,      anxious    for  combat,    had  enclosed  his  legs  in  gold,  on  this  side 

atque  hinc,  que  odit  moras,  que  coruscat  haslam.  Postquan? 

and         that,      and   hates    delays,      and     brandishes     his  spear.  After 

clypeus  est  habilis  lateri,   que  lorica     tergo,    complectitur 

his  shield      is      fitted     to  his  side,  and  his  corslet  to  hi*  buck.          he  embraces 

Ascanium      armis       fusis     circum,     que  delibans  summa 

Ascanius,  his  armour  being  spread  around  Aim,    and      kissing  the  tip 

oscula     per      galeam,     fatur:  Puer,  disce  viitutem 

nf  his  mouth  through    hi*  helmet,  he  speaks  thus:   My  boy.      learn  courage 

que  verum   laborem     ex    me,  fortunam  ex    aliis.     Nunc 

and         true         occupation     from  .  me,         fortune        from   others.  Nov 


365  435 

mea  dextera    dabit     te   defensum  bello,   et   ducet    inter 

my       right  hand  shall  render  thee      defended       in  war,    and  lead  thee       amid 

magna  prsemia.        Tu    facito,       sis      rnemor,   mox    dim 

great  rewards.         Do  you    cause,    thai  you  be   mindful,      soon       when 

matura  aetas    adoleverit;     et    te,     et       pater    ^Eneas,  et 

timely          age  shall  have  ripened;  and  thee,  let  both  your  father  ./Eneas,      and 

avunculus  Hector  excitet  repetentem   exempla  tuorum 

your  uncle          Hector        excite  recalling       the  examples  of  your  friends 

animo.  Ubi       dedit     base  dicta,  ingens    extulit    sese 

to  your  mind.     When  he  had  uttered  these  words,      lofty      he  withdrew  himself 

portis,      quatiens   immane    telum     manu;      simul    que 

from  the  gates,    shaking      his  immense     dart        in  Ai's  hand;     at  once       also 

Anteus,  que  Mnestheus,  ruunt    denso  agmine,   que  omnis 

Anteus,        arid       Mnestheus,      rush  out  in  close       array,         and  all 

turba       fluit         castris      relictis:    turn  campus  miscetur 

Hie  crowd  pours  out  from  the  camps  abandoned:     then     the  plain      is  confused 

caeco     pulvere,    que     tellus     excita     pulsu          pedum 

by  blinding        dust,  and      ihe  earth     moved  by  the  beating   oflArirfeet 

tremit.      Turnus     videt    venientes  ex     adverse     aggere; 

trembles.        Turnus       sees  them   -approaching  from  the  opposite  hill; 

Ausonii     vid£re    que    gelidus     tremor     cucurrit    per 

the  \usnnrans       beheld       and        a  cold          trembling  ran          through 

ima      ossa. 

their  inmost  bones. 

Juturna  prima  audiit  ante   omnes   Latinos,  que  agnovit 

Juiurna        first         heard      before       all  the  Latins,  and  knew 

sonum,    et    tremefacta  refugit.      Ille         volat,    que   rapit 

the  eound,   and        trembling        fled  back.       He  (JEneas)  flies,        and     drives 

atrum  agmen  aperto    campo.    Qualis  ubi  nimbus,-       sidere 

Ms  dark    band       on  the  open  plain.  As       when  a  storm,  a  constellation 

abrupto,     it    per   medium   mare    ad  terras:    heu!    corda, 

setting,       passes   over      the  midst  of  the  sea  to     the  land:      alasl        hearts. 

praescia  longe,  horrescunt  miseris  agricolis!  ille    dabit 

foreseeing  far,  shudder       to  the  wretched  farmers!      knowing  it  will  bring 

ruinas    arboribus,  que  stragem      satis,      que   ruet     omnia 

desiructijn  on  the  trees,    and      ruin  on  the  corn-fields,  and  overturn  all  things 

late:        venti  antevolant,  que  ferunt  sonitum  ad   litora:  talis 

far  arouud  'he  winds  fly  before,        and      bear     the  sound    to  the  shores:     thus 

Rhseteiu"  ductor     agit  agmen     in     adversos   hostes:  densi 

Khaeteus        the  leader  drives  on  his  troop  against  his  hostile         foes:  close 

quisque   agglomerant     se       cuneis      coactis.    Thymbraeus 

each  gather        themselves  in  battalions  condensed.  Thymbraeus 

fcrit    gravem    Osirim         ense,         Mnestheus     obtruncat 

ctrikes      stern  Osiris        with  his  sword,        Mnestbeus  behead* 

Archetium,    Achates      Epulonem,    que    Gyas    Ufentem. 

Arehetius,  Achates  kills       Epnlon,  and        Gyas  Ufens. 

Tolumnius   ipse     augur  cadit,  qui   primus   torserat  telum 

Tolumnius         himself  the  prophet  falls      who        first  hurled       UK-HUM 


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in    adversos  hosles.     Clamor    tollitur  in  coelum;    que 

•gainst    the  hostile       foes.  A  shout        i«  raised     to       heaven;         and 

Ratuli  versi        vicissim    dant    pulverulenta     terga 

the  Rutulians  wheeling  round  in  their  turn     givo  their  dusty  bucks 

fugi        per     agros.         Ipse     neque     dignatur    sternere 

in  the  flight  through  the  fields.  He  neither        comlcscc'iids  to  prostrate 

aversos       morti;    nee     insequilur      congresses  requo  pede, 

those  turning  in  death;    nor  does  lie  follow  them        cn^uiiing     in  equal       light, 

nec       ferentes       tela;          vestigat       Turnum       solum, 

nor    those  throwing          darts;          he  searches  for  Turnus  ulone 

lustrans    in  densd     caligine;  poscit         solum   certamina. 

pursuing  Aim  in  the  thick  cloud;  he  demands  Aim        ulone       to  the  contest 

Virago          Juturna,        concussa        mentem     hoc  metu, 

The  maid  Juturna,  afflicted  in  mind      with  this    fear, 

excutit     Metiscum   aurigam     Turni  inter  media    Jora,     et 

strikes  down     Metiscus    the  charioteer  of  Turnus  in  the  midst  of  the  reins.  ,mcl 

relinquit  lapsum,    longe     temone.     Ipsa  subit  que  flectit 

leaves  Aim          fallen,  fur        from  the  beam.     She  coinr-s  up   and        guides 

undantes   habenas  manibus,    gerens  cuncta,  que  vocem   et 

the  flowing          reins        with  Aer  hands,    assuming  all,  both  the  voice  and 

corpus  et  arma  Metisci.    Velut  cum  nigra  hirundo  pervolal 

form        and   arms  of  Meliscus.        As        when  a  black     swallow          flies  ovet 

magnas    aedes  divitis   domini,  et  lustrat   alta   atria  pennis, 

the  spacious  palace    of  a  rich        lord,        and  surveys  the  lofty  halls    on  wings, 

legens     parva     pabula,      que   escas   loquacibus  nidis;    ei 

picking  up     scanty    nourishment,      and        food         fnr  her  noisy    young;     und 

sonat  nunc   vacuis     porticibus,  nunc  circum  humidastagna: 

twitters  now  thro' the  empty    porches,         now      around     the  moist         pools: 

Juturna,    sim;-!is    fertur         equis  per    medios   hostes,  que 

Juturna,  in  like  manner  is  borne  by  her  horses  through  the  midst     of  foes,      aud 

volans   obit      omnia   rapido   curru;  que  jam  hie,  que  jam 

flying  passes  over   all  things  in  ALT  swift  chariot;     and     now    here,    and       i.ow 

hie,   ostendit   germanum   ovantem,    nec   patitur    coi  ferre 

there,     exhibits      her  brother  triumphing,      nor       allows  Aim    to  ;ngagt 

manum;  volat          avia  longe.  Haud   minus  A  neas. 

Au  hand;   she  flies  through  retired  places  far  otf.        Not  less  jEneaa 

oovius,  legit    tortos     orbes,  que  vestigat  virum,  et  \ocat 

opposing,  follows  Ai>-  winding  circuits,    and     seeks  out    the  hero,  and  ualls  Aim. 

•magni   voce    per     disjecta  agmina.      Quoties      conjecit 

with  a  louc!  voice    through      scattered       troops.  As  often  as        fie  turned 

ooulos   in   hostem,  que   cursu  tentavit  fugam        alipedum 

kis  eyes  upon    the  foe,       and  in  his course  tried       the  speed  of  Ais  swift-footed 

equorum;     toties  Juturna  retorsit   aversos    currua.     Heu, 

horses;  so  often     Juturna  turned  back  the  retreating  chariot.          Alas, 

quid   agat?     nequicquam    fluctuat         vario      spstu,     que 

what  can  he  do?  in  vain  he  fluctuates  with  a  varied  tide  affecting,  and 

diversse  curae  vocant  animum  in  contraria.  Messapus. 

conflicting  cares       call  his  mind      to     opposite  purpoics.  Mcssaiius 


3PT  488 

uti    forte  levis   cursu  gerebat    laevd         duo  lenta  hastilia 

MB    by  chance  swift  in  his  course  he  bore  in  bis  left  hand   two  slender       spears 

praefixa    ferro,     contorquens    unum    horutn     certo    ictu, 

•minted       with  steel,          hurling  one          of  these  with  a  sure   blow 

dirigit  huic.     ./Eneas  substitit,  et  collegit     se     in     arma. 

he  directs  at  him.      yl'.icas          stnpt,        and  contracted  himself  within  kit  arms. 

subsidens     poplite:     tamen    hasta    incita    tulit    summum 

titling  down  on  his  hams:          yet       his  spear       burled  carried        the  highest 

apicem,    que  excussit  summas  cristas       vertice.         Turn 

tuft,  and       shook  off    the  loftiest      crests         from  Airhead.          Then 

voro       irae  assurgimt;    que  subactus     insidiis,  ubi 

•  ndeed      anger         arises;  and      compelled    by  the  snares  of  hit  foe,  when 

sensit      equos   que  currura   diversos,        referre      testatur 

hp  perceived  Ais  horses  and    chariot         turned  aside,  were  borne  back,  heswears 

multa          Jovem,    et    aras     l?esi     fcederis.     Jam   tandem 

ninny  things       to  Jove,     and  the  altars  of  his  broken  treaty.      Now  at  last 

invadit      medios,,    et  terribilis    secundo     Marte,    suscitat 

he  presses  into  the  midst,  and     terrible    with  prosperous      war,        he  provokes 

ssevam   csedem      nullo      discrimine,     que   effundit  omnes 

direful          slaughter     with  no        disrriininniion,       and     give*  loose  all 

habenas   irarum.         Nunc  quis  Deus,  quis  expediat  mihi 

the  reins  of  his  passions.         Now      what      God,       who      can  unfold      tome 

carmine      tot      acerba,        diversas     csedes,   que    obitum 

in  song         so  many        bitter  evils,        various         slaughters,  and        the  death 

ducum,  quos  nunc  Turnus,  que  nunc  Troius  heros  invicem 

of  chiefs,    whom  .now       Turnus,      and     now  the  Trojan    hero          by  turns 

agit       toto       aequore?  Jupiter,    ne         placuit          gentes, 

drives  through  the  whole  plain?  O  Jupiter,  whether  does  it  please  thet  that  nations 

futuras      in   aeternd     pace,     concurrere        tanto      motu? 

about  to  be     in       eternal         peace,       should  conflict    in  so  great  commotion? 

JEnezs,  baud  moratus   multa,   excipit  Rutulum   Sucronem 

yEneas,         not        delaying        much,         strikes        Rutuliau  Sucro 

in    latus     (ea    pugna    prima     statuit  loco  Teucros 

in     the  side      (this      contest         first         restrained  in  their  place  the  Trojans 

ruentes)      et  qua  fata    celerrima,     adigit  crudum  ensem 

rushing  on)      and  where  fates  are  most  active,  he  plunges  his  naked          pword 

trans          costas   et        crates         pectoris.    Turnus,  pedes 

through          Ai's  ribs      and     grated  openings  of  Ais  breast.      Turnus,        on  foot 

congressus   Amycum   dejectum  equo,     que    fratrem 

attacking  Amycus  thrown  from  hi*  horse       and      Ais  brother 

Diorem,    ferit    hunc   venientem^     longd     cuspide      ferit 

Diores,  strikes    the  one      coming  up    wilh  his  long         spear,        he  stabs 

hunc       mucrone;  que  suspendit  abscissa    capita   duorum 

Ihe  other  with  his  sword;  and        bangs        the  dissevered    heads      of  the  two 

curru,       et  portat  rorantia  sanguine.     Ille    mittit 

trom  his  chariot  and    bears  them  off     bedewed     with  blood.  He  dispatches 

Talon  que  Tanaim   neci,     que   fortem    Cethegum,       trea 

Talon      and      Tanais     to  death,     and,       brave         Cethegum.       the  three 


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uno   congressu,    et   mcestum  Onyten;    Echionium  nomen, 

in  one       aliack,  and     mournful      Onytcs;          an  Echionian  name, 

que  genus     matris  Peridiae.     Hie  fratres  missos 

and    the  race  of  his  mother  Pcridia.         He  (Turnus}  kills  his  brothers          8ent 

Lycia"     et      agris  Apollinis,  et  Menoeten  Arcada  juvenem 

from  Lycia  and  the  territorieoof  Apollo,  and    Menretes    an  Arcadian  youth 

nequicquam  exosum  bella;     cui     ars,    que  pauper   domus 

in  vain  detesting    wars;        whose    arts,      and        poor          dwelling 

fuerat    circum    flumina     piscosae     Lernae;     nee       limina 

had  been      around      the  streams       of  fishy         Lerna;  nor  were  the  gate* 

potentum      nota,         que    pater   serebat  conducts,  tellure. 

of  the  powerful  known  to  him,  and   his  father      Bowed   on    rented  land. 

Ac   velut  ignes    immissi    diversis    partibus    in   arentem 

And      as  tires         let  loose    from  different        parts  in  the  dry 

sylvam,   et    virgulla    lauro     sonantia;    aut  ubi     spumosi 

wood,  and     shrubbery    with  laurel    rustling;          or     when          foaming 

amnes,     rapido  decursu  de    altis   montibus,    dant  sonitum, 

streams,  in  their  swift  descent      from  the  high  mountains,       cause        a  sound, 

et  currunt  in  aequora,   quisque  populatus   suum    iter,  non 

and        run        into  the  sea,        each  one     laying  waste    its  own       path;       not. 

segnius*     ambo  ^Eneas  que  Turnus,  ruunt    per     prcelia; 

more  slothfully      both      ^Eneas       and     Turnus,       rush      through        battles; 

nunc,  mine  ira  fluctuat     intus:  pectora  nescia  vinci 

now,        now       rage  fluctuates       within:  their  breasts  ignorant  to  be  conquered 

rumpunt.ur;          nunc     itur    totis          viribus  in    vulnera. 

are  burst  vnth  anger,      now      they  go  with  all    tAeirstrength   to  wounds. 

Hie      scopulo     atque   turbine    ingentis      saxi,         excutit 

This  one  with  a  rock      and       the  whirling   of  a  great      stone,  strikes 

prcecipitem,    que   effundit         solo     Murranum,    sonantem 

headlong,  and      throws  out  upon  the  ground  Murranus,     sounding  forth 

atavos  et   antiqua  nomina    avorum,     que     omne  genus 

his  ancestors  and  the  ancient  names  of  his  progenitors,  and  his  whole  race 

actum    per    Latinos  reges;    rotte  provolvSre  hunc   subter 

derived    through      Latin         kings;  the  wheels         rolled  him  undet 

lora      et  juga;  et,   super,  ungula  equorum,  nee  memorum 

the  reins  and  yoke;    and,  moreover,  the  hoof  of  the  horses,    not  mindfiT. 

domini,  incita    proculcat         crebo  pulsu. 

of  their  master,  excited  treads  Aim  down  by  its  frequent  blow. 

Hie  occurrit  Ho     ruenti    que    freraenti    immana 

He  (Turnus)       meets         Ilus    rushing  on    and          raging  dreadfull> 

animis,     que   torquet   telum   ad   aurata  tempora;    hasta 

in  his  mind,      and        hurls         his  dart     at     A  is  gilded     temples;       the  spent 

stetit  olli   cerebro  fixo     per     galeam,   nee    tua    dextera 

stands    in  his      brains      pierced  through    the  helmet,     nor    did  thy  right  hand 

eripuit    te       Turno,     Creteu,   fortissime   Graium;         nee 

•natch        thfie    from  Turn  us,  O  Creteus,     the  bravest    of  the  Greeks;  not 

sui       Di    texcre  Cupencum,  JEne£  veniente.      Dedit 

did  his  own  Gods     protect        Cupencus,         /Eneas     coming  up.      He  yielded 


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pectora    obvia    ferro:     nee         mora  «ris      clypei 

kis  breast      to  meet    the  sword:     nor   did  the  obstruction  of  his  brazen      shield 

profuit    rnisero.  Laureates     campi    viderunt    te 

profit         its  wretched  owner.        The  Laurentine      plains  beheld         thce 

quoque    JEole,    oppetere,    et    consternere  terram      late 

hk  /wise      O  /Eolus,  fall,  and  spread  the  earth  far  around 

tergo.  Occidis,  quern  Argivae  phalanges    non  potuere 

with  your  back.   You  fall,     whom     the  Grecian        bands  could  not 

sternere,  nee  Achilles     eversor      regnorum  Priami.     Hie 

prostrate,        nor      Achilles     the  overturncr  of  the  kingdoms  of  Priam.      Here 

erant  tibi     metse       mortis:      alta    domus     sub  Ida; 

were      to  you  the  limits   of  your  death:  a  proud     palace       under  mount      Ida, 

alta   domus  Lyrnessi;    sepulcrum      Laurente    .solo.  Adeo 

a  proud    palace    in  Lyrnessus;      your  tomb  is  on  the  Laurentian  soil.        Thus 

totae    acies   co'nversae;  que  omnes  Latini,  omnes  Dardanidae: 

nil        the  troop?  are  turned:     both       all       the  Latins,      all  the  Trojans: 

Mnestheus,    que    acer    Serestus,    et    Messapus,    domitor 

Mnestheus,  and       bold        Serestus,        and      Messapus,          the  tamer 

equum,  et  fortis  Asylas,  que  phalanx  Tuscorum,  que   alae 

of  horses,,  and  brave     Asylas,       and        a  band        of  Tuscans,      and   troops 

Evandri      Arcadis,      viri,      quisque     pro     se,      nituntur 

of  Evander      the  Arcadian,     heroes,      each  one        for      himself,         struggle 

summd         vi         opum;  nee   mora,  nee  requies; 

with  the  grea'est  effort  of  their  strength;  there  is  no       delay,      nor  rest; 

tendunt       vasto     certamine.      Hie  pulcherrima  genetrix 

they  strive     with  a  great        effort.  Here  Ais  most  beauteous       mother 

misit      mentem     JEneas,     ut       iret        ad    rnuros,     que 

influenced       the  mind       of /Eneas,    that  he  should  go    to     the  walls,        and 

adverteret    agmen      urbi      ocyus,   et      turbaret      Latinos 

bring  back          his  army   to  the  city    quickly,    and  should  confound  the  Latins 

subitd    clade.       Ille,   ut     circumtulit     acies     hue   atque 

by  sudden  slaughter.         He,      as    he  turned  around    his  eyes       here  and 

hue,  vestigans   Turnum    per     diversa     agmina,     aspicit 

there,  searching  for      Turnus      through  the  different       troops,  beholds 

urbem  immunem     tanti      belli,    atque    quietam    impune. 

the  city  free  from  so  great  a  war,       and        undisturbed         at  rest. 

Continue1   imago   majoris    pugnae  accendit;  vocat  Mnesthea 

Forthwith      the  image  of  a  greater      battle    inflames  him;  he  calls     Mnestheus 

que  Sergestum,  que  fortem  Serestum    ductores,  que  capit 

and       Sergestus,          and       brave          Serestus  leaders,        and       takes 

tumulum    quo"    cagtera    legio     Teucrum      concurrit,     nee 

(he  hill  where    the  other   'legion    of  the  Trojans       run  together,        nor 

densi    deponunt       scuta      aut  spicula;      stans      medms 

crowned  do  they  lay  down  their  shields    or       darts;          standing    in  the  midst 

fatur       celso      aggere;     nee     esto     qua     mora      meis 

tie  speaks  from  the  lofty   mound;      let  there  be  not     any     hinderance     to  my: 

dictis;  Jupiter  stat  tide,        neu     quis     ito       segnior   mihi 

words      Juoiter  stands  on  thisijife,  nor  let  arfy  one  proceed  more  slothful  to  ma 


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ob       subitum   incept  urn.      Hodie      eruam      urbem 

on  account  of  the  Hidden        purpose.  This  day    1  will  upturn        Ibe  city 

causam        belli,        regna     ipsa     Latini,      ni        victi 

(he  caube          of  the  war.   the  kingdom  itself     ofLatinui,    unless  vanquished 

fatentur     accipere       frsenum,       et    parere,  et  ponam 

they  shall  consent  to  receive  our  reins  of  authority,  and  to  obey  «*,  and  I  will  lay 

culmina   fumantia  aequa       solo.  Scilicet    exspectem 

their  towers      smoking       even    with  the  ground.        Truly  shall  I  wait 

dum       libcat      Turno     pati      nostra  praelia,  que    victus 

while      it  shall  please  Turnus    to  endure      our          battle,      and    vanquished 

rursus  velit  concurrere?     6      cives,        hie     caput,    haec 

again       will  be   encounter  «ne7        O  my  countrymen,    this  it  the  heart,        this 

summa  nefandi      belli.     Ferte    faces    propere,  que 

the  chief  cause   of  the  accursed       war.         Bring     firebrands    quickly,         and 

reposcite  feed  us  fiammis. 

redemand     the  treaty  with  flames. 

Dixerat:  atque        animis  pariter  certantibus  omnes  dant 

He  said:        and  their  minds     together      contending  all  form 

cuneum,   que  feruntur  ad  muros  densi  mole.    Improviso 

•  battalion,      and    are  borne      to    the  walls  in  a  clone   mam.       Unexpectedly 

scalie,    que    subitus   ignis    apparuit     Alii  discurrunt  ad 

ladders,      and       a  sudden        fire  appear.  Some  run  to 

portas,  que  trucidant  primos:  alii  torquent  ferrum, 

the  gates,  and    batcher        the  firlt  they  encounter:  others      burl  the  steel, 

et  obumbrant  aethera     telis.      ^Eneas   ipse,   inter  primos, 

and       darken       the  sky       with  darts.    JSneaa    himself,    among        the  first, 

tendit  dextram     sub   magma,  que  incusat  Latinum 

stretches  forth  *i>  right  hand      beneath  the  walls,    anil      accuses  Latinus 

magnS.   voce;     que     testatur      Deos,  cogi    iterum 

with  a  loud  voice;       and    calls  to  witness  the  God?,    that  he  is  forced       again 

ad    prdia;       Italos     jam      bis         liostes,      haec       altera 

to       battle;(AatthA  Italians  now    ar«  twice  Av»  enemies,  that  .these  other 

foedera    rumpi.    Discordia  exoritur  inter  trepidos    cives: 

leagues    are  broken.      Discord  arises  among  the  trembling  citizens: 

alii    jubent  reserare  urbem,  et  pandere  portas  Dardanidis, 

some   command    to  unlock  the  city,    and   to  opeu        the  gates  to  the  Trojans 

que  trahunt  regem  ipsum  in  moenia.  Alii  ferunt  arma,  et 

aifd   they  draw  the  king     himself  to    the  walls.  Others     bear         arms,    and 

pergunt  defendere  muros,   Ut  cum  pastor  vestigavit    apes 

proceed  ('    to  defend         the  walls,   As  when  a  shepherd   has  searched  out    bees 

inclusas  in  latebrosi  pumice,  que   implevit  amaro   fumo; 

inclosed  f    in     'a dark  cliff,         and       filled  it     with  bitter    smoke; 

discurrunt     per         cerea     castra,    que    acuunt          iras 

they  run  around  through  their  waxen      camps,        and          'excite        their  TORC 

magnis   stridoribus:    ater   odor     volvitur  tectis;  turn 

with  great     buzzing:  a  black  stench  is  rolled  through   their  cells;         then 

saxa  intus  sonant   cseco     murmure;  fumus  it    ad   vacua.* 

Iho  rocks  within  resound   witbblind    murmuring;    smoke  goes    to   the  vacant 


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auras.    Haec  fortuna  etiam  accidit       fessis         Latinis,  qua 

mrt,  This      fortune       also      happened  to  the  wearied       Latins,    whicb 

funditus.    concussit    totam    urbcm      luctu.     Ut     rcgina 

to  it*  foundation    shook         the  whole      city  with  grief.     A*      the  quoin 

Erospicit  hostem  venientem      tectis,       muros          incessi, 
•held         the  enemy    approaching  to  the  houses,    the  walla       to  be  attacked. 

ignes  volare   ad  tecta;    Rutulas     acies  nusquam     contra, 

fires       to  fly         to  the  roofs;  The  Rutulian  armies    no  where     in  opposition, 

nulla     agmina      Turni;  infelix     credit     juvenem 

uo  troops          of  Turnus  to  beaten;  wretched    she  believes     .the  youth 

exstinctum  in  certamine  pugnas,   et,  turbata  mentem  subito 

is  killed  in    the  conflict      of  battle,    and,  distracted  in  mind    by  sudden 

dolore,     clamat,         se     causam,  que  crimen,  que    '    capul 

griff,        she  cries  out,  that  she  is  the  cause,  and    the  crime,    and   the  four 'lain 

malorum;      que    demons    effiita     multa  per- 

of  tkeir  misfortunes;         and      distracted    she  utters     many  things        through 

mrestum   furorem,  moritura     discindit    purpureos    amictus 

mournful       madness,      about  to  die       she  tears  her  purple  rubes 

manu,   et  nectit  nodum  informis  lethi  ab   alt  a"   trabe, 

with  her  hands,  and    ties       a  knot       of  haggard    death  from  a  lofty      beam, 

Quam    cladem    postquam     miserae          Latinae     accepere, 

Which          murder          after          the  wretched    Latin  women    bad  received, 

filia    Lavinia  prima  furit,  laniata        flavos      crines   et 

t«r  daughter  Lavinia       first         rages,     torn  as  to  her  beautiful    locks       and 

roseas   genas;   turn   caetera  turba   circum;     aedes    resonant 

roseate      cheeks:      then    the  other   crowd      around;        the  palace       resounds 

late     plangoribus.     Hinc   infelix    fama    vulgatur    per 

for  around    with  cries.  Hence  the  unhappy  report      is  spread       through 

totam  urbem.     Demittunt      mentes.    Latinus     it    scissA 

the  whole  city.       They  cast  down  tkeir  minds.         Latinus  goes  out  with  torn 

veste.  Attonitus    fatis        conjugis,  que  •  ruind          urbis, 

dress.          Amazed    by  the  fate    of  his  wife,         and  the  destruction  of  the  city, 

turpans     canitiem  perfusam  immundo  pulvere;  que  incusat 

defiling      his  grey  hair      overspread    with  filthy    .    dust;  arid        accuses 

se      multa,  qui    non      acceperit          Dardanium 

himself   of  many  things,    that  he    had  not       received  Trojan 

^nean  ante,  que  asciverit     generum       ultro.      Interea 

jf.neas       before,  and    invited  Aim  as  a  son-in-law  willingly.  In  the  mean  time 

bellator  Turnus  sequitur  paucos    palantes  in        extreme 

.the  warrior  Turnus    follows       a  few   wandering  about  in  the  extremity  of  the 

jequore,  jam    segnior;    atque    jam    minus    atque    minus 

plain,  now    more  listless;    and  now         less  and  less 

tetus     successu         equorum.      Aura   attulit    illi         hunc 

joyful  by  the  success    of  his  horses.  The  wind  brought  to  him  this 

clamorem    commixtum      caecis       terroribus,     que     sonus 

rry  commingled         with  blind         terrors,  and    the  sound 

confusx  urbis,    et  illaetabile    murmur  impulit      arrectas 

of  the  confused  city,       and  the  joyless     murmuring    struck        kit  attentive 


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aures.  Hei  mihi!  quid       mcenia      turbantur    tanto  luctu? 

•ar».        Alas       mel        why    an;  our  walls      disturbed        by  so  great      grief? 

ve    quis    tantus    clamor    ruit     ab  diversd          urbe? 

or       what     great  noise        runhen     from       a  distant  part  of       the  city? 

Sic   ait,     que    amens   subsistit  habenis    adductis;    atqne 

Thus  he  said,  and        mad  stopt  A  is  route  being  drawn  up:        and 

soror,    ut,   conversa  in  faciein  Metisci     aurigae,  regebat  que 

kis  litter,  a«  being  changed  into  the  formof  Mctiscus  the  charioteer,  guided      both 

turrum   et    equos   et   lora,    accurrit   huic    talibus    dictis: 

the  chariot  and     horses     and  the  reins,    replied       to  him      in  these        wnrdai 

Turne,     sequamur    Trojugenas    hac,    qua  victoria    prima 

O  Turnus,   let  us  pursue     the  sons  of  Troy     here,    where     victory  first 

pandit  viam.        Sunt  alii  qui   possunt  defendere  tecta 

opens       away      There  are  others  who       can  defend  thedwellings 

manu:  ^Eneas  ingruit  Italis,     et    miscet  pro3lia.    Et 

with  their  hand:    yEneas      attacks  the  Italians,  and  intermingles  buttle.     And 

nos      mittamus      saeva       funera       Teucris  manu. 

Ictus  send  direful  death       to  the  Trojans        with  our  hand, 

recedes  nee    inferior   numero,    nee  honore  pugnse. 

you  shall  withdraw    neither    inferior        in  number,     nor      honour    of  buttle. 

Turnus          ad  haec:         O  soror,  et  dudum     agnovi,    cum 

Turnus  replied   to     these  things:  O  sister,    even   at  length  I  have  known,  when 

prima  turbasti      fcedera     per  artem,  que         dedisti          te 

first       you  disturbed   our  leagues      by      art,         and  you  have  yielded  yourself 

in  haec  bella;  et  nunc   Dea  nequicquam    fallis.     Sed    qnis 

to  these    wars;    and    now  a  Goddess     in  vain  you  deceive.    But         who 

voluit      te  demissarn    Olympo   ferre   tantos  labores?  an   ut 

has  wished  you    sent  down      from  heaven  to  endure  so  great  labours?        or  that 

videres          crudele   lethum     miseri      fratris?     nam  quid 

you  might  see         the  cruel       death  of  your  wretched  brother?          for        uh.it 

ago?     aut  quffi   fortuna  jam   spondet  salutem?     Jpse       vidi 

can  I  do?  or    what      fortune      now       promises       safety?  I      have  sn.-u 

Murranum,      quo      non      alter      superat      carior     mihi, 

Murrnnus,  than  whom  not         another        survives        more  dear     to  me, 

vocantem   me     voce,      ingentem      atque   victum  ingenti 

calling  me    with  Aw  voice,    a  great  nan        and      vanquished  by  a  great 

vulnere,  oppetere  ante  meos  oculos.     Infelix  Ufens  occidit, 

wound,  to  fall         before    my         eyes.  Unhappy    Ufens  fell, 

ne  aspiceret  nostrum  dedecus:    Teucri     potiuntur  corpora 

nor  did  be  behold       our          dishonour-    The  Trojans      possess  his  bony 

et  armis.   Perpetiarne  domos   exscindi?   id   unum       defuit 

and  arms.         Shall  I  suffer  our  houses  to  be  destroyed?  this    alone  was  wanting 

rebus;          nee    refellam    dicta    Drancis  dextra? 

to  our  affairs;     nor     shall  I  refute  the  words  of  Drances      with  my  right  hand? 

Dabo        terga?    et   haec   terra  videbit  Turnum  fugientem? 

Shall  I  give  my  back?  and    shall  Ms  land     behold       Turnus  flying? 

Est  ne  usque,  adeo    miserum  mori?      O  vos    manca 

Is  it          even,  so  dreadful  a  thing         to  die?  O  ye  shades 


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este      boni     mihi,      quoniam    voluntas     Superis     aversa. 

be  ye         kind        tome,  since  the  will         of  the  Gods     is  hostile. 

Descendam   ad  vos   sancta  anima,  atque    inscia    istius 

I  will  descend        to      you      a  holy          soul,          and     unconscious  of  this 

culpae,  baud  unquam  indignus  magnorum  avorum.       Vix 

fault,          not          ever  unworthy       of  my  great      ancestors.      Scarcely 

erat     fatus      ea;  ecce!  Sages,  vectus      spumante 

had  he     spoken     these  things;  when  lot         Sages,        borne        on  his  foaming 

equo  volat  per     medios     hostes,     saucius      ora     adversa 

horse      flies    through    the  midst    of  the  foes,      wounded  in  Ats  face       opposed 

sagitta,     que     ruit     implorans   Turnum   nomine: 

to  AIM,    with  an  arrow,  and    rushed  on     entreating         Turnus  by  name: 

Turne,  suprema  salus    in   te;    miserere  tuorum.       ^Eneas 

O  Turnus,    our  last      safety  is  in    thee;         pity        your  friends.  JEnea» 

fulminat    armis;    que  minatur        dejecturum         summas 

thunders         in  arms;      and      threatens    Mat  he  will  throw  down         the  lofty 

arces     Italorum,    que   daturum      excidio,  que  jam  faces 

towers      of  the  Italians,  and     will  give  them  to  destruction,  and     now  firebrands 

volant  ad  tecta.       Latinr         ora    in  te;  referunt    oculos 

fly  to  the  roofs.  The  Latins  turn  their  faces  on  thee;  they  turn      their  eyes 

in  te;  rex  Latinus  ipse  mussat  quos    vocet     generos,     aut 

on  thee;  king   Latinus  himself  hesitates  whom  he  shall  call  sons-in-law,        or 

ad  quaj  fcedera      flectat       sese.       Praeterea  regina     ipsa, 

to    what    treaties     he  shall  yield     himself.  Besides        the  queen    herself. 

fidissima    tui,    occidit      su£     dexterS,,  que  exterrita  fugit 

most  faithful  to  you,  has  fallen  by  her  own  right  hand,     and       terrified         fliea 

lucem.     Messapus  et  acer  Atinas    soli  sustentant  aciem 

the  light.         Messapus      and    bold      Atinas      alone       sustain         the  battle 

pro    portis.       Dens®   phalanges  stant    utrinque   circum 

before    the  gates.      The  crowded    battalions       stand     on  each  side        around 

hos,    que    ferrea    seges     horret    strictis    mucronibus: 

these,     and      an  iron     harvest     bristles  up  with  drawn         sword:  yet 

tu  versas   currum   in  deserto  gramine.     Turnus,  confusus 

you     turn      your  chariot  on    the  desert       grass.  Turnus,      confounded 

varift  imagine    rerum,     obstupuit   et     stetit       tacito 

by  this  varied     image          of  things,     stood  amazed  and  remained     in  a  silent 

obtutu.     Ingens  pudor  aestuat  in     imo     corde,  que  insania 

posture.  Great       shame      bails      in  his  inmost    heart,      and      madness 

misto     luctu,  et  amor  agitatus   furiis    et  conscia  virtus. 

with  mingled  grief,      and    love      agitated      by  rage    and   conscious    courage. 

Ut  primum    umbrae    discussae,   et  lux   est  reddita    menti, 

As       first          the  shades  were  dispelled,  and  light      is     restored  toAisminJ, 

turbidus    torsit     ardentes  orbes  oculorum  ad  mcenia,  eque 

troubled       he  turned    the  glowing     balls      of  /us  eyes     to  the  walls,  and  from 

rotis     respexit   ad  magnam  urbem.     Autemecce!   vortex 

the  wheels  looked  back    to     the  great       city.  But  lo!       a  torrent 

flammis    volutus     inter    tabulata  undabat  ad  coelum,  que 

with  flames   rolled  on       among     the  planks     ascended     to      heaven,         and 


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tenebat    turrim;    quam   turrim   ipse    eduxerat    compactis 

neld  the  tower;     which        tower        be         had  raised      with  compact 

trabibus,    que    subdiderat    rotas,    que    instraverat      altos 

Umbers,  and  bid  placed  under  it  wheels,      and    had  spread  over  it        high 

pontes.      Soror,          jam   Fata  sjiperant;  absiste.  morari, 

bridges.  O  sister,  he  gays,  now  the  Fates       rule;  forbear   to  delay  me, 

sequamur  qurj  Deus  et  qud  dura  fortuna  vocat;          stat 

let  us  follow  where    God    and  where  cruel     fortune      calls;     it  i*  determined 

conferre    manum     xEne«;  stat  pati      quidquid 

to  engage         the  hand    with  /Eneas;    it  is  determined     to  suffer         anything 

acefbi       est  morte:  nee  germana,     videbis     me  indecorem 

of  cruelty  Mere  is  in  death:    nor      O  lister,    shall  you  behold  me  disgraced 

amplius.        Oro,      sine    me     furere   hunc  furorem  ante". 

any  longer.      I  pray  you,  permit      me     to  rage  out     this        madness         first. 

Dixit,    et  dedit   saltum    ocyus       e      curru      arvis;     que 

He  said,    and    gave        a  leap        quickly      from  his  chariot  on  the  fields:    and 

ruit    per   hostes,    per  tela,  que  deserit   mcestam  sororem; 

rushed  through    foes,      through  darts,  and     deserts     his  mournful  eister, 

ac     rumpit     ,media     agmina     rapido    cursu.     Ac  veluli 

and  breaks  through  the  midst  of  the  troops  with  rapid    course.        And  .is 

clim  saxum  -ruit    praeceps   de   vertice     mentis,     avulsum 

when     a  rock      rushea      headlong    from     the  top   of  a  mountain,        torn  up 

vento,      seu     turbidus    imber    proluit,       aut  vestustas 

by  the  wind,  whether     a  raging         storm     has  washed  i(,       or          antiquity 

sublapsa      solvit       annis;        improbus     mons   fcrtur   in 

undermining      loosened  it    by  years;      the  destructive      mass      is  borne  along 

abruptum   magno     actu,    que  exsultat       solo,    involvens 

the  abyss          with  great  violence,     and     rebounds  on  tin- ground,  overwhelming 

sylvas,   amenta,  que  viros     secum:    sic  Turn  us  ruit     per 

wood;),  herds,        and  ,   men       with  itself:    thus     Turnus. rushed  through 

disjecta    agmina  ad    muros     urbis,     ubi     plurima    terra 

.be  scattered     bands       to      the  walls   of  the  city,  where  the  extensive       laud 

madet    sanguine  fuso,  que    aurae   strident  hastilibus. 

is  moist      with  blood     shed,    and  the  breezes     hiss         vvith.darts. 

Que    significat        manu,  et  simul   incipit  magno    ore: 

And        he  signifies     by  his  hand,  and  at  once     begins     with  a  great  voice: 

Rutuli,         jam   parcite,    et  vos,    Latini,    inhibite    tela, 

O  Rutulians,       now        cease,       and  you,       Latins,        prohibit       weapons, 

quacunque   fortuna    est,    est   mea:       verius      me     unum 

whatsoever  fortune  there  is,       is       mine:     it  is  more  fit   forme       alone 

luere      fcedus  pro   vobis,  et   decernere        ferro.      Omnes 

to  expiate  the  league  for       you,       and       contend        with  (he  sword.  All 

medii       discess^re,   que      dedere      spatium.      At     paler 

in  the  midst   withdrew,          and      surrendered        the  space.  But      father 

^neas,  nomine     Tumi      audito,     et    deserit  muros,   et 

./Eneas,         the  name     of  Turnus  being  heard,    boih     deserts      the  walls,  a  nj 

tleserit    summas     arces,     que     praecipitat    omnes    moras* 

deserts          the  lofty        towers,      and          banishes  all  drluva: 


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rumplt          omnia    opera,  exsultans  laetitia,  que    intonat 

he  breaks  through    all    their  works,         exulting        with  joy,    and         thunders 

horrendiim   armis;    quantus     Athos,    aut    quantus    Eryx, 

dreadfully  inarms;     as  great  as        Athos,       or          as  great  a>         Eryx 

nut  quantus   pater  Apenninus   ipse,    cum  fremit,     coruscis 

or      as  great  as  father       Apenninus       himself,  when   he  rages,  with  waving 

ilicibus,  que   gaudet  attollens      se  nivali  vertice  ad 

oaks,  and      rejoices       uplifting       himself       with  his  snowy  top          to 

auras.      Jam    veio     et     Rutuli     certatim,  et     Tree's,     ct 

the  skies.      Now      indeed    also  the  Rutulians    eagerly,      and  the  Trojans,  an 

omnes     Itali      convertere       oculos,   que        qui   tenebant 

all          the  Italians          turned  their  eyes,        both  they  who  retained 

alta      moerria,     que        qui      pulsabant      imos        muros 

the  lofty     walls,  and      they  who  beat  the  lowest  wall 

ariete:  que      deposuere         arma          humeris. 

with  the  battering  ram.    and       they  laid  aside    their  arms  from  their  shoulders. 

Latinus     ipse      stupet,      ingentes   viros,   genitos    diversis 

Latinus        hiuiself      is  amazed,       that  great       men,          born          in  different 

partibus     orbis,  coiisse         inter     se         et     cernere 

parts  of  the  globe,    should  have  united  among  themselves  even    to  contend 

ferro.         Atque  illi  ut  que  campi     patuerunt          vacuo 

with  the  sword.     And      they  as  -also  the  spaces  were  made  clear  in  the  vacant 

aequore,       hastis    conjectis     eminus     rapido       procursu, 

plain,          their  spears        being  cast  far  off         with  rapid  projection, 

invadunt    Marie m    clypeis  atque    sonoro    aere.        Tellus 

they  press  on      the  war      withshields    and       resounding   bran.       The  eartb 

dat  gemitum:  turn  congeminant    crebros  ictus          ensibus. 

gives    a  groan;         then       they  redouble  their  frequent  blowi  with  their  swords. 

Fors     et  virtus     miscentur  in  unum.     Ac   velut   ingenti 

Chance    and   courage  are  commingled  in      one.  And       as          on  great 

Sila  ve  summo  Taburno  cum  duo  tauri  incurrunt  frontibus 

Sila     or      lofty         Taburnus    when    two      bulls    rush  together     their  fronts 

convecsis  in  inimica  prcelia,    pavidi     magistri          cessere; 

being  turned    to     hostile       battle,  the  frightened     masters    have  withdrawn; 

omne  pecus   stat  mutum    metu,    que    juvencae  mussant, 

all         the  flnck    stands      dumb      with  fear,    and        the  heifers  low, 

quis    imperitet     pecori,         quern     tota     armenta 

doubting    who        shall  rule         the  flock,  whom    the  whole  herds 

sequantur:    illi     miscent      vulnera   inter        se        mult& 

shall  follow:       they     intermingle         wounds       among  themselves  with  much 

vi,     que  obnixi      infigunt      cornua,   et  lavant      colla 

violence,   and    struggling  they  entangle  their  horns,      and     bathe    their  necks 

que    armos         largo      sanguine:   omne   nemus     remugit 

and      shoulders       with  copious       blood:       the  whole      grove  rebellow* 

gemitu.         Haud   aliter    Tros  ^Eneas  et    Daunius     hcros 

with  groaningr     Not      otherwise  Trojan   ./Eneas     and  the  Daunian         heio 

concurrunt        clypeis:       Ingens    fragor  complet    aethera. 

encounter          with  their  shields:       A  great        noise          fills  the  aii. 


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Jupiter    ipse    sustinet  duas   lances    aequato  examine,   et 

Jupiter         himself     sustains       two       scales        with  equal      weight,        and 

imponit  diversa     fata  duorum:  quern  labor     damnet 

places  in  Mem  the  different  fates    of  the  two:  whom  labour  may  condemn 

et      qua  pondere  lethum   vergat.  Hie  Turnus  emicat, 

and  by  what    weight        death  may  decline.    Here  Turnus        spring*  forward, 

et  toto  corpore  consurgit  in      ensem   sublatum  alte, 

and  with  his  whole    body  rises  on  Ai*  sword  lifted  high, 

putans  impune,   et  ferit.      Trees        exclamant, 

thinking    hecovlddoit  safely,         and  strikes.    The  Trojans  exclaim, 

que  Latini      trepidi,  que    acies    amborum     arrectae.     At 

arid  the  Latins  ore  trembling,  and  the  armies     of  both  are  aroused.        But 

perfidus  ensis     frangitur,     que     deserit      ardentem   in 

kia  treacherous  sword         is  broken,         and     abandons    Aim  burning  in 

medio     ictu,       ni      fuga       subeat         subsidio,      Fugit 

the  midst  of  the  blow,  unless     flight   would  succeed    to  At*  relief.          He  flics 

ocyor          Euro,          ut   aspexit     capulum   ignotum    que 

swifter    than  the  east  wind,    as    he  beheld  a  hilt  unknown         and 

dextram         inermem.        Est  fama         cum    conscendebat 

kin  right  hand       unarmed.          There  is  a  report  that    when  be  mounted 

equos     junctos     in     prima    prcelia,      patrio     mucrone 

Ais  horses  yoked  in      the  first      contests,    his  father's  sword 

relicto,  dum  trepidat,          prascipitem  rapuisse  ferrum 

being  left,  while  he  trembles  with  anxiety,    hurried  he  snatch'd  the  sword 

aurigae   Metisci,  que    id    sufFecit     diu,    dum     Teucri 

of  hit  charioteer    Metiscus,    and    that    supplied  Aim  long,    while    the  Trojans 

dabant          palantia    terga:    postquam     ventum  est      ad 

gave  their  retreating        backs:          after  it  camu  to 

Vulcania  arma     Dei,  mortalis.mucro    dissiluit        ictu, 

the  Vulcanian     arms  of  the  God,  the  mortal  blade      snapt  asunder  with  a  blow, 

ceu  futulis  glacies:     fragmina    resplendent     fulvS.    arena1. 

as         brittle        ice:          the  fragments       glitter  on  the  yellow       sand. 

Ergo    Turnus,  amens,  petit    diversa     sequora    fugd,   et 

Therefore    Turnus,        mad,  seeks       different       plains     by  flight,    and 

implicat    incertos   orbes;    nunc     hue,    indehuc.    Enim 

winds  about     in  doubtful      circles;       now         here,      then  there.  For 

Teucri    inclusere        undique      dens£      corona*,    atque 

the  Trojans     surrounded  Aim    on  each  side    by  a  dense       circle,  and 

bine  vasta        palus,    hinc   ardua  mania  cingunt. 

on  this  side     an  extended       marsh,  on  that      high        walls  enclose  Aim. 

Nec   minus  ^Eneas  insequitur,  quanquam      genua,    tardata 

Nevertheless          *£nca9        pursues,  although       his  knees,          impeded 

sagittd,    interdum  impediunt     que  recusant  cursum,  que 

by  an  arrow,    sometime*       restrain  him       and        refuse         speed,  and 

fervidus     urget  pede    pedem          trepidi.         Veluti 

glowing    he  presses  on   with  Ais  fool  to  the  foot  of  Au  trembling  foe.  At 

si  quando   vcwator  canis,      naclus      cervum,  inclusum  in 

if       when        a  hunting      dog,       having  found        astag,         enclosed         bj 


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flumine,  aut  septum   formidine    puniceae     pennae,     instat 

a  river,  or     hedged  in       by  the  fear    of  the  crimson        wing,       presses  on 

ei       cursu    et  latratibus:    autem  ille,    territus       insidiis 

«x  him  in  the  chase  and  with  barking:      but  he,  affrigtiiened  by  the  snares 

et  alta   ripa",    fugit,  et  refugit     mille     vias:    At  vividus 

and  a  high  bank,    flics  on,    and   flies  back  a  thousand  ways:    But      the  lively 

Umber         hians  haeret         que  jam  tenet     que  jam  similis 

Unibrian  dog      gaping  hangs  to  him  and      now   holds  Ian   and    now  like 

tenenti    increpuit  malls,  que  elusus  est       inani 

to  one  holding  chides        with  barkinff  jaws,    and     is  mocked          with  delusive 

morsu:  turn    vero    clamor    exoritur,   que   ripae  que  lacus 

bile:  then      indeed        aery  is  raised,        and  the  banks  and        lakes 

circa  responsant,  et  omne    ccelum    tonat     tumultu.      Ille 

around     reply,  and    now    the  heaven    thunders    with  tumult.         He 

simul        fugiens,        simul        increpat  omnes  Rutulos, 

at  the  same  time  escaping,  at  the  same  time    rebukes  all    the  Rutulians, 

vocans   quemque  nomine,  que  efflagitat       notum     ensem. 

calling          each  one        byname,      and       demands  A««  Well  known          sword. 

./Eneas       contra         minatur  mortem  que  praesens  exitium, 

/Eneas      on  the  other  band    threatens    death          and     present      destruction, 

si      quisquam      adeat;  qu<»      terret  trementes, 

if  anyone         should  approach /.*m;    and        terrifies  them  trembling, 

minitans         excisurum  urbem,      et     saucius      instat. 

threatening    thai  he  will  tear  down        the  city,      and      wounded     presses  on. 

Explent    quinque    orbes     cursu,    que   retexunt   totidem 

They  accomplish     five  circles    in  the  race,    and      unravel  as  many 

hue,       illuc.  Emm  nee  levia  aut  ludicra  prasmia  petuntur: 

hither,  and  thither.    For    neither  light     or      trifling        rewards       are  sought 

sed   certant   de    vita"   et  sanguine     Turni.     Forte    oleaster 

but  they  contend  for  the  life  and    blood          of  Turnus.  By  chance  a  wild  olive 

amaris    foliis,  sacer     Fauno,     steterat   hie,     olim   lignum 

with  bitter  leaves,  sacred    to  Faunu«,       bad  stood     here,     formerly       a  wood 

venerabile    nautis,  ubi  servati    ex  undis,         solebant 

venerated        by  sailors,  when  preserved  from  the  waves,  they  were  accustomed 

figere         dona     Laurenti     Divo,    et  suspendere         votas 

to  place    their  gifts  to  the  Laurenlian  God,      and    to  suspend-          their  votive 

vestes.      Sed     Teucri       -sustulerant       sacrum       stirpem 

garments.      But     the  Trojans        had  borne  away       the  sacred  stock 

nullo       discrimine,  ut    possent  concurrere  puro 

with  no         distinction,        that  they  might        engage  in  warfare      in  the  open 

campo      Hasta     JEnex    stabat    hie,       impetus    detulerat 

field.  The  spear    of  ./Eneas     stood         here,    Ais  impetuosity      had  hurled 

illam  fixam  hue,  et  tenebat  in   lenta  radice.    Dardanides 

R  fastened    here,  and    held  it       in  the  tough     root.  The  Trojan 

incubuit,          que  voluit    convellere    ferrum  manu; 

applied  himself,        and      wished        to  tear  out          the  steel         with  his  hand; 

que   seaui  telo,     quern  non  poterat  prendere     cursu. 

•nd  to  follow  kirn  with  the  dart,  whom     he    could  not     overtake    in  the  chase. 


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Turn     vero     Turnus    amens  formidine,   mquit:      Faune, 

Then        indeed        Turnus  mad  with  f.-.ir.  said;  O  Pniinu*. 

precor,  miserere;  que   tu,     optima      terra,     tene     ferrum, 

I  pray  you,     pity  me;       and    thou,  most  indulgent    earth,     holdfast     the  stret 

si    semper      colui       vestros     honores,      quos      ./Eneada 

if        ever       1  have  observed    your  honours,  which       the  Trojans 

contra  fecere     profanes  bello.     Dixit.  que  vocavit 

on  the  other  hand  have  rendered      profane      by  war.      He  said,  and       invoked 

opem     Dei      in  vota  non  cassa.     Namque  ^neas   luctans 

the  aid  of  the  God    in  vowa    not       vain.  For  JEncaa      struggling 

diu,     que    moratus    in       lento         stirpe,     baud      valuit 

long,        and       delaying       on       the  tough  root,         was  not  able 

discludere    morsus      roboris     ullis     viribus.     Dum     acer 

to  disengage         the  grasp      of  the  wood  by  any       strength.        While          hold 

nititur      et   instat,  rursus    Daunia         Dea  mutata 

he  struggles  and    urges,       again     the  Daunian         Goddess  Juturna       changed 

in     faciem          aurigse         Metisci,    procurrit,  que  reddit 

into  the  appearance  of  the  charioteer   Meliscus,  runs  un,         and     restores 

ensem         fratri:        quod    Venus   indignata         licere 

the  sword  to  her  brother:        which     Venus          enraged        that  it  was  allowed 

audaci     nymphse,    accessit,  que  revellit  telum   ab       alti 

to  the  daring      nymph,          approached    and     torn  up      the  dart    from   the  deep 

radice.     Olli  sublimes,     refecti      armis    que   animis,    hie 

root.  They       elated,  refurnished  with  arms    and      courage,         he 

fidens       gladio,  hie      acer  et  arduus          hastS,    adsistunt 

trusting  to  his  sword,  this  one    bold  and     daring    with  tas  spear,         they  stand 

contra,    anheli      certamine      Martis.  Interea          rex 

opposed,       panting      for  the  contest       of  Mars.        In  the  meantime  the  king 

omnipotentis  Olympi  alloquitur  Junonem,  tuentem    pugnas 

of  all-powerful         heaven        addresses  Juno,  regarding     the  battles 

de     fulvS.  nube:  Quae   erit   finis  jam  conjux?  quid  denique 

from  a  golden    cloud:    What  will  be  the  end   now     O  wife?       what  finally 

restat?      ipsa     scis,      et       fateris  scire        ^Enean 

remains?       you         know,      and    you  confess  yourself  to  know      that  /Eneaa 

indigetem   deberi    ccelo,    que        tolli         Fatis   ad  sidera. 

n  a  demigod        is  due     to  heaven,  and  to  be  borne  off  by  the  fates  to    the  stars. 

Quid     struis     aut     qud     spe     haeres     in  gelidis  nubibus? 

What  doyou  purpose  or  with  what  hopedo you  remain  in   the  cold  clouds? 

Ke   decuit        Divum  violari     mortali  vulnere?  aut  ensem 

Was  it  becoming  for  a  God  to  be  violated  by  a  mortal    wound?        or       a  sword 

ereptum          reddi    Turno,  et     vim     crescere  victis? 

taken  away  to  b«  restored  to  Turnus.  and  violence  to  increase  to  the  vanquished? 

(enim    quid    valeret    Juturna    sine      te?)        Jam    tandem 

(for  what        could  Juturna   do  without  you?)         Now  at  last 

desine,  que     flectere    nostris  precibus:  nee    tantus    dolor 

cease,          and   be  influenced     by  our          prayers-         nor      let  so  great      grief 

edat     te    tacitam,  et  tuae  tristes  curae  sa?.pe  recursunt   mihi 

•orrode  you     in  silence,  and  your     ead      cares     often         recur  to  mo 


j/y  802 

ex     tuo     dulci     ore.          Ventum  est    ad    supremum. 

fiuiu       your       sweet      mouth.  We  have  come       to  the  last: 

potuisti  agitare     Trojanos       terns,       vel     undia: 

you  have  been  able         to  drive         the  Trojans  from  the  earth,    or     the  wave*. 

accendere    infandum   bellura,    deformare  domum 

to  enkindle  ,       the  dreadful        war,  to  dishonour     the  house  vf  Lahnvi 

et  miscere  hymenseos    luctu:       veto        tentare     ulteri&s. 

and  to  intermix     marriage          with  grief:    I  forbid  you    to  proceed  farther. 

Sic  Jupiter  orsus:         Contra  Saturnia  Dea    sic 

Thus  Jupiter     began:       On  the  other  hand    the  Saturnian  Goddess    thugapofc* 

Bubmisso         vultu:     Magne     Jupiter,    quia     quidem    ista 

with  humble  countenance:      O  great  Jove,        because       indeed          thii 

tua  voluntas     nota     mihi,    invita     reliqui  et  Turnum,    et 

your      will       was  known    to  me,  unwillingly    I  left       both     Turn  us,       and 

terras.      Nee   tu    videres  me  nunc  solam    «rid   sede    pati 

the  earth.      Nor  had  you      seen        me     now      alone  on  an  airy  seat  to  suffer 

digna      indigna;      sed,   cincta     flammis,    starem    sub 

•Aing'j  worlhy  and  unworthy;        but,        girt  with  flames,  I  had  stood        al 

aciem   ipsam,  que    traherem     Teucros   in   inimica  proelia. 

the  battle  itself,        and  I  would  have  led  Mie  Trojans    to       hostile  strife. 

Fateor,     suasi         Juturnam  succurrere     misero   fratri,   et 

I  confess.  I  have  persuaded  Juturna  to  relieve    her  wretched    brother,  and 

probavi  audere  majora         pro      vitd;    tamen  non 

I  approved  that  the  should  dare        greater  things  for      his  life;         yet  not 

ut  tela,  non  ut     contenderet      arcum,      adjuro 

Ih-dt  she  should  hurl  d&nn,  nor    that  she  should  stretch    her  bow,  I  swear  it 

implacabile   caput     Stygii      fontis,  quae     una     superstitio 

by  the  men-lies*    source  of  the'Stygian  fountain,  which  is  the  only  religious  dread 

reddita    Divis    superis.     Et    nunc     cedo    equidem,    que 

yielded      to  the  Gods    above.          And      now         I  yield         indeed,  and 

exosa     pugna   relinquo.  Obtestor  te  illud  pro    Latio, 

detesting    battles         I  yield  them  up.      I  entreat  of  you   this        for     Latium, 

pro   majestate    tuorum,  quod      tenetur     nulld    lege 

for       the  majesty        of  your  blood,         which     is  held  back       by  no         law 

fati:  cum  jam       component     pacem     felicibus  connubiis, 

of  fate- when    now     they  shall  establish    a  peace         by  happy  nuptials, 

esto,      cum  jam    jungent       leges    et  foedera,    nejubeas 

lei  it  be,    when     now  they  shall  unite     in  laws    and  treaties,       you  will  not 

Latinos   indigenas    mutare        vetus    nomen,    neu 

command  the  Latin       natives  to  change  their  ancient       name,  nor 

fieri       Troas,    que   vocari    Teucros,    aut     viros     mutare 

to  become  Trojans.      and    to  be  called    Teucri,  or       the  men     to  chance 

vocem,  aut  vertere  vestes. 

tt.tir  language,      or     to  alter  their  dress. 

Sit     Latium,      sint      Albani    reges    per    secula;     sit 

Let  it  be    Latium,    let  them  be     Alban         kings     through       ages;  let 

Romana  propago    potens     Itald    virtute.      Troja    occidit 

(be  Roman      stock       be  powerful  in  Italian  courage.         Troy        has  fallen. 


380  8;» 

que  sinas      Occident     cum  nomine.     Repertor  hominum 

and      permit  it  may  have  fallen  with    its  name.        The  founder  of  men 

que  reruns,  subridens    olli,  Et  germana  Jovi.s,  que 

and      things,       smiling         on  her,  said,  O  lAouboth     sister         of  Jove,     and 

altera  proles   Saturni,          volvis      tantos    fluctus  irarum 

another  offspring    of  Saturn,  toky  do  you  revolve  so  great      waves       of  anger 

sub    pectore?      Verum     age,         et     submitte     furorem 

in        your  breast.'  But          conic  on,       and         yield          your  madnest 

inceptum  frustra:       Do    quod     vis;     et  que    victus     que 

entertained      in  vain:        I  grant    what  you  wUh;  and  both   vanquished      and 

volens,    remitto     me.          Ausonii      tenebunt       patrium 

willing,         I  submit      myself.        The  Ausomans     shall  retain        (Acir  native 

sermonem  que   mores:    que   nomen    erit    ut  est;    tanturo 

language  and     manners:      and     the  name  shall  be  as    it  is;  only 

Teucri    commisti  corpore  subsident:  adjiciam 

the  Trojans  intermingled  in  their  whole  nation  shall  settle  in  Lutium:     1  will  add 

morem,     que    ritus     sacrorum,      que     faciam       'omnes 

the  custom,       and    rituaUof  their  sacred  things,  and     I  will  make         them,  all 

Latinos     uno       ore.          Videbis    genus  hinc,    quod 

Latins        with  one  language.     You  shall  see    a  race  arise  from  hence,  which 

misturn    Ausonio    sanguime,   surget       ire    supra  homines, 

mingled     with"  Ausonian       blood,  shall  rise  to  advance  above  men, 

supra    Deos    pietate;     nee  ulla     gens     quae    aeque 

above      the  Gods     in  piety;         nor       is  there  any       nation     which    equally 

celebrabit   tuos    honores.      Juno  annuit    his,  et 

•hall  celebrate  your       honours.  Juno      assents    to  these  declarations,  and 

laetata    retorsit  mentem.       Interea  excedit 

lejoicea      regained  A«r  tranquil     mind.        In  the  mean  while  she  withdrew  from 

coelo,  que  reliquit    nubem.    His  actis,        genitor 

the  sky,     and      left  the  cloud.     These  things  being  done,  the  father  ofOodt 

ipse    volutat  aliud  secum,     que     parat        dimittere 

himself    revolves  another  project  by  himself.      and      prepares         to  send  away 

Juturnam   ab     armis     fratris.  Dicuntur          geminae 

Juturna '        from    the  arms  of  ker  brother.      There  are  said  to  be  two 

pestes,    dirae    cognomine;    quas    et  tartaream  Megaeram, 

plagues,       direful     in  thr.ir  name;     whom    with      hell-born  Meg83ra, 

intempesta  nox  tulit  uno  que   eodem  partu,  que  revinxit 

untimely  night   bore    at  one    and     the  same     birth,       and  bound 

paribus  spiris  serpentum,  que  addidit  ventosas   alas.     Haec 

with  equal    folds       of  serpents,       and      added          swift        wing*.       TheM 

apparent  ad   solium    Jovis,    que  in  limine      saevi      regis, 

appear  at    the  throne    of  Jove,     and    in    the  court  of  the  cruel       king, 

que     acuunt     metum      aegris     mortalibus,     si      quando 

and      they  sharpen       fear  in  sickly  mortals,  if       at  any  lima 

rex       Defim      molitur     horrificum    luctum  que  morbos, 

Iheking    of  the  Gods       prepares        dread  causing         grief        and        diseases, 

aut    territat   meritas   urbes    bello.    Jupiter  demisit  unam 

or  terrifies         guilty          citie*      by  war         Jupiter  sent  on. 


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harum    celerum     ab      summo    sethere,    que        jussit 

of  these  swift  from       the  lofty          sky,  anrt       commands  A«i* 

occurrere     Juturnaa     in      omen.  Ilia  volat,   qua' 

to  encounter        Juturna         for        an  omen.  She       flies,         and 

fertur    ad    terram,      celeri       turbine:     non     secus    ac 

is  borne      to      the  earth,       by  a  swift       whirlwind:        not     otherwise   than 

sagitta  impulsa       nervo          per     nubem,  quam  armatam 

an  arrow   propelled     from  the  string     through     a  cloud,      which  armed 

felle        saevi    veneni    immedicabile   telum,     Parthus— - 

with  the  gall  of  direful    poison  a  cureless  dart,  a  Parthian— 

(Parthus   sive     Cydon,)     torsit    stridens,    et     incognita 

(a  Parthean     or        Cydonian,)        hurled        hissing,        and  undistinguished 

transilit     celeres   umbras.      Talis      sata    nocte,         tuli 

passes  through  the  swift       shades.          Like  this  she  born  from  night,        raised 

se,      que   petivit     terras.      Postquam       videt       Iliacas 

herself,      and       sought       the  earth.  After  she  beholds     the  Trojan 

acies,  atque   agmina    Turni,    subitd    collecta     in  figuram 

armies,      and       the  troops   of  Turnus,  suddenly     contracted     into    the  form 

parvas    alitis,  quse' quondam  sedens    nocte    in  bustis,  aut 

of  the  little   bird,     which   sometimes       sitting       by  night   on     graves,        or 

desertis    culminibus,  importuna     canit      serum  per 

abandoned  roofs,  untimely  sings        her  late  strain   among 

umbras:     pestis     versa     in    hanc    faciem,      sonans   que 

the  shades:    the  plague     changed    into      this      appearance,      hooting      both 

fert    que     refert       se      ad      ora    Turni,  que  everberat 

advances   and    bears  back  herself  before  the  face  of  Turnus,  and  boat 

clypeum  alia.        Novus    torpor     solvit   illi  membra 

his  shield     with  her  wings.      An  unusual  numbness     relaxed     his  limbs 

formidine,   que    comas     arrectse     horrore,    et    vox     haesit 

with  fear,  and      hi*  hair     stood  erect     with  horror,  and  his  voice     clave 

faucibus.      At,    ut    infelix    soror  Juturna  procul    agnovit 

to /as  jaws.         But,     as   his  unhappy   sister     Juturna      from  afar  knew 

stridorem     et     alas        Dirse,      scindit     solutos      crines, 

the  hoarse  sound  and  the  wings  of  the  fury,     she  tore  her  dishevelled          locks, 

foedans     ora      unguibus,    et    pectora     pugnis.         Turne, 

defiling        her  face  with  her  nails,  and    her  breast  with  her  hands.      O  Turnus, 

quid  nunc  potest  tua  germana   juvare    te?    at  quid  jam 

what       now       can         your        sister        advantage   you?    but   what     now 

superat   mihi   miserae?     quS.    arte     morer      lucem     tibi? 

remains       to  me     wretched?     by  what    art    shall  I  extend    your  life     to  youT 

posumne  opponere     me      tali     monstro?  jam,  jam  linquo 

can  I  oppose          myself  to  such     a  prodigy?     now,    now       I  leave 

acies.        Obsccenas  volucres,    ne    terrete    me  timentem: 

UK?  armies.          Ye  filthy  birds,        do  not     frighten      me  alarmed: 

nosco   verbera    alarum,    que  lethalem  sonum  nee 

[know    the  beating  of  your  wings,  and     the  deadly      sound  of  your  cries,      noi 

superba     jussa      magnanimi     Jovis     fallunt.        Reponit 

do  the  proud  commands    of  high-minded       Jove       deceive  me.     Has  he  reaped 


382  879 

hsec  pro    virginitate?         Quo         dedit        aetcrnairt 

these  rewards    for       my  virginity?  For  what  did  he  give  to  me         cternai 

vitam?    cur  est    conditio     mortis     ademta?     nunc  eerie 

life?  wby      is      the  condition     of  death      taken  away?       now         truly 

possem  finire  tantos  dolorcs,    ct   ire       comes         misero  . 

I  could        finish     so  great      griefs.        and     go      a  companion  to  my  wretchrd 

fratri     per     umbras.         Ego     immortalis?     aut  erit 

brother  through    the  shades.  Am  I  immortal?  or     will  there  ba 

quicquam  rneorum,   frater,    dulce   mihi   sine    te?     0  qua 

any  thing  of  mine,      O  brothur,  pleasant    to  me  without  thee?     O     v.  h.it 

terra     satis     alta   dehiscat  mihi,  que  demittat    Deam    ad 

land    sufficiently  deep       will  open      on  me,   and       send  me      a  Goddess      to 

imos  Manes?  effata  tantum,    Dea  contexit  caput  glauco 

the  lowest    shades?  speaking       thus,  the  Goddess  covered  her  head  with  a  green 

amictu,    gemens   multa,.  et  condidit     se         alto     fluvio. 

veil,  groaning       much,       and         hid  herself  in  the  deep  stream 

Contra       ^Eneas   instat,   que  coruscat  ingens  arboreum, 

On  the  other  I  land    ./linens       persists,     and    brandishes   his  great          wooden 

telum,    et    sic   fatur      saevo     pectore.     Nunc  deinde  qua 

ppear,         and    thus   speaks   from  his  stern    breast.  Now       then        what 

est    mora?    aut  quid  jam      retractas,         Turne.      Non  est 

is      the  delay?     or     why    now    do  you  decline  battle,  O  Turniis.       It  is    not 

ccrtandum    cursu,         saevis   armis    cominus.     Verte 

/ortu      to  contend     in  the  race,  but  with  cruel  arms       hand  to  hand.        Turn 

tete     in    omnes   facies    et    contrahe    quidquid       vales, 

yourself    into       all  forma     and       collect  whatever,  aid    you  can, 

sive         animis,       sive    arte;     opta     sequi     ardua     astra 

either  from  your  courage     or         art;       desire     to  follow    the  lofty        stars 

pennis,     que     condere       te      clausum       cava1        terra. 

on  wings,       and.       to  conceal      yourself     inclosed       in  the  hollow       earth. 

Ille,  quassans  caput,  Ferox      tua     fervida    dicta 

He,         moving      his  head  answers,  Cruel  foe,      your       glowing        words 

non     terrent  me;      Df      et  Jupiter    hostis    terrent   me. 

do  not      frighten     me;    The  Gods  and     Jujiiter  my  enemy         frighten        ine. 

Nec  effatus     plura,     circumspicit    ingens  saxum,antiquum 

Nor    speaking        more,    he  looks  around  upon    u  great     stone,         an  ancient 

saxum,   ingens,    quod      forte     jacebat      campo,      positus 

rock,  large,         which    by  chance         lay          on  the  plain,  placed 

limes          agro,        ut         discerneret     litem  arvis. 

us  a  boundary    in  the  field,      that         it  might  decide    controversy  in  the  fields. 

Vix         bis   sex  lecti      qualia  corpora  hominum         tellus 

Scarcely    twice    six    chosen  men,  such        bodies          of  men  as  the  earth 

nunc   producit,     subirent      illud    cervice.         Hie  heros, 

now  produces,       could  support       it       on /Actrneck.  The        -hero, 

insurgens   altior  et    concitus      cursu,     torqnebat    raptum 

rising  higher    and   accelerated    In  A»s  course,    he  hurled  it        snatched 

trepida"         manu    in     hostem.     Sed  neque     cognoscit 

with  a  trembling      hand    against   the  foe.          But      neither       did  he  know 


383  903 

se    currentem,  nee  euntem,  ve  tollentem  que  moventem 

himself       running,          nor       going,        or         raising         and  moving 

immane  saxum.     Genua  labant;    gelidus  sanguis  concrevit 

the  huge         rock.  His  knees    fail;         his  chilled       blood  congealed 

fngore.     Turn   lapis    ipse,    volutus    per    vacuum    inane, 

with  cold.      Then  the  stone    itself,        rolled       through  the  vacant          void, 

nec        evasit   totum  spatium   viri   nee  pertulit  ictum.      Ac 

neither  passed  over  the  whole  space  of  the  man  nor      effected     a  blow,       And 

velut  in  somnis,   ubi   languida   quies  pressit  oculos     nocte, 

aa  in    sleep,       when    weakening     sleep  has  closed   the  eyes     by  night, 

nequicquam  videmur  velle   extendere     avidos   cursus,    et 

in  vain  doweseem    to  wish      toextend     our  anxious      race,       and 

Begri         succidimus    in       mediis       conatibus;      lingua 

disappointed       we  sit  down       in  the  midst         of  our  efforts;  the  tongue 

non  valet,  notae       vires      non    sufficiunt  corpore, 

cannot  effect  any  thing,  the  known  strength   does  not        supply  the  body, 

nec      vox,       aut    verba    sequuntur:     sic     dira          Dea 

nor  does  the  voice,  or     do  words  follow:  thus  the  direful      Goddess 

negat  successum   Turno     qudcunque    virtute  petivit  viam. 

denies       success          toTurnus      with  whatever      courage  he  sought  the  way. 

Turn     varii       sensus      vertuntur        pectore:       Aspectat 

Then       varied  feelings          are  revolved      in  A  is  breast:      He  looks  upon 

Rutulos      et  urbem;  que  cunctatur  metu;          que  tremescit 

the  Rutulians  and  the  city;     and       delays    through  fear;  and        trembles 

telum  instare.     Nec  quo.  eripiat 

lest  kis  dart  should  reach  Aim.    Nor  knows  he  by  what  means  he  shall  rescue 

se,     nec     qu&    vi      tendat         in     hostem,  nec     videt 

himself,  nor    by  what  power  he  should  inarch  against  the  foe,      nor  does  he  see 

currus    usquam,  ve   aurigam     sororem.     ^neas    coruscat 

the  chariot  any  where,  or  the  charioteer     his  sister.        ./Eneas         brandishes 

fatale   telum  cunctanti,    sortitus  fortunam         oculis, 

the  fatal  dart         against  him  delaying,      selecting      fortune        with  his  eyes, 

et  eminus  intorquet        toto  corpora.     Saxa  concita 

and  from  afar   he  hurls  it  with  the  whole  force  of  his  body.        Rocks        hurled 

murali     tormento  nunquam   sic  fremunt,  nec  tanti 

from  a  warlike     engine          never  thus     resound,      nor       have  so  great 

crepitus  desultant     fulmine.       Hasta,          ferens     dirum 

claps  burst  from  thunder.       The  spear,  bearing  dread 

exitium,     volat  instar  atri    turbinis,    que  recludit         oras 

destruction,       flies      like      a  black   whirlwind,       and     tears  open  the  borders 

loricae,        et    extremes   orbes  septemplicis  clypei;  stridens  i 

of  his  corslet,  and   the  extreme      folds    of  his  sevenfold      shield;  hissing 

transit    per     medium  femur.     Ingens  Turnus  ictus  incidit 

it  passes  through     the  midst  of  his  thigh.      Heroic      Turnus       struck  falls 

ad  terram   duplicate  poplite.     Rutuli      consurgunt  gemitu 

to   the  earth  on  his  doubled     ham.       The  Rutulians        arise       with  a  groan 

que     totus^jmons     circum     remugit,    et     alta     nemora 

and     the  whole     mountain     around         re-echoes,       and  the  hiph         groves 


384  923 

remittunt     vocem,       late.         Ille,  humilis  que    supple* 

•end  hack  the  voice,    far  around.         He,        humble         and        suppliant 

protendens     oculos   que       dextram       precantem,    inquit: 

stretching  forth   AM  eyes       and  Ai*  right  hand  entreating,  said: 

Equidem       merui,  nee          deprecor:         utere     tui 

Indeed       I  have  deserved  it,          nor        do  I  pray  against  it;         use         your 

sorte.     Si  qua  cura  miserae  parentis  potest  tangere  te,    oro, 

fortune.      If    any    care  of  a  wretched  parent        can          affect       thoo,  I  pray 

miserere  senectae    Dauni  (fuit    et    tibi   talis  genitor 

piiy  the  old  ago  of  Daunus  (there  has  been  also  to  you     such       a  father 

Anchises;)  et    redde     me,  seu    mavis,    corpus    spoliatum 

Ancliises;)         and      restore       me,     or  if  you  choose,  my  body  deprived 

lumine      meis.  Vicisti,        et    Ausonii    vidcre 

of  life  to  myfritndt.        You  have  conquered,  and  the  Auson  iang  have  «een 

victum     tendere    palmas:  Lavinia  est    tua'conjux.     No 

M«  vanquished  to  stretch  out  my  hands:  Lavinia       is      your     win.        Do  not 

tende  ulterius-  odiis.    ^Eneas,  acer  in  arm  is,  stetit,  volvens 

advance  farther   in  your  hate.    ./Eneaa,    bold     in    arms,      stood,  rolling 

oculos,  que  repressit     dextram,     et  jam  que  jam       sermo 

4is  eyes,   and       drew  back   AM  right  hand,     and   now   and    now     AM  address 

creperat   flectere      magis  cunctantem,  cum  infelix  balteus 

had  begun    to  move  Aim      more          delaying,  when  the  unfortunate    belt 

pueri       Pallantis    apparuit      alto       humero,   et     cingula 

of  the  youth  Pallas.  appeared  on  hit  high         shoulder,  and        the  girdle 

fulserunt        notis        bullis;      quern       victum       Turnus 

•hone  with      the  known  DOM;  whom         vanquished •          Turnu* 

straverat  vulnere,  atque  gerebat    inimicum  insigne 

had  slain  with  *  cruel       wound,        and        bad  worn    the  unfriendly         ensign 

humeris.         Postquam    ille     hausit      oculis     monumenta 

on  kit  shoulders.        After  he  had  received  with  fits  eyes  .the  monuments 

sffivi  doloris    que    exuvias,  accensns  furiis  et 

of  kit  cruel     grief          and      the  spoils  of  kit  friend,    inflamed    with  rage  and 

terribilis       if£  Tune        indute       spoliis      meorum 

dreadful        in  wrath  h»  »*\d.  Will  you        clothed       in  the  spoils    of  my  friend* 

eripiare     hmc     mihi?       Pallas,   Pallas  immolat  te       hoc 

be  snatched      hence     from  me?         Pallas,        Pallas      sacrifices    tbee  with  this 

vulnere  et  sumit     pcenam   ex   scelerato    sanguine.  Dicens 

wound       and  takes  tkSt  penalty       from  your  aceiir*cd       blood.  Saying 

hoc  fervidus   condit  ferrum    sub    adverso    pecfore.    Ast 

this,        glowing      he  hide*  AM  sword      within    his  hostile          breast.  Hut 

ilii  membra  solvuntur  frigore,  que  vita  indignata  fugit  cum 

bis       limbs         are  relnxed    with  cold,    and  Hit  life   indignant       fled       iviili 

gcmitu  sub  umbras. 

i  firoan       to    the  snadcs. 


THE 


VIRGIL, 


INTERLINEAR  ENGLISH  TRANSLATION; 


AS  CLOSELY   LITERAL  AS   THE    IDIOMATIC   DIFFERENCE   OF  THE 
LANGUAGES  WILL  ALLOW. 


BY   LEVI   HART. 


'Every  thing,  of  itself,  IB  difficult  to  children,  and  the  great  use  and  skill  of  a 
teacher  is  to  make  all  as  easy  at  he  can." — LOCKE. 


THE  BUCOLICS 

OF 

PUBL1US    VIRGILIUS     MARO. 


ECLOGUE  I. 

MELIB^EUS. — TITYRUS. 


MELIB.EUS. 
TITYRE,  tu,  recubans    sub    tegmine      patulae      fagi, 

TITYRCS,   you,    recumbent   beneath  the  shade    of  a  spreading   beech, 

meditaris  silvestrem   Musam      tenui      aven;\:    .nos 

meditate         your          rustic  Muse       on  a  slendei        pipe :  we 

linquimus       fines          patrise,      et        dulcia    arva;    nos 

abandon        the  boundaries  of  our  country,  and  our  pleasant     fields;         we 

fugiraus         patriam :  tu,     Tityre,  lentu?  in  umbrd,  doces 

fly  our     country :     you,  O  Tityrus,   at  ease    in    the  shade,      teacb 

silvas    resonare  formosam  Amaryllida. 

the  woods  to  resound  fair  Amaryllis. 

TITYRUS. 
O  Melibaee,  Deus     fecit    haec    otia.  nobis  ;  namque  ille 

O    Melibsus,       God    has  granted  this   leisure     to  us;  for  he 

erit    semper  Deus   mini:    saepe   tener  agnus,  ab  nostris 

shall  be     ever        a  God     to  me :       often   a  tender     lamb,     from          our 

ovilibus.   imbuet  illius  arara.     Hie   permisit  meas   boves 

eheepfolds,    shall  stain     his        altar.         He        permits        my        heifers 

errare,    ut    cernis,    et    ipsum    ludere   quae  vellem,     .^ 

to  wander,  as      you  see,     and     myself      to  play     what       I  will,        *** 

agresti    calamo. 

on  my  rural    reed, 

MELIB^JUS. 
Equidem  non  invideo,       miror  magis ;    turbatur  usque 

Indeed      I  do  not    envy     you,  I  wonder  rather ;    there  is  trouble    thus 

adoo  totis    agris    undique.     En  ipse,  aeger,  ago      capcllas 

far       in  all  the  fields  or.  every  side.     Lo       I.       sick,    drive  my  kids 


protends :      Tityre,    etiam    vix      duco     hanc :    namque 

Jar  off:  O   Tilyrus,        even    scarcely   do  I  lead       this,:  fol 

modo     connixa  gemellos,    spem     gregis,  hie  inter  densas 

lust  now     yeaning        twins,        the  hope   of  the  flock,  here  among  the  thick 

corylos,  ah !    reliquit    in    nuda  silice.     Memini  quercus, 

hazels,         alas  I  she  left  them  on  the  naked   rock.       I  remember     the  oaks, 

tactas   de   coelo,   saepe  praedicere  hoc  malum  nobis,  si 

struck     from  heaven,     often         foretold         this  misfortune    to  us,      if  my 

mens  non  fuisset  laeva:     saepe   sinistra  comix  prsedixit 

mind       had  not  been    foolish:          often  the  unlucky    crow        foretold     it 

ab       cavft.       ilice.     Sed  tamen,     Tityre,  da  nobis,  qui  iste 

from  the  excavated  oak.        But       yet,       O  Tityrus,   tell     us,       who    this 

Deus    sit  ? 

God       may  bo  1 

TITYRUS. 
2ft        Melibaee,  ego  stultus     putavi     urbem,  quam  dicunt 

O   Melibseus,      I       foolish   have  thought  the  city,    which    they  call 

Roman),    similem   huic   nostrae   quo    pastores     saepe     so* 

Rome,  like          to  this    of  ours    whither  we  shepherds    often        are 

lemus    depellere  teneros    fetus     ovium.       Sic          nftram 

accustomed   to  drive     the  tender  offspring  of  our  sheep.     Thus  I  have  known 

catulos   similes   canibus,   sic  hoedos  matribus ;    sic 

whelps          like  to  dogs,      thus       kids       like  to  their  mothers ;    thus 

solebam          componere    magna  parvis.      Verftm 

I  was  accustomed    to  compare  great       things     with  small.  But 

haec     extulit    caput    inter  alias   urbes   tantum,   quantum 

this  city  has  raised  her  head    among    other     cities      as  much,  at 

cupressi   solent        inter    lenta    viburna. 

Mie  cypresses    used    to  do  among  the  slender  shrubbery. 

MELIB^US. 
Et  quae    fuit    tibi   tanta   causa  videndi  Romam  ? 

And  what  has  been  to  you  so  great  a  cause  of  seeing       Rome  .7 

TITYRUS. 
Libertas :  quae          sera,  tamen  respexit  inertem ; 

Liberty :      which  though  late,       yet       looked  back  on  m«       inactive, 

postquam  candidior  barba  cadebat  tondenti :  tamen  respexit 

after  my    whiter       beard  fell  on  me  shaving ;          yet    she  regarded 

et  venit  longo   tempore   post;    postquam  Amaryllis 

me,     and     cnme     a  long  time          after;  since  Amaryllis 

«A    habet  nos,  Galatea    reliquit.       Namque,  dum  Gala- 

**"       holds     us,       Galatea       has  left  us.  For,          while     Gala. 

tea  tenebat  me  (enim    fatebor)      erat       nee  spes  libertatis, 

tea       held      me       (for  I  will  confess  it)  there  was  neither  hope      of  liberty 

nec   cura    peculi.      Quamvis  multa  victima  exiret    meis 

nor       care     of  my  stock.      Although      many       a  victim    departed  from  ni> 


5 

ieptis,   et   pinguis    caseus    premeretur       ingratae       urbi; 

folds.         and        rich  cheese         was  pressed      for  the  ungrateful     city; 

dextra       non  unquam     redibat     mihi    domum    gravis 

my  right  hand  never  returned      to  me         home  heavy 

aere. 

with  money. 

MELIB.4EUS. 
Amaryllis,    mirabar     quid     tu    moesta    vocares    Deos ; 

Amaryllis,         I  wondered      why      you  mournfully    invoked     the  Gods; 

cui       paterens    poma   pendere  in     suit     arbore.     Tityrus 

to  whom  you  suffered  the  apples  to  hang    on   their  own     tree.  Tityrus 

aberat  hinc :         Tjtyre,      pinus       ipsae  te, 

was  absent     from  hence:   O  Tityrus,       the  pines      themselves  invoked  thee, 

fontes  ipsi,     haec  arbusta    ipsa    vocabant   te.     .ft 

;he  fountains  themselves,  these     groves    themselves     invoked     thee. 

TITYRUS. 
Quid  facerem  ?   neque      licebat       me     exire     servitio, 

What  could  I  do  ?     neither    was  it  permitted  me    to  depart  from  slavery, 

nec  cognoscere  tarn  prsesentes  Divos     alibi.        Melibaee, 

nor          to  know  so          favouring       Gods      elsewhere.    O    Melibaeus, 

hie     vidi     ilium  juvenem,     cui     nostra  altaria  fumant  bis 

here  I  have  seen  that       youth,       for  whom      our       altars       smoke    twice 

senos  dies  quotannis.     Hie  ille  primus  dedit   responsum 

six         days  yearly.  Here     he          first          gave  a  reply 

mihi  petenti ;  Pueri,  pascite         boves,  ut  ante,  submittite 

tome  entreating;   Boys,       feed         your  heifers,   as    before,  compel 

tauros. 

your  bulls  to  labour. 

MELIBAEUS. 
Fortunate  senex,     ergo  .  tua  rura  manebunt,  et    magna 

Happy         old  man,    therefore  your  fields   shall  remain,  and  extensive 

satis     tibi :      quamvis     nudus     lapis,   que   palus  obducat 

enough  for  you :       although       the  naked    stone,      and      marsh          covets 

omnia        pascua  limoso  junco  :    insueta  pabula  non  ten- 
all  your   pastures  with  slimy  bulrush:       unusual       food  shall  not 

tabunt     graves         fetas :         nec      mala     contagia     go 

injure         your  heavy    teeming  eves:      nor         dire          contagion      °" 

vicini  pecoris      laedent.      Fortunate    senex,    bio 

of  the  neighbouring     flock       shall  hurl  them.          Happy  old  man,    here 

inter         nota        flumina,    et    sacros   fontes,         captabis 

amid     the  well  known     streams,       and     sacred    fountains,  you  shaJI  enjoy 

opacum  frigus.     Hinc  sepes,  quae,   ab        vicino      limite, 

the  shady      cold.  Here     a  hedge,    which,  from  the  neighbouring      path. 

semper   depasta         florcm         salioti       Hyblaeis     apibus, 

*ver  feed  upon    as  to  the  flower   of  the  willow  hy  Hyblwan  beef. 


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saepe     suadebit    tibi    inire    somnum        levi        susurro. 

ol'u-ii      shall  persuade    you        to  go       to  sleep  by  its  gentle  whimpering. 

Hinc  frondator    canet  ad   auras :     sub   alia  rupe.    Tamen 

Here      the  pruner     shall  sing  to    the  skies,  beneath  a  lofty  rock.  Yet 

interea  nee          raucae         palumbes,   tua   cura,    nee 

in  the  mean  time  neither  shall  the  hoarse     wood-doves,     your     cure,       nor 

turtur    cessabit   gemere   ab   aeria  ulmo. 

thi-  turtle  shall  cease      to  coo      from  the  airy  elm. 

TITYRUS. 
. ...         Ante        ergo     leves  cervi  pascentur    in    aethere. 

Sooner       therefore    swift      stags       shall  feed      upon  air, 

et   freta   destituent  pisces   nudos    in    litore ;     ante,     aut 

and  the  sea  .shall  leave       the  fish      naked      on    the  shore;     sooner,  either 

Parthus      exul     bibet     Ararim,    aut    Germania    Tigrim, 

the  Parthian    exile  shall  drink   the  Saone,      or  Germany         the  Tigris, 

finibus        amborum       pererratis,      quam     iTlius      vultus 

the  boundaries     of  both       being  wandered  over,    than  his  countenance 

labatur    nostro   pectore. 

shall  glide  from  my        breast. 

MELIB^EUS. 
At  nos  hinc,  ibimus  alii  sitienles  Afros :  pars  veniern'is 

But    we    hence,     shall  go  some  to  the  thirsty  Africans:  a  part     will  come 

Scythiam   et   rapidnm  Oaxem  Cretae,  et  Britannos  penitiis 

to  Scythia       and    the  swift       Oaxes     of  Crete,    and  the  Britons       entirely 

divisos       toto        orbe.  En,  unquam  videns  mirabor 

separated  from  the  whole  globe.    Lo,  ever    beholding  again  shall  I  admire 

patrios     fines     longo    tempore  post,   et   culmen  pauperis 

my  native  boundaries   along         time          after,     and    the  roof      of  my  poor 

Uigur i    congestum     cespite,  post     aliquot     aristas, 

cottage  covered.  with  turf,    standing  behind        some      cars  of  corn, 

7f.     mea     regna?         impius       miles    habebit  h<ec   lam 

my  own  kingdoms?    shall  a  wicked      soldier       possess      these         no 

culta  novalia  ?  Barbaras     has      segetes  ? 

highly  cultivated     newly  ploughed  fields  7    A  barbarian     these       cornfields? 

En,     quo      discordia     perduxit        miseros     cives !     En, 

J.o,       whither      has  discord  led  my    wretched    countrymen  I    Lo. 

queis      consevimus     agros  !          Melibnee,     nunc     insere 

for  whom    have  we  sown       our  fields!         O     Mclibacus,        now         ingraft 

pyros  :    pone      vites      ordine.     Ite,  ite  meee  capellsc, 

your  pear  trees'     place   your  vines     in  order.       Go,    go      my  goats, 

quondam  felix   pecus.      Ego,  projectus    in    viridi    antro, 

formerly       a  happy      flock.  I,  reclined    wilhin  a  verdant  grotto, 

non       videbo    vos  posthac  pendere  procul    de     dumosa 

shall  not      behold       you     hereafter        hang          afar  off     from     the  buelij 

mpe.        Can  am    nulla   carrnina ;       capellae    non  carpetis 

rock.  [may  sing       no  songs;         O     ye  goats,    ye  gha'l  not  croj 


florentem  cytisum   et  amaras  salices,          me   pascente. 

the  flowery       cytisus       and      bitter       willows,  while  I  am    feeding  you. 

TITYRUS. 
Hie      tamen     poteris  requiescere  hanc  noctem       Rft 

Here   nevertheless    you  can  rest  this         night 

mecum   super    viridi     fronde.     Sunt    nobis   mitia   poma. 

with  me        upon  the  verdant     leaves.      There  are   to  us      mellow     apples, 

molles  castaneae,   et  copia  pressi  lactis.     Et  jam  summa 

soft  chestnuts,     and-  plenty  of  pressed    milk.       And    now  the  highest 

culmina  villarum  procul  fumant,  que  majores  umbrae  cadunt 

tops  of  the  villas  afar  off     smoke,      and  the  larger     shades  fall 

de    altis   montibus. 

from  the  high  mountains. 


ECLOGUE  TT., 

ALEXIS. 

PASTOR     Corydon    ardebat    formosum  Alexin,  delicias 

THE  shepherd     Corydon     ardently  loved  the  beautiful     Alexis,  the  darling 

domini ;     nee,    habebat      quid          speraret.          Tantum 

of  his  master;  nor,         had  he       anything      he  could  hope  for.  Only 

veniebat  assidue  inter  densas  fagos         umbrosa  cacumina ; 

lie  came    continually  among   the  thick  beeches  having    shady  tops; 

ibi      solus       jactabat      haac  incondita  montibus 

there      alone     he  threw  away    these  unstudied  complaints  to  the  mountains 

et    silvis      inani    studio :     O  crudelis  Alexi,    curas   nihil 

and  the  woods  with  vain    regard:         O       cruel        Alexis,    you  care  nothing 

mea  carmina  ;   nil  miserere  nostri ;   deniquc      coges      me 

far  my     songs;         you  do  not  pity       me;  finally     you  will  compel  me 

mori.     Nunc,  etiam,  peeudes  captant  umbras    et   frigora ; 

to  die.          Now,       also,       the  flocks       enjoy       the  shade    and  cold  -. 

mine  etiam    spineta    occultant  virides  lacertos  ;  et  Thesty- 

now       even    the  brambles       conceal     the  green     lizards ;      and      Thcsty- 

lis  contundit  allia  que  serpyllum,     olentes     herbas,      mes- 

lis       pounds       garlic   and       thyme,         sweet  smelling    herbs,  for  the 

soribus  fessis    rapido  aestu.    At,  dum  lustro       -.* 

reapers        weary  with  swift  descending  heat.       But,  whilst  I  survey 

tua   vestigia,  arbusta    resonant     raucis       cicadis    mecum 

your    footsteps,     the  groves      resound      with  hoarse   grasshoppers    with  me 

sub     ardenti     sole.     Nonne  I'uit  satins     pati      tristes  iras 

he  burning  sun.  Wasitisot        better  to  endure  the  cruel  anjwi 


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Amaryllidis,  atque  superba  fastidia  ?      Nonue 

of  Amaryllis,          and      her  proud    disdain?         \\asilnolliMerto  trrdurt 

Menalcau  *  quamvis    ille    niger,  quamvis  tu  csse  candidus 

Menalcas?  although      he  w«*    blnck,     although  you    are  fair 

O  formose  puer,  ne  crede  minium     color!.      Alba  ligustrn 

O   beauteous     boy,     do  not  trust  too  much  to  complexion.  White        (invctt 

cadunt,    nigra   vaccinia    Icguntur.      Sum   despecvus    tibi, 

fall.  black      hyacinths      arc  gathered.       1  am        d./spiscd        by  yuu 

Alexi,  nee       quaeris     qui     sim  ?     .quam  dives        nivci 

0  Alexis,    nor    do  you  inquire  who  I  may  be?         how       rich  in  the  snowy 

20     pecoris,  quam  abundans   lactis.     Mea?    mille   agna? 

flock.  how        abundant      In  milk.         My      thousand    lamb* 

errant  in    Siculis    montibus.    Novum  lac     defit    mihi  non 

wander  upon  theSirilian   mountains.          New      milk  is  wanting  to  me     not 

aestate,  non     frigore.  Canto,  quae  Dircaeus  Amphion 

in  summer,  nor  in  the  cold  of  winter.       \  sing,     what    Dircxan          Amphion 

erat     solitus  in    Actaeo  Aracyntho,  si     quando     vo- 

waa    accustomed  to  sing  upon  ActaDon     Aracynthus,       if    at  any  time        ha 

cabat  armenta.     Nee  sum  adeo  informis ;  nuper    in 

called    together    AM  herds.         Nor     ami       so       deformed;       lately    upon 

liiore    vjdi      me,     citm    mare    staret    placidum      ventis. 

the  shore  t  beheld  myself,    when    the  sea       stood         peaceful    by  the  winds. 

Ego    non    metuam    Daphnin,    te      judice,.    si        imago 

1  will  not  fear  Daphnis.       you    being  judge,    if    my   likeness 

nunquam  fallat.         0  tan  turn     libeat     tibi  habitare  mecum 

never         shall  deceive  me.  O  at  length  will  it  please  you  to  inhabit      with  me 

sordida  rura  atque  humiles  casas,    et   figere    cervos,   quo 

the  dirty     ftelda      and          humble     cottages,  and  to  pierce  the  stags,       and 

compellere     gregrem  haedorum      viridi      hibisco !     Imita- 

to  drive  together      a  nock        of  kids          with  a  green     bulrush!     You  shnll 

«ft     bere  Pana   canendo      una     mecum   in  silvis.     Pan 

•*"      imitate    Pan       in  singing     together    with  me      in  rfie  woods       Pan 

primus   instituit    conjungere    plures   calamos    cera. :    Pan 

first  taught  to  unite  many  reeds       with  wax1     Pan 

curat         oves,  que   magistros   ovium.     Nee   poeniteat   te 

provides  for  sheep,     and      the  masters     of  sheep.         Nor    let  it  ashame  you 

trivisse      labellum  calamo.     Quid   faciebat   Amyntas   non 

to  have  worn  your  lip   with  the  reed.       What  did  Amyntas         not 

ut      sciret       ha3c    eadem  ?         Est    mihi  fistula 

accomplish  that  he  might  know  these  same  things?      There  is   to  ine       a  pipe 

compar.ta     septem     disparibus      cicutis.    quam     Damaeta* 
joined  with  seven         unequal  reeds,         which  D»m.Ttak 

olim       dedit    mihi    dona,   et  morions   dixit:   Nunc   ista. 

furmerly  has  given    to  me    a*  a  gift,  and      dying          said  Now         Uiir 

habet  te  secundum.          Damaetas  dixit ;   stultus   Amyntas 

has        you   for  its  second  owner      Damtetas       said;         fooh.-h  Amynias 

,0     invidit       Praeterea  duo  capreoli    reperti    mihi    nee 

envied  me  Besides        two    little  gouts      found        by  me      uor 


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tuta     valle,etiamnunc  pellibus     sparsis        albo,     ?iccaut 

In  a  Safe  vale,      even     now    their  skins  being  sprinkled  with  white.  »hey  drain 

bina  ubera    ovis         die;     quos  servo    tibi.      Jampridem 

two       udders   of  a  sheep   in  a  day:  which    I  keep   for  you.  Lon?  silica 

Thestylis    orat    abducere    illos     a     me ;    et          faclet : 

Tliestylis  prays       to  take          them     from     me;      and     let  her  do  it ; 

quoniara  nostra  munera  sordent  tibi.     Ades   hue,    O   for- 

tince  my  gifts  disgust      you.       Come     hither,     O    beau- 

raose  puer :  ecce  Nymphae  ferunt  lilia  tibi  plenis  calathis  : 

tiful       boy:       behold    the  Nymphs         bear    lilies  to  you  in  full         baskets: 

Candida  Nais,  carpens  palentes  violas   et   summa  papavcra 

fair  Nais,     plucking         pale         violets    and  the  highest          p^pi  ies 

tibi,    jungit   narcissum  et   florem      bene     olentis  anethi. 

for  you,  she  joins   the  narcissus  and  the  flower  of  the  sweet  smelling       anise. 

Turn    intexens    casia  atque  aliis  suavibus  herbis,     pingit 

Then     interweaving    cassia      and       other       sweet          herbs,      she  paints 

mollia  vaccinia  luteola   caltha.      Ego   ipse     legam     p-n 

•oft   •        hyacinths  with  yellow  marygold.         1      myself  will  gather    ®" 

cana   mala     tenera    lanugine,  que  castaneas  nuces,  quas 

hoary     apples  with  tender       down,          and          chestnuts,  which 

mea  Amaryllis  amabat.      Addam    cerea  pmna :  et  honos 

my        Amaryllis         loved.  I  will  add     waxen     plums :     and    honour 

erit    huic    porno  quoque :    et    carpam  vos,  6    lauri,     et 

shall  be  to  this    fruit  also :  and  I  will  pluck  you,     O  ye  laurels,  and 

te,      myrte,   proxima ;    quoniam      sic    positae     miscetis 

tbee,    O  myrtle,       nearest;  since  thus      disposed       you  mingle 

suaves   odores.     Corydon,     es     rusticus,   nee          Alexis 

your  sweet  odours.  Corydon,     you  are    a  clown,       nor    does        Alcxia 

curat    munera:       nee       lolas  concedat,   si  certes 

care       for  your  gifts:  nor  would      lolas          yield,          if  you  should  contend 

muneribus.     Eheu,  quid      volui       mihi    misero !    perdi- 

with  gifts.  Alas,       what  have  I  wished  for  myself  wretched  1  lost 

tus          immisi  Austrum  floribus,        et    apros 

man       I  have  let  loose    the  south- wind   among  the  flowers,    and  the  boars 

liquidis    fontibus.     Ah,  demons !  quern      fugis  1  Di 

to  the  liquid   fountains.      Alas,  madman/     whom     do  you  fly?    The  gods 

quoque,    que  Dardanius  Paris    habitarunt    silvas.       fift 

even,  and  Trojan  Paris    have  inhabited  the  woods.       "w 

Pallas  ipsa      colat      arces     quas    condidit:      silvae 

Let  Minerva     herself       inhabit     towers     which    she  has  built :  the  woods 

placeant    nobis    ante    omnia.       Torva    lercna     sequitur 

please  us          before     all  things.       The  stern     lioness  pursues 

lupum,    lupus    ipse    capellam ;    lasciva  capella  sequitur 

the  wolf,    the  wolf  himself      the  goat ;      the  wanton       goat  follows 

florentem    cytisum ;   Corydon  te^    6    Alexi.       Sua 

the  flowering       cytisus;  Corydon    pursues   you.    O     Alexis      Ilis  own 

voluptas    trahit     quemque.     Aspice,     juvenci      refcrunt 

pleasure       draws  aside     each  one.  See.         the  but locks      bring  bark 


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aratra     suspensa      jugo,      et     sol      decedens    duplicat 

the  pioughs     hanging    from  the  yoke,  and   the  sun   withdrawing       redoubles 

crcscentes    umbras;    tamen   amor   urit   me.     Enim    quis 
the  increasing       shades;          yet          love      burns     me.          For       what 

modus  adsit  arhori  ?    Ah,  Corydou,  Corydon  !    quae  de- 
limit       is  there   to  love?       Alas,      Corydon,        Corydon!        what  mad- 

mentia    cepit  te  ?     Est    tibi  semiputata  vitis  in  fromlosa 

ness         possesses  you  7   There  is  to  you    an  UN  pruned    vine  upon       the  leafy 

«~     ulmo.    Quin    tu   potius  para    detexere    aliquid  sal- 

'  elm.          But  do  you  rather   prepare  to  interweave  something      at 

tern,    usus    quorum    indiget  viminibus  que  molli  junco  ? 

least,  the  utility   of  which    is  required      of  vines       and       soft      bulrush  7 

invenies    alium  Alexin,  si     hie     fastidit  te. 

you  shall  find  another    Alexis,     if  this  one     scorns     you. 


ECLOGUE  III. 


MENALCAS. 
DAMJETA,dicmihicujum  pecus  ?    an    Melibaei? 

O  DAMETAS,    tell     me      whose     is  this       flock  ?     whether   Mcli bonus's  J 

DAALETAS. 
Non;  verum  ^Egonis.     ^Egon  tradidit    mihi  nuper. 

No ;          but          Eton's.          ^Egon    delivered  it   to  me    lately. 

MENALCAS. 
Oves,    semper      infelix      pecus !     dum    ipse    fovet 

O    sheep,        always       an  unhappy      flock  I         whilst      he    cherishes 

Neacram,      ac    veretur    ne   ilia    praeferat    me   sibi ;    hie 

Nacrea,  and        fears         lest    she   should  prefer    me    to  him.;     here 

alienus  custos  mulget   oves    bis    in    hora ;    et       succus 

a  strange    keeper     milks     the  sheep  twice   in      an  hour ;    and  nourishment 

subducitur      pecori,       et    lac      agnis. 

Is  withdrawn    from  the  flock,    and  milk  from  the  lambs. 

DAHLETAS. 
Tamen  memento      ista      objicienda    viris         pn reins. 

Vet       remember    these  things  are  to  be  charged  to  men  more  cautiously. 

Et    novimus    qui  te,   hircis   tuentibus   transversa 

And  we  have  known  who  betrayed  you,  the  goats       gazing  obliquely 

et   quo    sacello,  sed    faciles  nymphae  risere. 
end  in  what    Chanel,     but    the  gentle      nymphs     laughed. 


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MENALCAS. 
Credo,     turn,  cum  videre  me  incidere  arbustum     .ft 

I  believe  it,  then,    when  they  beheld  me      cut  down       the  grove         *^ 

Myconis,  atque  novellas  vites         mala.          falce 

of  Mycon,         and       the  new     vines  with  a  mischievous  sickle. 

DA&LETAS. 
Aut    hie    ad    veteres    fagos,    cum    fregisti    arcum    el 

Or      here     by     the  ancient  beeches,    when     you  broke    the  bow   and 

calamos    Daphnidis,    quae     tu,     perverse    Menalca,   cum 

reeds  of  Daphnis,      which     you,      O  morose        Menalcas,       when 

vidisti         donata    puero,       et  dolebas,     et  mortuus  esses 

you  saw  them  presented  to  the  boy,   you  both  grieved,  and       would  have  died 

si  non  nocuisses          aliqui. 

if  you  had  not  injured  him  in  some  way. 

MENALCAS. 
Quid    domini     faciant,  cum    fures   audent    talia?     non 

What  will  masters         do,       when    thieves       dare     such  things  ?  have 

ego    vidi    te,        pessime,         excipere  caprum  Damonis 

I  not    seen    you,   most  felonious  wretch,       seize         the  goat        of  Damon 

insidiis,       lycisca  latrante  multum  ?    et  cum    clamarem ; 

by  stratagem,  the  mongrel   barking        much?        and  when         I  cried  out; 

Quo    nunc    ille    proripit    se  ?      Tityre,  coge        pecus ; 

Whither  now    does  he    snatch     himself?   O  Tityrus,  collect  your       flock; 

tu  latebas  post  carecta.  „« 

you  lay  hid  behind    sedges. 

DAHLETAS. 
An          non  ille,        victus      cantando,    redderet   mihi 

Whether  shall  not  he,          overcome        in  singing,         restore         to  me 

caprum,   quern  mea  fistula        meruisset        carminibus? 

the  goat,       which       my        pipe         may  have  deserved  by  its  songs  ? 

si  nescis,        ille  caper  fuit    meus  ;  et  Damon    ipse    fate- 

if  you  know  it  not,  this    goat    has  been  mine ;    and   Damon     himself     con- 

batur   mihi,  sed  negabat        posse       reddere. 

fessed  it  to  me,    but     be  denied   that  he  was  able  to  repay  it. 

MENALCAS. 
Tu          ilium  cantando  ?  aut    unquam        fuit  tibi 

You  eonjuer   him     in  singing?     or          ever          has  there  been  to  you 

fistula  juncta    cera  ?      non  tu,     indocte,  solebas  dis- 

a  pipe      united   with  wax  ?  were  not  you,   ignorant  dunce,  accustomed      to 

perdere    miserum    carmen     stridenti    stipulfi     in         tri- 

torture          a  wretched         song       en  a  creaking       straw         in    the  cross 

»iis? 

toads? 


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DAMJ3TAS. 
Vis,  ergo,    vicissim   experiamur  inter      nos 

Arc  you  willing,  therefore,     in  turn         that  we  try       among  ourselves 

quid  utcrque  possit  ?    Ego  depono  hanc  vitulam  hie   forte 

what      each        can  do  1  I        pledge       tbis        heifer      (lest  perhep* 

recuses,        bis     venit    ad     mulctram,     alit    binos    fetus 

you  may  refuse,  twice  she  comes  to       the  milk  pail,  she  feeds    two     offspring 

«n     ubere)  tu      die,       quo      pignore  certes 

"U     with  her  udder)  do  you    say,      with  what     pledge     you  will  contend 

mecum. 

A  ah  me. 

MENALCAS. 
Non     ausim    deponere   quicquam    de      grege     tecum ; 

I  do  not     dare          to  pledge        anything       from     the  flock     with  you 

namque     est      mihi    pater    domi,     est    injusta   noverca: 

for  there  is    to  me     a  father   at  home,  there  is  an  unjust  stepmother 

que   bis    die     ambo   numerant    pecus,    et    alter    haedos 

and    twice  in  the  day  both  count  the  flock,  and      one        the  kids. 

Verum,  quoniam     libet     tibi  insanire,     ponam     id,  quod 

But,  since         it  pleases    you    to  be  mad,     I  will  pledge  this,    which 

tute     ipse       fatebere     majus,  fagina  pocula,  caelatum  opus» 

you     yourself   shall  confess    greater,    beecben     bowls,    the  wrought  work 

divini      Alcimedontis :     quibus    lenta    vitis,   superaddita 

of  the  divine     Alcimcdon:  to  which   a  slender   vine,  added 

facili       torno,  vestit  corymbos   diffuses    pallente    hedera. 

by  a  skilful   turner,   decks       clusters        overspread   with  the  pale  ivy. 

In  medio        duo  signa,  Conon:    et  quis   fuit  alter,    qui 

In    the  midst  art   two   statues,      Conon:       and    who  was  the  other,  Ac  who 

.n    descripsit  totum  orbem    gentibus        radio ;        quae. 

4"     described       the  whole    globe     to  the  nations  with  a  wand;      what 

tempora    meseor,    quae     curvus       arator      haberet  ?  nec- 

eeasons         the  reaper,     what   the  bending    ploughman   should  have  ?      nor 

dum     admovi     labra    illis,  sed     servo         condita. 

yet      have  I  moved  my  lips  to  them,   but      I  keep  them  preserved. 

DAALETAS. 
Et    idem    Alcimedon  fecit  duo  pocula  nobis,  et    am- 

And  the  same     Alcimedon       made     two       bowls       for  us,    and  he  em- 

plexus  est    ansas    circum     molli      acantho :    que    posuit 

braced  the  handles    around   with  the  soft    bearsfoot:       and   he  placed 

Orphea  in    medio,     que    silvas     sequentes.       Necdum 

Orpheus       in      the  midst,     and     the  woods        following.  Nor  yel 

admovi         labra    itlis,   sed      servo       condita.     Si  spec- 
have  I  moved    my  him  to  them,   but     I  keep  them     stored  up.        If  you  will 

tes   ad  vitulam,    est  nihil      quod       laudes         pocula. 

ook     at    the  c;ilf.  there  is  nothing  for  which  you  should  praise  the  bowls. 


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MENALCAS. 
Nunquam    effugies      hodie :    veniam    quocunque    vo- 

By  no  means  shall  you  fly  me    today:     I  will  come        wherever         you 

caris.     Tantum  vel      qui       venit    audiat    haec. 

shall  call        Only       even  let  him  who  comes    attend  to     this      controversy. 

Ecce,     Palaemon :     efficiam     ne  lacessas     .ft 

See  here,     isPaleemon;      I  will  cause    that  you  shall  not      provoke 

quemquam  voce  posthac. 

any  one  with  your  voice  hereafter. 

DAMJETAS. 
Quin      age,      si    habes      quid;          non   eril       ulla 

But        come  on,      if    you  have    any  thing ;    there  shall  not  be      any 

mora   in  me:    nee    fugio    quemquam.     Tantum,   vicine 

delay      in     me :       nor    do  I  avoid       any  one.  Only,      neighbour 

Palaemon,       reponas     haec  imis      sensibus,        res 

Paltemcn,  do  you  lay  up    these  things  in  your  inmost  senses,     the  affair 

est  non  parva. 

is       not    small. 

PALAEMON. 
Dicite;  quandoquidem    consedimus    in    molli    herba: 

Say ;  since  we  have  sat  down  upon    the  soft          grass : 

et  nunc  omuis  ager,  nnnc  omnis  arbos  parturit,  nunc   silvae 

and  now      every     field,     now     every       tree       produces,     now  the  woods 

frondent,        nunc  annus  formosissimus.     Incipe,  Damzeta, 

put  forth  leaves,     now  the  fear        is  most  fair.  Begin,       Damstas, 

tu     deinde    sequere,     Menalca.       Dicetis      alternis. 

you    afterwards      follow,        O  Menalcas.     You  shall  sing  in  alternate  verte 

Camenae  amant  alterna. 

Tlie  Muses       love     alternate  versa. 

DAM^JTAS. 
Musae,      principium       ab    Jove:     omnia  fift 

Ye  Muses,       our  beginning    M  from      Jove :  all        thing*       **" 

plena  Jovis :  ille    colit     terras,  mea  carmina        illi  curae 

are  Ail  1  of  Jove:    he    cultivates  the  earth,  my      eongs        are  his     care. 

MENALCAS. 
Et  Phoebus  amat  me :     sunt,    Phcebo,  semper  apud  me 

And       Apollo     loves    me :     there  are,  for  Apollo,       ever       with      me 

sua    munera,  lauri,   et    suave    rubens   hyacinthus. 

his  own    gifts,        laurels,  and  the  sweetly  blushing       hyacinth. 

DAM^ETAS. 
Galatea,      lasciva     puella,      petit     me         malo,    et 

Galatea,         a  wanton        maid,         strikes       me  with  an  apple,  and 


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fugit      ad      salices,      et      cupit        sc         videri    ante. 

flies  to     the   willow*,    and     desires      that   she      be  seen         first 

MENALCAS. 
At  meus  ignis  Amyntas  oflert  sese   mini    ultro  ;          ut 

But     my      flame      Amyntas     offers   himself  to  me    willingly ;    no  thai 

non        Delia  sit    notior    nostris  canibus. 

not     teen    Delia    is   more  known     to  our        dogs. 

DAM^JTAS. 
Munera  sunt  parta  meas   veneri ;    namque  ipse    notavi 

Gifts        are     provided  for  my       love ;  for  I    have  noioil 

locum,  quo   aeriae   palumbes  conges.riere. 

the  place,  where  the  airy    wood  doves       have  built      their  nestt. 

MENALCAS. 
Misi        decem   aurea  mala    puero,        lecta      ex    sil- 

I  have  sent     ten          golden    apples    to  my  boy,       plucked     from     the 

7n     vestri   arbore,  quod    potui :  eras       mit- 

'          wild         tree,         what     I  could  do,  /  have  dont :  to-morrow  I  will 

tarn  altera. 

•end    others. 

DAMJETAS. 
O    quot.ics,    et    qurc  Galatea    locuta  est     nobis! 

O     how  often,     and    what    things    Galatea         has  spoken  touit 

venti,    referatis  aliquam  partem  ad  aures  divum. 

ye  winds,  bear  back       some          part       to    the  ears  of  the  gods. 

MENALCAS. 
Quid      prodest,       Amynta,     quod  ipse    non    spernis 

What    does  it  profit,     O  Amyntas,       that        you    do  not       despise 

me      animo,        si    ego    servo    retia,    dum    tu    sectaris 

me     in  your  mind,       if       I         keep      the  nets,    while     you         pursue 

apros? 

the  boars} 

DAMJETAS. 
lola,  mitte  Phyllida  mini,   est  meus      natalis.      Cum 

Tola,      send        Phyllis        to  me,    it  is      my  birthday.        When 

faciara  vitula,     pro  frugibus,  ipse  vemto. 

I  shall  make  sacrifice,  with  a  heifer,  for     the  fruits,  do  you     come. 

MENALCAS. 
lola,  amo  Phyllida  ante  alias,  nam  flevit    me  discedere ; 

O  lolas,  I  love     Phyllis    before  others,    for  she  wept  when  I       departed* 

et  inquit   Formose,    vale      longum,      vale. 

and    said,        O  fair  youth,   farewell  for  a  long  time,  farewell. 


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DAMJETAS. 
Lupus     triste  stabulis  ;     imbres  maturis  frugibus  ; 

The  wolf   ia  a  sad    thing   to  the  stables ;    showers  to  the  ripe  fruits 

vend  arboribus ;     irae     Amaryllidis  nobis. 

winds       to  trees ;     tae  anger     of  Amaryllis     to  us. 

MENALCAS. 
Humor      dulce  satis ;  arbutus  de» 

Moisture     is  a  pleasant  thing  to  corn  planted ;  the  strawberry  tree     to  the 

pulsis   haedis ;    lenta    salix        fceto        pecon :  Amyntas 

weaned       kids;     the  slender  willow  to  the  teeming     flock:  Ainyntu 

solus  mihi. 
alone    to  me. 

DAM^ETAS. 
Pollio  amat  nostrum  musam ;    quamvis    sit     rustica. 

Pollio        loves          my  muse ;  although     she  be         rustic. 

Pierides,  pascite  vitulam  vestro  lectori. 

Ye  Muses,         feed       a  heifer    for  your    reader. 

MENALCAS. 
Et    Pollio     ipse     facit  nova  carmina:    pascite 

And     Pollio      himself   makes    rare  verses;  feed         for  lUtu 

laurum,    jam     petat        cornu,      et    qui   spargat  arenam 

the  bull,         now    he  strikes  with  his  horn,  and     he       scatters       the  sand 

pedibus. 

with  his  feet. 

DAM^ETAS. 
Qui    amat     te,        Pollio,        veniat       quo     gaudet 

He  who      loves      thee,         O  Pollio,        <et  him  arrive  where  he  rejoice* 

te.  Quoque,    mella    fluant    illi,    et  as- 

thai  you  have  reached.        Also,       may  honey    flow      to  him,  and      may  the 

per  rubus   ferat   amomum. 

rough  bramble  produce     spikenard. 

MENALCAS. 
Qui     non     odit  Bavium,     araet    tua   carmina,     qft 

He  who  does  not    hate     Bavius,       shall  love    thy         verses,          y" 

Maevi;    atque   idem  jungat  vulpes,   et    mulgeat  hircos. 

O  Msevius;    and     the  same  shall  yoke     foxes,     and    shall  milk  he  goats. 

DAMJGTA8. 
O  pueri,  qui  legitis  flores,  et    fraga    nascentia        liumt, 

O      boys,    who  gather    flowers,  and  strawberries    growing  on  the  ground, 

fugite     hinc,     frigidus  anguis    latet    in   herbsv. 

Oy          from  hence,     a  cold       snake     lies  hid     in    the  grass. 


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MENALCA8. 
Oves,     parcite  procedere  nimium  ;     non    bene  creditur 

Ye  sheep,       cease       to  proceed       too  far;       it  is  not   well         trusting 

npae  .       etiam    aries    ipse    nunc  siccat      vellera. 

to  the  bank  :   even     the  ram  himself    now     dries     kit     fleece. 

DAMJETAS. 
Tityre,        reice       pascentes    capellas      a      flumine  : 

O  Tityrug,      drive  back        the  feeding  goats          from        the  river  > 

ipse,    lavabo          omnes  in     fonte,      ubi     erit    tempus. 

I,  will  wash   them       all       in  the  fountain,  when  it  shall  be     time. 

MENALCAS. 
Pueri,    cogite        oves  ;  si    acstus       praeceperit        lac 

Ye  boys,      collect  your    sheep;     if    the  heat  shall  have  dried  up  the  milk 

ut          nuper,   frustra   pressabimus    ubera        palmis. 

as    it  did    lately,      in  vain       shall  we  press    the  udders  with  our  hunds. 

DAM^JTAS. 
inft       Eheu  !  quam  macer  mihi  taurus  est  in  pingui  arvo  ' 

Alas  I        how       lean      my        bull       is     in  the  rich       field 

idem   amor  est  exitium    pecori,    que   magistro   pecoris. 

the  same  love     is     destruction  to  ihe  flock,    and    to  the  master  of  the  flock. 

MENALCAS. 
Certe   neque   amor  est    causa      his:  vix 

Truly     neither       love       is     the  cause    to  them  of  leanness:   scarcely 

haerent  ossibus  ;    nescio     quis  oculus  fascinat  mihi 

they  bang  together  by  their  bones  ;  I  know  not  what      eye       bewitches       my 

teneros  agnos. 

tender        lambs. 

DATvLETAS. 
Die,  in  quibus  terris,  spatium     coeli      pateat   tres  ulnas, 

Say,    in       what       lands,     the  space   of  heaven  spreads  out  three       ells, 

non  amplius,  (et      eris      magnus  Apollo  mihi.) 

and      no        more,        (and  you  shall  be     a  great     Apollo     to  me  ) 

MENALCAS. 
Die,  in  quibus  terris    flores   nascantur,     inscripti 

Say,     in     what      lands      flowers          grow,       having  written  on  them 

nomina  regum;     et  solus  habelo  Phyllida. 

the  names   of  kings  ;    and  alone    possess      Phyllis. 


Non  est  nostrum          componere  tantaa        lites        infer 

It  i»  not  our         offire         to  »ouli;        so  groat    comrovrrnics  among 


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vos:    et   tu    dignus      vitula,       et   hie;    et  quisquis   ant 

you :     and  you  are  worthy  of  the  heifer,  and     he ;      and   whosoever  either 

inetuet  dulces,  aut  experietur  amaros  amores.   Jam,     , ,  ft 

has  feared  pleasant,    or    experienced       bitter         loves.         Now,        Ai" 

pueri,  claudite  rivos :        prata     biberunt  sat. 

boys,        shut  up    the  rivers :  the  meadows  have  drunk  enough. 


ECLOGUE  IV. 

SICELIDES     Musae,    canamus  paulo        majom 

YE  Sicilian  Muses,        let  us  sing  in  strains     a  little     more  exalted 

Arbusta,    que   humiles   myricae,   non  juvant    omnes.     Si 

Groves,  and       humble       tamarisks,      do  not  delight  all.  1( 

canimus  silvas,       silvse       sint    dignae    consule.     Jam  ul- 

we  sing       of  woods,  let  the  woods     be       worthy      of  a  consul.      Now    the 

tima    aetas      Cumaei      carminis      venit ;      magnus    ordo 

last          age      of  the  Cumsan       song          has  arrived;       a  great         order 

seculorum  nascitur  ab  integro.     Et  jam    virgo    redit,   Sa- 

of  ages  arises  anew.  And    now    the  virgin  returns,     Sa- 

turnia    regna     redeunt:    jam   nova  progenies    demittitur 

turn's       kingdoms       return :         now     a  new          race  is  sent  down 

alto        coelo.       Tu    modo,      casta  Lucina,  fave  nascenti 

from  high  heaven.     Do  you     now,     O  chaste     Lucina,     favour   the  infant 

puero,     quo      ferrea     primum     desinet,    ac    aurca    gens 

boy,         by  whom  the  iron  age       first  shall  end,    and  the  golden      age 

surget  toto          mundo :    jam   tuus         Apollo     ,ft 

ehall  arise  through  the  whole     world:        now     your   own       Apollo 

regnat.     Que  adeo  hoc  decus     aevi        inibit,     te,     Pollio, 

reigns.  And     thus   this     glory     of  the  age  shall  enter,  you,     O  Pollio, 

te    consule ;     et     magni     menses     incipient    procedere. 

vou  being  consul ;   and     the  great        months       shall  begin  to  advance. 

Te      duce,      si     qua    vestigia    nostri    sceleris      manent, 

You    being  chief,    if       any          marks          of  our       crime         shall  remain, 

irrita  solvent       terras       perpetua     formidine.     Ille 

rendered  vain  they  shall  free  the  earth   from  perpetual  fear.  He 

accipiet      vitam  deorum,  que     videbit     heroas  permistos 

nhall  receive    the  life      of  gods,      and     shall  behold      heroes  mingleil 

divis,       et    ipse     videbitur    illis ;    que     reget      pacatum 

with  gods,  and      he         shall  be  seen  by  them;  and  he  shall  rule  the  peaceful 

orbem      patriis     virtutibus.      At   tellus   prima 

globe        by  his  father's       virtues.  But  the  earth     first     shall  pour  out 

munuscula  tibi,   puer,    nullo       cultu,      errantes    hederas« 

her  offerings     voyou.   O  boy,     with  no    cultivation      wandering  ivy 


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20     passim      cum   baccare,  que     fundet  colocasm, 

^      every  where    with   lady's  glove,  and   shall  produce     Egyptian  beans, 

mista      ridenti     acantho ;  capellae     ipsae    referent  domum 

mingled  with  smiling     acanthus;    the  goats  themselves  shall  bring          homo 

ubera        distenta    lacte ;     nee    armenta    metuent  niagnos 

their  udders  swelled  out  with  milk;    nor    shall  the  herds       fear         the  great 

loones.    Cunabula     ipsa         fundent      blandos  flores    tibi. 

lions.  Cradles       themselves  shall  pour  forth    pleasant    flowers  to  you. 

Et    serpens     occidet,    et    fallax     herba    veneni    occidet; 

And  the  serpent      shall  die.     and  the  deceiving  herb      of  poison       shall  die 

Assyrium   amomum    nascetur    vulgd ;    at    simul   poteris 

Assyrian  spikenard        shall  grow  every  where ;  but  as  soon  as  you  can 

jam   legere     laudes     heroum,    et    facta         parentis,     et 

now       read        the  praises     of  heroes,     and  the  deeds    of  your  father,  and 

cognoscere  quae  virtus  sit ;  campus   flavescet          paulatim 

know  what    virtue     is;       the  plain     shall  grow  yellow    by  degrees 

molli          arista,     que     rubens      uva     pendebit     incultis 

with  the  soft  ears  of  corn,  and     the  blushing    grape       shall  hang   on  the  rude 

«0     sentibus,  et    durae     quercus  sudabunt  roscida  mella, 

brambles,     and  the  hardy        Oaks     shall  perspire     dewy      honey 

Tamen  pauca  vestigia  priscag  fraudis  suberunt,  quae 

Yet  a  few      footsteps  of  ancient    fraud    shall  survive,  which  shall  lead 

ten  tare  thetim  ratibus,  quae  cingere  oppida 

men  to  explore  the  sea  in  ships,    which  shall  induce  them  to  surround  towns 

inuris,      quae      jubeant  infindere     sulcos         telluri. 

with  wulls,  which  shall  command  them      to  cleave        furrows    in  the  earth. 

Turn        erit        alter     Tiphys,     et     altera     Argo,     quae 

Then    shall  there  be  another       Tiphys,       and     another       Argo,       which 

vehat  delectos  heroas  ;  etiam  altera  bella  erunt ;  atque 

fchall  transport   chosen       heroes;         also       other    wars    shall  be ;         and 

magnus  Achilles    mittetur    iterum  ad  Trojam.     Hinc,  ubi 

great  Achilles     shall  be  sent       again     to       Troy.  Hence,  when 

jam  firmata  aetas         fecerit         te    virum,   et  vector    ipse 

now    continual  age      shall  have  made   you      a  man,   and  the  sailor  himself 

cedet  mari ;     nee    nautica     pmus  mutabit  merces : 

shall  withdraw  from  the  sea ;  nor  shall  the  marine  boat    exchange  merchandise: 

omnis  tellus       feret        omnia.     Non       humus      patietur 

every        land    shall  produce   every  thing.    Nor     shall  the  ground      endure 

4ft    rastros,  non      vinea      falcem  :  jam  quoque  robustus 

harrows,     nor    the  vineyard  the  sickle :    now       also         the  strong 

arator      solvet      juga       tauris.         Nee      lana      disce* 

ploughman  shall  loosen  the  yokes  from  the  bulls.     Nor     shall  wool        learn 

mentiri       varios'colores ;    sed   aries,     ipse,    in       pratis, 

to  counterfeit  various     colours;         but    the  ram,  himself,     in  the meado.v^ 

mutabit  vellera,  jam       suave       rubenti  murice,  jam 

shall  exchange  hit     fleece,      now  with  the  sweetly  blushing      purple,       now 

croceo     luto.  Sandyx    vestiet    pascentes  agnos  sua  sponte. 

With  yellow  dye.       Crimson    shall  clothe   the  feeding    lambs   spontaneously 


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Parcae,    Concordes      stabili     numine     fatorum,     dixerunt 

The  fates,     harmonious    in  the  firm       will         of  the  destinies,     have  said 

suis      fusis,     talia    saecla  currite.     O  clara  soboles  deum, 

to  their  spindles,   let  these     ages      run  on.       O   bright     offspring      of  gods, 

magnum  incrementum   Jovis,  aggredere  magnos   honores, 

great  descendant        of  Jupiter,     approach       thy  great        dignities, 

jam    tenipus     aderit.       Aspice    mundum     convexo     _~ 

now        the  time  has  arrived.       Behold        the  world  with  its  vaulted   J" 

pondere  nutantem,  que   terras,    que   tractus     marls,    que. 

weight  nodding,         and    the  lands,    and    the  regions  of  the  sea,     and 

profundum   coelum ;   aspice,   ut    omnia    laetentur       geeclo 

exalted  heaven ;       behold,     how  all  things       rejoice        in  the  age 

venturo.  O         ultima  pars  tarn  longae  vitae        maneat 

about  to  come.        O   that  the  last    part   of  so      long     a  life  would  remain 

mihi,   et  spiritus,    quantum    erit    sat    dicere    tua  facta ! 

tome,    and      breath,       as  much  as   will  be  enough  losing      your      deeds) 

non  vincet      me    carminibus,     nee     Thracius    Or- 

not    any  one  shall  excel      me  in  songs,         neither      Thracian          Or- 

pheus,   nee   Linus ;     quamvis    mater,   Calliopea,       adsit 

plious,         nor       Linus;  although    his  mother,    Calliopea,     shall  assist 

huic   Orphei,   atque     pater,     formosus  Apollo,  huic 

him        Orpheus,       and       his  father,  fair  Apollo,    shall  aid    him 

Lino.     Si  etiam  Pan      certet       mecum,  Arcadia     judice, 

Linus.       If      even     Pan  should  contend    with  me,      Arcadia    being  Judge, 

etiam   Pan       dicat  se      victum,    Arcadia     judice. 

also  Pan     shall  declare        himself   conquered,     Arcadia      being  judge. 

Parve  puer,   incipe   cognoscere    matrem  risu:     fin 

Little        boy,        begin  to  know        your  mother  by  her  smile  •      *"' 

decem    menses     tulerunt         longa       fastidia  matri. 

ten  months       have  brought   long-continued      pains     on  your  mother 

Incipe,  parve  puer;       cui         parentes     non    risere,   nee 

Begin,         little       boy;       on  whom      your  parents  have  not  smiled,       noi 

deus  hunc     mensa,      nee      dea      dignata  est 

a  god  honoured  him     with  his  table,    nor     a  goddess         honoured          Ain 

cubili. 
with  her  bed. 


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ECLOGUE  V. 


MENALCAS. 
MOPSE,    quoniam     convenimus,     anibo    boni,          tu 

O  MOPSCS,  since          we  have  assembled,      both        good    men,   you 

inflare    leves    calamos,  ego  d;cere  versus,   cur  non   con- 

tu  blow     the  light        reeds,          I       to  sing       verses,     why      do    we  not 

sedimus   hie   inter  ulmos   mistas    corylis  ? 

•it  down       heie  among   the  elms     mingled   with  hazels? 
MOPSUS. 

Tu       major ;   est  aequum     me     parere  tibi,  Menalcas  : 

You  are  the  cider;   it  is      right        forme     to  obey     you,;    O  Mcnalcaa; 

sive    sub      incertas    umbras,     zephyris     motaniibus,  sive 

either  beneath  the  uncertain    shades,      the  west  winds         moving,  or 

potius  succedimus    antro ;    aspice,   ut  silvestris   labrusca 

rather          we  enter         the  grotto;      see,        how     the  rural         wild  vine 

sparsit  antrum       raris       racemis. 

sprinkles  the  cave  with  scattered   clusters. 

MENALCAS. 
In  nostris  montibus  Amyntas  solus    certet      tibi. 

In        our        mountains     Amyntas     alone  shall  contend  with  you. 

MOPSUS. 
Quid  si    idem      certet      superare  Phoebum  canendo? 

What    if  the  same  should  strive       to  excel          Apollo       in  singing? 

MENALCAS. 
Mopse,  prior  incipe,  si    habes    aut  quos  ignes  Phyllidis, 

O  Mopsus,   first       begin,    if   you  have  either    any    flames       of  Phyllis. 

.  ft     aut  laudes  Alconis,  aut  jurgia    Codri ;    incipe,   Ti- 

or       praises      ofAlcon,       or     quarrels   ofCodrus;      begin,        Ti 

tyrus  servabit  pascentes  haedos. 
tyras    shall  keep     the  feeding       kids. 

MOPSUS. 
Imo,  experiar  haec  carmina  quae  descripsi  nuper      viridi 

Nay,    I  will  try    these     songs     which  I  have  written  lately  .oallio  green 

cortice         fagi,         et  modulans       notavi      alterngs?  iOejn- 

bark        of  the  beech  tree,  and     tuning     1  have  noted  them  by  turns:     after 

de      tu    jubeto    Amyntas  certet. 

wards  you  command  that  Amyntas  should  contend. 


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MENALCAS. 
Quantum     lenta    salix    cedit  pallenti    olivae,    quantum 

As  much  as  the  slender  willow    yields    to  the  pale       olive,        as  much  as 

hum  ills   saliunca     puniceis      rosetis ;      tan  turn    Amyntas 

the  lowly      lavender     to  the  crimson     rose  beds;        so  much         Amyntas 

cedit   tibi   nostro  judicio. 

yields    lo  you    in  my     judgment. 

MOPSUS. 
SeJ,  puer,     tu     desine  plura:  successimus    antro. 

But,       O  boy,   do  you     cease     to-utter  mote:    we  have  entered  tht.  grotto 

Nymphae  flebant  Daphnin  extinctum  crudeli  funere  :     2ft 

The  nymphs    mourned     Daphnis       itestroyed       by  cruel    death ;          ~" 

vos,  coryli,  et  fiumina,     testes       nymphis :    cum     mater 

you,  ye  hazels,  and  ye  streams,  are  witnesses  to  the  nymphs:  when  the  mother 

complexa  miserabile  corpus  sui  nati,  vocat   atque     deos 

embracing       the  wretched       body     of  her    son,    she  calls    both      the  goda 

atque   astra   crudelia      Daphni,  non  ulli  egere  pastos 

and         the  stars       cruel.  O  Daphnis,     not  any    swains  drove   their  fed 

boves   ad    frigida   flumina  illis    diebus :    nulla  quadrupes 

oxen          to      the  cool      streams  on  those       days:  no  quadruped 

neque  libavit  amnem,  nee  attigit  herbam  graminis      Daphni, 

neither     tasted  the  stream,  nor  touched     a  blade       of  grass.         O  Daphnis. 

que        feri        monies     que     silvae   loquuntur,  ctiam  Pte- 

V>th     the  savage    mountains      and    the  woods       speak,  also          the 

nos  leones   ingemuisse   tuum   interitum.     Daphnis 

Uarihagenian       lions  mourned  your          death.  Daphaia 

et        instituit  subjungere  Armenias  tigres     curru,      Daph- 

likewise    taught  to  join  Armenian      tigers  to  the  chariot,     Daph- 

nis         inducere  thiasos  Baccho,   et   intexere  lentas     „  . 

nis  taught  to  lead  out      dances   to  Bacchus,  and  to  intertwine.slender      "' 

hastas  mollibus  folliis.     Ut  vitis   est  decori   arboribus,  m 

spears       with  soft     leaves.       As  the  vine    19     the  glory     to  the  trees,     as 

uvae         vitibus,     ut    tauri         gregibus,   ut  segetes  pingui- 

the  grapes  to  the  vines,  so    the  bulls  art  to  the  flocks,    as    the  corn         to  the 

bus   arvis ;       tu       omne     decus        tuis.  Postquarn 

rich       fields;  .so  you    art     all         the  glory       of  your  friends.  After 

fata       tulerunt  te,  Pales  ipsa,  atque  Apollo   ipse  reliquit 

the  fates    bore  you  off,       Pales     herself,     and       Apollo    himself  left 

agros.       Sacpe,      sulcis      quibus      mandavimns     grandia 

the  Melds.       Often,    in  the  furrows  to  which     we  have  committed     the  largo 

hordea,  infelix  lolium,  et  steriles  avenae  dominantur.       Pro 

•arley,       unhappy    darnel,    and    barren        oats  prevail.        Instead  of 

molli   viola,     pro     purpureo  narcisso,  carduus  et  paliurus 

the  soft     violet,  instead  of  the  purple     narcissus,    the  thistle  and  thorn 

surgit.  acutis   spinis.     Pastores,  spargite  humum      folliis, 

•rises    with  sharp  prickles.     Ye  shepherds,    spread       the  ground  with  leaves 


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4ft     inducite  umbras     fontibus ;     Daphnis    mandat    lalia 

*"      lead  on       the  shades  to  the  fountain*;   Daphnis      commands      suck, 

fieri      sibi.       Et    facite    tumnlum,    et    superaddite 

Aingi  to  be  done  for  him.     And      make          a  tomb,        and  superadd 

carmen    tumulo;    Ego,  Daphnis,  notus     in    eilvis,    hinc 

averse       to  the  tomb;        I,        Daphnis,       known  among  the  woods,  hcnc« 

usque  ad  sidera,   custos   formosi  pecoris,  ipse  formosior. 

even       to    the  stars,  the  keeper    of  a  fair       flock,       myself    more  fair. 

MENALCAS. 
Divine  poe'ta,  tuum  carmen  tale  nobis,  quale  sopor  fessis 

O  divine       poet,     your     song      is  such  to  us,       as    sleep  to  the  wearied 

in  gramine,  quale  per  aestum  restinguere  sitim        saliente 

upon  the  grass,     as        in     the  heat    to  extinguish     thirst    from  a  springing 

rivo    dulcis  aquae.     Nee    aequiparas    magistrum      calamis 

rivulet  of  sweet   water.       Nor       do  you  equal       your  master  with  the  reeds 

solum,  sed      voce.      Fortunate  puer,  nunc  tu    eris     alter, 

only,          but  with  the  voice.       Happy        boy,       now   you  will  be  another, 

_n     ab    illo,      Tamen  nos  dicemus  haec  nostra  tibi 

from  him.     Nevertheless  we     will  sing  these       our    vents  for  you 

vicissim,  que  tollemus   tuum  Daphnin  ad   astra ;     feremus 

in  turn,         and    we  will  extol    your       Dapbnis     to  the  stars;  we  will  raise 

Daphnin  ad    astra :    Daphnis  amavit  nos  quoque. 

Dapbnis        to     the  stars:     Daphnis       loved       us        also. 
MOPSUS. 

An  sit    quicquam   majus  nobis      tali     munere  ? 

Whether  can  there  be     anything       greater    to  us    than  such     a  favour? 

et  puer    ipse   fuit  dignis  cantari ;  etjampridem   Stimicon 

and  the  boy  himself  was   worthy  to  be  sung ;  and     long  since  Stimicon 

laudavit    ista  carmina  nobis. 

had  praised  these   songs   to  us. 

MENALCAS. 
Daphnis,   candidus,  miratur     insuetum      limen  olympi, 

Daphnis,  in  white,       admires   the  unaccustomed    court     of  heaven 

que  videt     nubes     et  sidera  sub   pedibus.     Ergo  alacris 

and     beholds  the  clouds  and  the  stars  beneath    his  feet.      Therefore    joyous 

voluptas    tenet    silvas    et    caetera    rura,    que   Pana,   que 

pleasure          holds  the  woods  and     other         fields,      and       Pan,         and 

pastores,    que  Dryadas  puellas.  Nee      lupus  insidias 

the  shepherds,  and    the  Dryad      maids.       Nor  does  the  \vo\fmcditate     snares 

pecori,  nee   ulla    retia   meditantur   dolum     cervis : 

against  the  flock,  nor  do  any     nets          meditate  fraud   to  the  stags- 

ftft     bonus    Daphnis    amat      otia.         Intonsi       monies 

''^        good  Daphnis       loves     retirement.    The  unshorn   mountains 

jpsi        jactant      voces     ad     sidera    laetitia :    jam    rupes 

themselves  throw      their  voices    to       the  stars    with  joy:       now  the  rock» 

ipsae  carmina,   arbusta        ipsa      sonant. 

themselves  re-echo  thetc      songs,        the  groves    themselves    resound     tkem 


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Menalca,  Deus,  ille  Deus.    O    sis   bonus  que  felix     tui*  i 

Menalcas,       a  God,  this  is   a  God.     O  be  thou   good     and     happy     to  your 

en  quatuor  aras ;  ecce    duas  tibi,  Daphni,  que  duo 

friends !  lo       four       altars ;     behold    two   for  you,  O  Daphnis,  and      t'.vo 

altaria    Phaebo,    statuam    bina    pocula    spumantia    novo 

oltars        for  Apollo,    I  will  place     two        bowls  foaming     with  new 

lacte  quotannis,  que  duos  crateras  pinguis   olivi    tibi :    et 

miik          yearly,         and     two        goblets         of  rich         oil     for  you   and 

imprimis   hilarans    convivia  multo  Baccho,  ante    focum, 

especially       enlivening      the  feasts  with  much     wine,       before  the  hearth. 

si     ent      frigus,   si    messis,  in   umbra.        fimdam    „* 

if    it  shall  be   winter,     if       harvest,     in    the  shade,  I  will  pour  out      '" 

Arvisia  vina,  novum  nectar,  calathis.     Damaetas  et  Lyctius 

Arvisian    wine,      new        nectar,    in  baskets.         Damaetas   and      Lyctian 

JEgon  cantabunt   mihi ;  Alphesibaeus   imitabitur   saltantes 

^Egon  shall  sing       to  me ;       Alphesibxus        shall  imitate    the  dancing 

Satyros.     Haec    semper    erunt    tibi,    et    cum    reddemus 

Satyrs.  These         ever         shall  be    thine,  both   when       we  offer  up 

solennia    vota    Nymphis,    et    cum    lustrabimus    agros. 

our  annual      vows    to  the  Nymphs,    and     when         we  survey       the  fields. 

Dum   aper  juga      mentis,      dum  piscis  amabit 

While  the  boar  shall  love  the  heights  of  the  mountain,  while  the  fish  shall  love 

fiuvios  ;  que  dum  apes  pascentur        thymo,  dum      cicadae 

the  rivers;    and  while  bees       shall  feed     upon    thyme,     while      the  grass- 

rore ;    semper          honos,   que   tuum   nomen,   que 

hoppers  on  dew ;      forever    your     honour,      and      your         name,         and 

laudes  manebunt.     Agricolae    facient     vota    tibi  quotannis 

praises     shall  remain.       The  farmers  shall  pay  their  vows  to  you  yearly 

sic,   ut    Baccho    que  Cereri ;    tu    quoque  damnabis     ft~ 

thus,   as     to  Bacchus     and    to  Ceres ;      you        also       shall  compel         ^ 

votis. 

them  to  their  vows. 

MOPSUS. 
Quae,  quae  dona    reddam      tibi    pro  tali  carmine  ?  nara 

What,    what   gifts     shall  I  pay   to  you     for     euch     a  song  ?  foi 

neque         sibilus  venientis          austri  me  tan- 

neither     do  the  whispers  of  the  approaching     couth  wind   delight  me       so 

turn,  nee  litora  percussa    fluctu    tarn  juvant,         nee  flu- 
much,    nor  the  shores    struck     by  the  billow  so        delight      me     nor     the 
tnina,  quae  decurrunt  inter  saxosas  valles. 
rivers     which        run         among  the  rocky   vallies. 

MENALCAS. 
Nos   donabimus    te    ante    hac     fragili    cicuta.     Haec 

We          will  present     thee     first    with  this     brittle          reed.  This 

nos,  "  Corydon  ardebat  formosum  Alexin  :"  haec 

kai  taught     us,         "  Corydon         loved      the  beautiful      Alexis :"          thie 


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"cujum  pecus  ?"          an 

"  whose       lluck  is  t/tis  ?"    whether  it.  il  tie  jtoctf 


eadem       docuit, 

•ainc         lias  taught  us, 

Meliban  ? 
of  Melibxua? 

MOPSUS. 
At    Menalca,    tu   sume         pedum,    fonnosum   paribua 

But     O  Menalcas,  doyou  take    your      crook.  beautiful      with  equa1, 

nodis ;  atque     aere,     quod  Antigenes  non  tulit,  cum  saepe 

knots;         and   with  brass,  which      Antigenes   did  not  obtain,  when     often 

rogaret      me,  (et   turn   erat  dignus    amari.) 

he  entreated   me     for  it,  (and    then  he  was    worthy   to  be  loved.) 


ECLOGUE  VI. 

SILENUS. 

NOSTRA  Thalia  prima   dignata   est    ludere      Syracosio 

MY  muse       at  first       condescended      to  sport        in  Syracusian 

versa ;  nee    erubuit      habitare  silvas.     Cum  canerem 

verse ;         nor  has  she  blushed  to  inhabit  the  woods.    When  I  would  have  sung 

reges    et    praelia,   Cynthius    vellit   aurem,   et  admonuit: 

of  kings,  and     battles,  Apollo  pulled     my  car,     and       admonished 

Tityre,  oportet  pastorem  pascere     pingues    oves, 

<n«  thus:   O  Tityrus,  it  becomes  a  shepherd       to  feed       his  fattening    sheep 

dicere    deductum     carmen.       Nunc    ego    meditaboi 

and      to  sing        an  humble  song.  Now  I       will  meditate 

agrestem    musam       tcnui       arundine,     (namque      super- 

my  rustic  muse       on  a  slender         reed,  (for  there  will 

erunt  tibi,  Vare,         qui  cupiant   dicere   tuas   laudes,   et 

remain  to  you,  O  Varus,  t/tose  who      desire        losing     your       praises,  and 

condere     tristia  bella.)     Non   canoinjussa;  tamen, 

to  describe  mournful    wars.)       I  do  not  sing     unbidden    subjects;         yet, 

si    quis,    si     quis       captus        amore  leget     haec" 

if   anyone,    if    anyone     captivated         by  love  of  verse  will  read    thesa 

lft     quoque;    Vare,     nostrae    myricae  te,     omne 

even;  O  Varus,        our          tamarisks  shall  sing  of  thee,  every 

nemus    canet      te :     nee  est  ulla  pagina    gratior     Phffibo 

grove        shall  sing  of  thee :    nor     is    any       page     more  grateful  to  Apollo 

quam         qua?  praescripsit    nomen    Vari   sibi.      Pierides, 

than       that  which     has  prefixed      the  name  of  Varus  on  it.          Ye  Muses, 

pergite:  Chromis  et   Mnasylus,  pueri,  videre  Sile- 

proceed:          Chromis     and      Mnasylus,       playful    boys,        beheld       Sile- 

num  jacentumsomnoinantro,  inflatum     venas        hesterno 

0os         lying        in  Bleep    in    a  cave,    blown  up   as  to  his  veins  with  yctter 


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laccho    ut  semper.  Serta,  tantum    dclapsa 

day's    wine,        as       ever  he  is.       His  garlands,  just  now  fallen 

capiti,        jacebant     procul ;     et   gravis    cantharus  pende- 

from  his  head,       lay         at  a  distance;  and  his  weighty     tankard  bun; 

bat    attrita     ansa.     Aggressi,    injiciunt  vincula    ex 

by  its  wont  handle.      Approaching,  they  cast  over     Aim     chains     fn.m 

ipsis   sertis-(nam  saepe     senex       iuserat     ambo  spe 

these     wreaths    (ror       often    the  old  man  had  beguiled     both  with  the  hope 

carmiuis).     JEgle  addit      se          sociam,      que   su-     _ft 

of  a  song).  -£gle       adds      herself   as  a  companion,    and  came      ^ 

pervenit  timidis  ^Egle  pulcherrima  Nala- 

up  to  them    afarmed  by  her  approach,    JEgle   the  most  beautiful  of  the 

dum,  que  pingit  frontem  et  tempora    jam     videnti 

fountain  nymphs,  and     paints  his  forehead  and    temples     just  now     looking 

sanguineis       moris.          Hie,   ridens,          dolum, 

on   them       with  bloody        mulberries.  He,     laughing,       at  the  deceit, 

inquit,     Quo    nectitis          vincula  ?      solvite   me,   pueri : 

says,  Why     do  you  bind  these     chains  ?  loose        me,          boys : 

est    satis          potuisse  videri.  Cognoscite 

it  is    enough     to  have  been  suffered        to  be  beheld  thus.  Hear 

carmina  quae    vultis  :    carmina        vobis ;  erit     aliud 

the  songs     which  you  wish :    the  songs    are     for  you ;  there  shall  be  another 

mercedis  huic.      Simul  ipse  incipit.     Turn  vero     videres 

reward  for  her.      At  once     he       begins.         Then     indeed    you  might 

que  Faunos  que      feras    ludere  in    nume- 

have  seen    both     Fauns       and  wild  beasts    to  sport  about  him  in    regulated 

rum  ;     turn  rigidas  ^uercus  motare  cacumina.     Nee     Par- 
measure;  then  the  hardy      oaks        to  move       their  tops.        Nor    does  the 

nassia     rupes  tantum  gaudet  Phtebo,  nee  Rhodope  et  Isma- 

Parnassian    rock     so  much     rejoice      Apollo,     nor     Khodope     and     Isma- 

rus   lantum   miratur  Orphea.     Namque  canebat,  uti     „« 

fus       BO  much       admire        Orpheus.  For  be  sang,   how      "^ 

semina     que  terrarum,   que   anima?,   que   maris,  et      si- 

the  elements  both    of  the  earth,     and     of  the  air,     and  of  the  sea,  and  at  the 

mul  liquidi       ignis,  fuissent  coacta    per    magnum 

same  time  of  the  unmixed     fire,       bad  been       united    through       the  great 

inane :    ut        his  primis  omnia  exordia, 

void:         bow  from  these    first      principles  are     all        the  causes  of  things, 

ut     tener     orbis     mundi       ipse         concreverit.         Turn 

how  the  tender  globe    of  the  world     itself      had  become  hardened.       Then 

solum  cceperit     durare,      et  discludere      Nerea       ponto, 

tbe  soil    had  begun  to  become  firm,  and    to  set  apart       the  waters    in  the  sea, 

et  surnere   formas   rerum  paulatim.      Jamque   ut      terrae 

and  to  take      the  forms  of  things     by  degrees.        And  now     how   the  lands 

stupeant  novum  solem          lucescere,   atque   imbres 

were  amazed  when    the  new      sun      began       to  shine,  and        showers 

cadant,         nubibus         submotis       altius:    cum   prim um 

all.  from  the  clouds      being  removed       higher-       when  first' 


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eilvae     incipiunt  surgere,  que   cum    rara   animalia   eiTcnt 

the  woods      begin  to  arise,       and    when      few         animal!)       wanacf 

.»     per     ignotos    monies.      Hie  refert   jactos    lapides 

through  unknown    mountains.        He       relates     the  cast          stones 

Pyrrhae,  Saturnia    regna,    que     Caucaseas    volucres,  que 

afPyrrha,        Saturn's      kingdom,     and      the  Caucasian         birds,  arid 

furtum   Promethei.     Adjungit    his,      quo     fonte       nantae 

fie  thuft.  of  Prometheus.      He  adjoins   to  these,  in  what  fountain  the  sailon 

camassent     relictum      Hylan:    ut    omne  litus    sonarct, 

but  called  aloud    on  the  lost  Hylas:       how    every      shore      resounded 

Hyla,    Hyla.      Et    solatur     Pasiphaeu      amore         nivei 

Hylas,         Hylas.'       And    he  consoles       Pasiptue      with  the  love  of  a  snowy 

juvenci :  fortunatam,  si  armenta  nunquam  fuissent.     Ah, 

bullock  happy,  if       herds  never  hud  been.      Alas, 

infelix  virgo,  quac  dementia    cepit    te  ?  Praetides 

unhappy    maid,    what     madness     possesses  thce?   The  daughters  of  Prwtua 

implerunt    agros      falsis     mugitibus ;   at  tamen  non     ulla 

filled  the  fields  with  false         lowings*       but      yet       not  anyone 

secuta  est  tarn  turpes  concubitus  pecudum,  quamvis    timu- 

followed  so        base       cohabitation       of  flacks,       although  she  might 

-ft     isset  aratrum     collo,     et  saepe    quaesivissct    cornua 

**"      fear      the  plough  on  her  neck,  and  often    she  had  sought  for       horns 

in          levi      fronte.      Ah,    infelix   virgo,  nunc   tu    erras 

upon   her  smooth  forehead.       Alas,    unhappy     maid,       now    you  wander 

in      montibus !    ille,    fultus      niveum     latus   molli    hy- 

upon  the  mountains)     he,    supporting      his  snowy        side  on  tin;  soft     hy 

acintho,   ruminat   pallentes   herbas      sub        nigra     illice. 

acinth,  chews  the  pale         herbs        beneath     the  black         oak, 

aut  sequitur  aliquam  in    magno     grege.      Nymphae, 

or         follows     another     kcifcr    in      the  great        herd.  Ye  nymphs, 

Dictseae    nymphae,    claudite,    jam   claudite    saltus    nemo- 

ye  Dictxan      nymphs,          shut  up,        now       shut  up     the  lawns       of  the 

rum :    si  forte  qua  errabunda  vestigia      bovis,  obvia, 

groves:     if   perhaps  any      wandering    footsteps    of  the  bullock,  in  the  way, 

ferant        sese       nostris    oculis.      Forsitan   aliquae   vaccae 

may  offer   themselves     to  my  eyes.  Perhaps  other        heifers 

perducant  ilium  ad  Gortynia  stabula,  aut  captum        viridi 

will  lead  him       to  the  Gortynian     stalls,       or    captivated  by  the  green 

fin    herba,  aut  secutum  armenta.     Turn   canit    puellam 

grass,         or       pursuing      the  herds.         Then    he  sings  of  the  maid 

miratam     mala     Hesperidum :  turn      circumdat         Phae- 

admiring      the  apples  of  the  Ilcspcridcs :    then     how  he  surrounds  the  daugh- 

tontiadas  musco       amara3     corticis,  atque  eriget 

lers  of  Photon  with  the  moss  of  the  bitter       bark,  and        raises     them 

proceras  alnos         solo.         Turn  canit,  ut  una      sororum 

tall  alders  from  the  ground.     Then  he  sing*,  how  one      of  the  sisters 

duxerit  Gallum  errantem  ad   flumina  Permessi  in     Aonas 

iJ  Callus       wandering    to   the  streams  of  Permessus  on  the  Aouian 


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monies ,'    que   ut  omnis  chorus  Phoebi  assurexerit      viro  •, 

mountains;     and   how   all  the       band    of  Apollo  arose       to  the  man; 

ut  Linus,     pastor,       ornatus         crines         floribus    atque 

how  Linus,    the  shepherd,  ornamented    as  to  his  locks    with  flowers        and 

amaro    apio,    dixerit        haec         illi       divino     carmine: 

bitter        parsley,       said        these  things    to  him      in  divine  verse: 

Musae      dant    tibi    hos  calamos,  en,  accipe,        quos  ante 

The  Muses  present  to  you  these       reeds,         lo,      take     them,  which  before 

seni    Ascraeo;    quibus     ille     solebat     de-    ~n 

Hey  gave  to  the  old    Ascrian  ;   with  which     he  was  accustomed    to      '" 

ducere  rigidas    ornos          montibus       cantando.        Origo 

lead  out  the  hardy  wild  ashes  from  the  mountains    by  singing.  Let  the  origin 

Grynaei      nemoris    dicatur    tibi     his ;      ne       sit       quis 

of  tlic  Grynean    grove          be  sung     by  you  on  these  ;  that  there  be  not   any 

lucus,   quo    Apollo  jactet      se      plus.     Quid        loquar, 

grove,    in  which    Apollo  may  boast  himself   more.       Why     should  I  speak 

aut    Scyllam  Nisi  ?  quam, 

oftchat  he  said,  either     ofScylla     the   daughter  ofNisus?  orofher      whom. 

succinctam         Candida          inguina  latrantibus    monstris, 

girt  as  to  her  snow  white       waist       with  barking  monsters. 

fama    secuta   est         vexasse      Dulichias    rates,    et,    in 

fume     has  handed  down       to  have  vexed   the  Dulachiau      ships,     and,      in 

alto      gurgite,    ah,    lacerasse     timidos      nautas     marinis 

the  deep  whirlpool,     alas,    to  have  torq  the  frightened     sailors         with  sea 

canibus  ?    aut    ut    narraverit      artus       Terei      mutatos  ? 

dogs?  or       how      he  related    that  the  limbs  of  Tereus  were  changed? 

quas   dapes,  quae  dona  Philomela   paraverit   illi  ?         quo 

what     festivals,  what    gifts        Philomela     bad  prepared  for  him  ?        with 

cursu   petiverit    deserta,    et    quibus     alis  in-     Rn 

what  swiftness     be  sought     the  deserts,   and  with  what    wings    the 

felix  supervolitaverit      tecta        ante        sua  ?    ille 

wretched  prince  flew  above  the  palace      formerly     his  own  1       be 

canit  omnia,  quae   beatus   Eurotas   audiit,  Phoebo 

eung         alt       these  things,  which     joyful       Eurotas        heard,          Apollo 

quondam      meditante,       que     jussit     lauros     ediscere : 

formerly        having  played  them,   and    commanded  the  laurels          to  learn; 

pulsae       valles  referunt         ad   sidera.     Donee        vesper 

the  stricken    vales        re-echo     them  to    the  stars.        Until       the  evening 

jussit       cogere      oves        stabulis       que      refcrre 

etar    coerced  them     to  collect    the  sheep    in  the  stables,      and     to  count  up 

numerum,  et  processit  olympo  invito. 

their  number,  and    proceeded    in  the  sky  unwillingly  relinquishing  tht  tang. 


ECLOGUE  VII. 

MELIB^IUS. — CORYDON. — THYRSIS. 

MELIB^JUS. 
FOUTE     Daphnis  consederat    sub       arguta    ilice ;    que 

Br  chance     Daphnis  sat  beneath  a  whispering    o.ik;       both 

Corydon     et    Thyrsis    compulerant    greges     in  unum : 

Corydon  and       Thyrsis          had  driven         their  flocks  together : 

Thyrsis        oves,  Corydon-        capellas,  distentas      lacte : 

Thyrsis       his     sheep,     Corydon       his       goats,        swelled  out  with  milk : 

ambo     florentes      aelatibus,     ambo     Arcades :     et  pares 

both         iii  the  prime       of  their  age,         both        Arcadians:     and     equal 

cantare,  et   parati  respondere.     Hie  caper    ipse,  vir 

to  sing,       and  prepared       to  reply.  Here  the  goat  himself,  the  husband 

gregis,    deerraverat    milii,     dum   defendo  teneras  myrtos 

of  the  flock,  had  wandered  from  me,    while       I  defend    the  tender     myrtles 

a.       frigore ;    atque  ego  aspicio  Daphnin :  ubi   ille   videt 

from     the  cold;       and          1  see          Daphnis:      when     he    beholds 

me   contra,   inquit ;     O   Melibace,       ades       hue    ocyus ; 

«ie       opposite,     he  says :       O       Melibseus,  do  you  come     here       quickly ; 

tibi  caper  salvus,   et    hcedi ;    et  si    potes     cessare   quid, 

your    goat      is  safe,     and  the  kids;    and    'if     you  can        loiter         at  all, 

in  re(luiesce   SUD    urnbrfc.       Juvenci        ipsi      venient 

™     rest  beneath  the  shade.      The  bullocks    themselves  shall  come 

per         prata      hue  potum.     Hie  Mincius  praetexit  virides 

through  the  meadows  here    to  drink.       Here    Mincius       has  lined   its  green 

ripas       tenerii       arundine,     que      examina          resonant 

banks   with  the  tender       reed,  and          swarms     of  bees,       resound 

e       sacnl    quercu.     Quid     facerem  ?     ego  habeam  neque 

from  the  sacred     oak.  What      could  I  do  ?          I          had         neither 

Alcippen,   nee  Phyllida,  quae     clauderet      domi      agnos 

Alcippe,  nor        Phyllis,       who       would  shut  up    at  home    the  lambs 

depulsos    4    lacte ;  et    erat    magnum  certamen,  Corydon 

weaned        from    milk;    and  there  was     a  great        contest,  Corydon 

cum    Thyrside.      Tamen      posthabui      mea  seria 

with  Thyrsis.  Yet        I  have  postponed       my       serious  affairt 

illorum  ludo.     Igitur,   ambo         contendere     ahernis  ver- 

to  their      'sport.     Therefore,    both     began     to  contend       in  alternate  ver- 

sibus:       Musa3      volebant  meminisse        alternos 

•es:  The  Muses        wished          me  to  have  commemorated      alternate 

Corydon  hos,  Thyrsis  referebat  illos  in 

*"      versa.        Corydon    rehearsed  these,   Tliyrsis        recited      those     in 

ordine. 

order. 


CORYDON. 
Libethrides  nymphae,  noster  amor,  aut  concedite  carmen 

Ye  Libcthrian       nymphs,        our        love,    either       grant  a  song 

mihi,   quale  meo    Codro  •     (ille   facit 

tome,     such  us    you  have  granted   to  my       Codrus:         (he     makes    vtrset 

proxima    versibus    Phoebi),    aut,    si         omnes    non  pos- 

ni'.xt  to  the  verses    of  Apollo),     eitlier    if    toe       all  can* 

Bumus,          hie       arguta  fistula    pendebit     sacra  pinu. 

not  do  it,   here  my   tuneful     pipe       shall  ha.ib  on  the  sacred  pine. 

THYRSIS. 
Arcades      pastores  ornate    crescentem   poetam    hedenl, 

Ye  Arcadian     shepherds     adorn  your  rising  poet  with  ivy, 

ut     ilia      Codro  rumpantur  invidia.     Aut  si  laudiirit 

that  the  sides  of  Codrus  may  be  burst  with  envy.        O      if     he  should    praise 

ultra  placitum,  cingite   frontem         baccare,      ne  mala 

me  beyond    my  wish,         bind      your  forehead  «  tth  lady's  glove,  lest  an  evil 

lingua    noceat    futuro  vati. 

tongue    should  hurt  the  future  poet. 

CORYDON. 
Delia,  parvus  Mycon        hoc  caput    setosi    apri  tibi, 

Delia,         little  Mycon  offers   this      heaJ    of  a  bristly    boar  to  you, 

et    ramosa    cornua  vivacis  cervi.   Si  hoc          fuerit     ~~ 

and  the  branching  horns     of  a  lusty    stag.         If  this  may  have  been     "U 

proprium,          stabis         tota    de    levi     marmo're,  evincta 

appropriate,    you  shall  stand  out  entire  from  smooth         marble,  binding 

suras       puniceo    cothurno. 

your  legs  with  crimson     buskin. 

THYRSIS. 
Priape,     est       sat       te       exspectare  sinum    lactis    et 

O  Priapus,     it  is       enough  for  you        to  expect         a  pail       of  milk    and 

haec  liba  quotannis :     es       custos    pauperis  horti.     Nunc 

these  cakes       yearly :        you  are   the  keeper    of  a  poor     garden.          Now 

fecimus       te   marmoreum  pro  tempore  :  at  esto  tu  aureus, 

we  have  made  thee       of  marble       for       the  time:    but     bo    thou     of  gold, 

si  fetura  suppleverit  gregem. 

if  breeding    shall  supply      the  flock. 

CORYDON. 
Galatea,  Nerine,  dulcior  mihi      thymo     Hyblae, 

O  Galatea,  daug/iter  of  Nereus,    sweeter    tome  than  the  thyme  ofHybla, 

candidior     cycnis,   formosior     alba    hedenl :  cum  primus 

more  white    than  swans,     more  fair    than  white      ivy  •         when  first 

pasti       tauri    repetent    praesepia,  si  qua  cura    tui   Cory- 

the  full  fed  bulls       shall  seek         the  stalls,     if     any    care     of  your      Cory 

donis   habet  te,   venito.  ,Q 

don        possesses  you,      come. 


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THYRSIS. 
Im6,  ego    vidcar     tibi    amarior     Sardois     herbis,   hor- 

Nuy,        I       may  seem  to  you  more  bitter  than  Sardinian    herbs,       mnra 

ridior      rnsco,     vilior      projects.        algii,       si    liacc    lux 

rough        man  furze,     meaner    than  rejected     sea-weed,        if      this        day 

nnn  est    jam   longior     mihi        toto        anno.  Pasti 

« not  now        longer         tome     than  a  whole    year.  Ye  full  fed 

juvenci,  ite  domum  ;  ite,  si      quis       pudor. 

bullocks,      go       home;.        go,    if  there  is  any    modesty. 

CORYDON. 
Muscosi    fontes,    et  herba  mollior    somno,    et     viridia 

Yc  mossy       fountains,  and     grass      softer       than  slttp,  and    the  greei 

arbutus,  quae'  tegit  vos       rara       umbra,    defcndite   solsli- 

irbute,        which  covers   you    with  its  thin     shade,         keep  oft"          the  sol 

tium        pecori :  jam        torrida     aestas      venit ;    jam 

•tice         from  the  flock :       already     the  burning    summer    approaches;   nnw 

gemmae  turgent  in     laeto    palmite. 

the  buds          swell     on  ths  fruitful    vine. 

THYRSIS. 
Hie       focus,    et   pingiies  taedae ;  hie       plurimus   ignis 

Here  is  a  he.trlh.   and        rich        torches ;    here  i.>         much  fire 

5ft     semper,   et   posies        nigri  assidua,     fuligine.     Hie 

always,        and  the  posts  are  black  with  continual     soot.  Here 

curamus    frigora     Boreas    tantum,  quantum    aut       lupus 

we  regard       'the  cold     of  Boreas      as  much,  as  either       the  woli 

numerum,  aut     torrentia    fl  um  in  a 

regard*    the  number  of  the  flock,    or        the  headlong      streams    regard  ihcir 

ripas. 

banks. 

CORYDON. 

Et     junipcri,     et        hirsutae     castanere     stunt;     poma 

And      the  junipers,    and         thorough         chestnuts        remain;         apples 

jacent  strata     passim,     qureque     sub     sua.    arbore  ;  nunc 

lio  strewn  everywhere,     each  one    beneath  its  own        tree;  now 

omnia     rident ;    at   si  formosus  Alexis       abeat  his 

all  things     laugh;       but    if        fair  A lexvs  should  be  absent  from  these 

montibus,     videas     et     flumina  sicca. 

mountains,  you  would  see  even    the  rivers     dry. 

THYRSIS. 
Ager        aret ;      herba  sitit  moriens         vitio         ae'ris  • 

The  field    is  dried  up;  the  grass  thirsts   dying     by  the 'impurity  of  the  air 

Liber       invidit     pampineas      umbras      collibus :       omne 

Bacchus     has  cnviec          his  vine  shadows       from  the  hills:          every 

nemus     virebit         adventu     nostrae   Phyllidis  ;    et    pluri- 

jrove        will  be  green    by  the  coming     of  our  Phyllis;         and       abun- 

„,.     nuis  Jupiter  descendet      laeto     imbri. 

"         daiil      Jiijutrr        descends        in  t  joyful  shower 


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CORYDON. 
Populus       gratissima      Alcidae,     vitis       Taccho, 

The  poplar     is  most  acceptable  to  Hercules,  the  vine      to  Bacchus,          the 

tns     formosae   Veneri,    sua     laurea  Phoebo ;  Phyllis  amat 

myrtle    to  fair  Venus,    his  own     laurel      to  Apollo;       Phyllis      loves 

corylos :    dam    Phyllis    amabit    illas,    nee    myrtus     nee 

hazel*  while        Phyllis       shall  love     these,  neither  the  myrtle        nor 

laurea    Phoebi     vincet  corylos. 

ihe  laurel  of  i'luDbus  shall  excel  the  hazels. 

THYRSIS. 
Fraxinus     pulcherrima     in    silvis,     pinus    in       hortis 

The  ash  is  most  beautiful     in  the  woods,  the  pine    in    the  gardens 

populus  in     fluviis,    abies    in     altis      montibus ;    at    si, 

the  poplar    by     the  rivers,      the  fir      in     the  lofty       mountains;       but      if. 

formose    Lycida,         revisas        me    saepius,    fraxinus    in 

beautiful         Lycidns,    .  you  shall  revisit      me        oftener,         the  ash  in 

silvis,     pinus    in     hortis       cedet     tibi. 

the  woods,  the  pine    in  the  gardens  shall  yield  to  thee. 

MELIB^EUS. 
Memini    haec,  et          Thyrsin   victum,  contendere 

I  remember    these  things,  and  that      Thyrsis        conquered,          contended 

frustra.     Ex    illo  tempore,    Corydon,    Corydon  est 

in  vain.          From   that         time,  Corydon,  Corydon          is       • " 

nobis. 

for  us. 


ECLOGUE  VIII. 

PflARMACEUTRIA. DAMON. ALPHESIBCFUS. 

MUSAM     pastorum      Damonis    et   Alphesibcei 

Let  us  sing  the  muse    of  the  shepherds       Damon       and         Alphosibftm 

qnos    certantes    juvenca,  unmemor   herbarum,  mirata  est, 

whom        contending  the  heifer,         unmindful         of  her  grass,  admired 

quorum  carmine    lynces      stupefactae,     et  flumina  inutata 

by  whose        song          the  lynxes      stood  amazed,      ind    the  rivers     changed 

suos     cursus,  requierunt ;    dicemus    musam    Damonis    el 

in  their    courses,  rested;  let  us  sing       the  muse     of  Damon     aid 

Alphesibcei.       Tu  mihi,    seu    jam     superas       saxa 

Alphesibujus.  Do  you  assist    me,    whether    now  you  pass  over  the  rocks 

magni  Timavi,  sive      legis       oram        Illyrici       aequoris : 

of  great     Timavus,     or    coast  along    the  shore     of  the  Illyri.iu  st-u 


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en,    unquara        ille     dies    erit,    cum         liceat        mihi 

lo,  ever         will  that        day        be,       when  it  mil  be  allowed     to  mo 

dicere  tua  fact  a  ?     en,     erit,     ut        liceat        mihi     i'erre 

losing    your  deeds  ?       lo,    will  it  be,  that  it  m;iy  lie  allowed  to  me  to  eitcnil 

in     tua  carmina,  sola  digna  Sophocleo  cothurno 

your    verses,       alone  worthy   ofSophoclcs'     buskin  (i.e.  tragic  style) 

per      totum    orbem  ?     principium       a     te ;  desiut.'t 

through  the  whole     globe  ?  my  commencement  is  from  you  ;  my  mute  ?liall  cml 

tibi.  Accipe  carmina  coepta    tuis    jussis,    atque   sine 

with  you.       Receive      my  songs     begun    by  your  'orders,        and      allow 

hanchederam  serpere   inter    viclriccs   lauros   circum    tibi 

Una  ivy  to  creep     amidst  the  victorious  laurels       around       youi 

tempora.          Vix         frigida       umbra    noctis    decesscrat 

temples.  Scarcely       had  the  cold      shadow     of  night  departed 

coelo,       cum    ros   gratissimus     pecori,  in   tenerii  herb;\  ; 

from  the  sky,  when  the  dew  is  most  grateful  to  the  flock,  on  the  tewdT      grasi 

Damon,  incumbens       tereti       olivse,  coepit  sic. 

Damon  leaning       on  his  tapering    olive,     began    thus. 

DAMON. 
Lucifer,  nascere,  qite  praeveniens,     age     almum    diem  ; 

O  Lucifer,       arise,       and       going  before,     lead  on  the  cheering        day; 

dum,  deceptus     indigno     amore  conjugis,  Nisje,    queror ; 

while,      deceived  by  the  unworthy    love       of  my  bride,     Nisa,     I  complain  ; 

2ft    et  moriens;  tamen   extrem;\   hon\,    alloquor    deos, 

*^      and       dying,          yet         in  my  last       hour,       I  address    the  gods, 

quamquam        profeci         nil         illis         testibus.        Mea 

although  it  has  profited  me  nothing   that  they   were  witnesses.          My 

tibia,  incipe  Maenalios  versus  mecum.      Maenalus  semper 

pipe,         begin       Mxnalian         verses      with  me.  Mienalus          ahvaj  f> 

habet   que   argutum   nemus,    que    loquentes    pinos :    ille 

has  both     a  tuneful        grove,         and  singing  pines:  In 

semper    audit     amores     pastorum,     que  Pana,  qui  primus 

always         listens    to  the  loves  of  the  shepherds,  and      Pan,     who  first 

non        passus    calamos       inertes.         Mea  tibia,    incipe 

did  not        suffer         his  reeds       to  lie  slothful.        My         pipe,          begin 

Maenalioa    versus    mecum.      Nisa    datur    Mopso !     quid 

Menalian  verses        with  me.          Nisa   is  yielded  to  Mopsus  1      wlia1 

amantes   non  speremus  ?     Jam  gryphes  jungentur 

may  we        lovers       .not       expect?  Now       griffins     shall  be  yoked 

equis ;      que      sequenti      eevo,    timidi       damae     vcnient 

with  horses;  and    in  the  following     age,      cowardly     fallow  deer  shall  coin* 

cum   canibus   ad   pocula.     Mopse,    incide     novas 

with        dogs          to     the  cups.       O  Mopsup.        cut        your  new   nnptia 

faces ;  uxor.  ducitur  tibi.     Marite,    sparge  nuces;  Hespe 

torches;  a  wife     is  led  out  for  you.  O  husband,     scatter       nuts;  Hospc 

o0     rus  deserit  (Etam    tib'i.       Mea  tibia,  incipe  Mania 

rus       deserts       (Eta        for  you.         My        pipe,      bejjin         M*na 


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lios  versus  inecum.     O  conjnncta  digno   viro !  dum   des- 

lian      verses       with  me.       O       united       to  a  worthy  man !    while       yon 

picis  omnes,      que  dum  mea  fistula  est  odio   tibi,  que  dum 

itespise      all     men,  and  while    my       pipe       is    hateful  to  you,  and    while 

capellce,    que     hirsutum     supercilium,    que     prolixa 

my          goats,  and          shaggy  cye-b'row,  and  long 

barba,  nee     credis    quemquam  deum    ".urare 

jcard      are  hated  by  you,  nor  do  you  believe       anyone   of  the  gods    to  care 

mortalia.  Mca  tibia,  incipe  Meenalios  versus  mecum. 

for  mortal  concerns.      My      pipe,      begin       Mxnalian        verses       with  me. 

Vidi     te  parvam,         legentem  roscida  mala  cum        matre 

I  beheld  you    a  little     girl,     gathering      -dewy     quinces  with  your  mother 

in  nostris  sepibus  (ego  eram  vester  dux).     Jam  turn    alter 

in        our        hedges        (I        was         your     guide).  Then       another 

annus  ab  undecimo    ceperat   me  :  jam  poteram  contingere 

year       from  the  eleventh  had  overtaken  me:     now       I  could  touch 

fragiles  ramos    a     terra.      Ut  vidi,   ut         peril,          ,~ 

the  brittle  branches  from  the  ground.  How  I  gazed,  how  I  wasted  away, 

ut      malus       error    abstulit        me !         Mea  tibia,  incipe 

how  the  destructive  delusion       stole        me  away !  My       pipe,       begin 

Maenalios   versus   mecum.     Nunc    scio    quid    amor   sit: 

MuMinlian          verses       with  me.         Now      I  know     what       love          is: 

Ismarus,  aut  Rhodope,  aut     extremi      Garamantes   edunt 

Ismarus,        or       Rhodophe,      or   the  most  distant  '  Garamantes     •       bore 

ilium  in  duris  cotibus,  puerum    nee    nostri  generis,  nee 

him        on  the  hard       clifis,          a  boy       neither   of  our          race,          nor 

sanguinis.     Mea   tibia,   incipe  Msenalios   versus   mecum. 

blood.  My       pipe,        begin        Msnalian        verses        with  me. 

Saevus  amor     docuit      matrem  commaculare    manus   san- 

Cruel        love       has  taught      a  mother  to  stain  ber  hands  in  the 

guine  natorum :    tu,  mater,  crudelis   quoque  :  mater 

blood       of  her  sons:     you,  O  mother,  were  cruel      likewise:    wag  the  mother 

magis  crudelis,  an    ille     puer          improbus  ?    ille     -~ 

more  cruel,          or       was    the  boy  more        wicked  1  the      **" 

puer         improbus,   tu    crudeiis    quoque,    mater.       Mea 

boy     teas  wicked,       you    were  cruel          also,        O  mother.  My 

tibia,  incipe  Moenalios  -versus   mecum.     Nunc    et    lupus 

pipe,        begin        Mienalian       verses       with  me.         Now       also  the  wolf 

fugiat    oves  ultro;  durse   quercus    ferant    aurea 

Hies  from  the  sheep  of  his  own  accord:  the  hardy       oaks          bear         golden 

mala ;    alnus   floreat      narcisso  ;    myricae  sudent  pinguia 

apples;    the  alder  shall  flower  with  narcissus;  tamarisks   perspire  rich 

electra    corticibus ;   et  ululae     certent     cycnis :     Tityrus 

amber       from  their  barks;  and   owls   shall  contend  with  swans :  Let  Titynu 

sit  Orpheus ;  Orpheus   in    silvis,    Arion   inter  delphinas. 

oe       Orpheus;        Orpheus       in   the  woods,   Arion     among,    the  dolphins 

Mea    tibia,    incipe    Maenalios1    versus    mecum.       Omnia 

My  pipe,        begin  Mxnalian         verses         with  me.        All  thin^t 


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fiant          vel       medium        mare.      Silvae,    vivite.      De 

may  become  even  as    in  the  midst      of  the  sea.    Ye  woods,     live.       I  shaJ 

ferar    praeceps    de    specula,    aerii     montis    in    undas : 

be  borne    headlong     from     the  height  of  an  airy  mountain      to   the  waves; 

fixv     habeto  hoc  extremum  munus  morientis.  Tibia, 

accept       this        the  last          favour  of  your  dying  friend.    My  pipe, 

desine,  jam  desine  Maenalios  versus.     Damon          haec  : 

cease.         now     cease        Maenalian       verses.          Damon    vttrrcd     thesa 

Vos      Pierides,  dicite,  quae  Alphesiboeus  respondent. 

words:  Ye     Pierian  Muses,       say,      what      Alphesiboeus  replied 

Omnes        non  possumus      omnia. 

All  men  cannot  do          all        things. 

ALPHESIBCEUS. 
Efler        aquam    et   cinge    haec    altaria    molli    vitta ; 

Bring   out       water      and      bind        these       altars     with  a  soft      fillet; 

que    adole    pingues    verbenas,    et    mascula     thura,      ut 

and        burn  rich  vervain,       and        male      frankincense,  that 

experiar    avertere    sanos    sensus  conjugis   magicis  sacris. 

I  may  try       to  pervert  the  sound      senses     of  my  wife     by  magic  sacrifices. 

Nihil   nisi   carmina     desunt    hie.     Mea   carmina,  ducite, 

Nothing  except     charms       are  wanting  here;         JVly          charms,  lead, 

ducite  Daphnin   ab     urbe    domum.     Carmina  vel  possunt 

lead          Daphnis      from   the  city     home.  Charms     even  can 

_~    deducere  lunam      ccelo :     Circe  mutavit          socios 

'"     drawdown    the  moon  from  heaven  ;   Circe     changed  the  companions 

Ulyssei  carminibus  :  frigidus  anguis,   in     pratis,      rumpi- 

of  Ulysses       by  charms :         the  cold       snake,       in    the  meadows,  is 

tur   cantando.     Mea  carmina,  ducite,  ducite  Daphnin     ab 

burst  by  charming.       My       charms,         lead,          lead          Daphnis     from 

urbe    domum.      Primum    circumdo    tibi    haec   tria    licia 

the  city      home.  First  I  surround   for  thee  these    three  thread* 

diversa    triplici     colore ;  que  duco     effigiem     ter   circum 

variegated  with  a  triple     hue ;        and    lead        thy  image     thrice      around 

haec  altaria.      Deus  gaudet     impare     numero.     Mea  car- 

these    altars.        The  god    rejoices  in  an  unequal     number.          My 

mina,   ducite,   ducite   Daphnin  ab    urbe  domum.     Ama- 

chanus,       lead,  lead  Daphnia     from  thejeity     home.  Ama- 

rylli,  necte  ternos  colores  tribus   nodis.      Amarylli,   necte 

ryllis,     bind        three     colours     in  three      knots.         O  Amaryllis,         bin  I 

modo  :  et  die  necto  vincula  Veneris.     Mea  carmina, 

them       now:     and   say     I  bind   the  chains   of  Venus.         My          charms 

ducite,  ducite  Daphnin    ab    urbe    domum.     Ut  hie  limus 

lead.          lead          Daphnis     from   the  city       home.          As   this        clay 

durescit,  et  ut  hoe«  cera  liquescit,    uno    que    eodem 

hardens,       and  as    this     wax        melts,       by  one     and     the  saint 

igni.  sic  Daphnis     amore.       Sparge  molam,   et   incendo 

lire,     thus     Daphn  s        by  my  love.       Scatter       the  cake,   and  bun 


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fragiles  lauros  bitumine.     Malus  Daphnis  urit  me ;   ego 

buttle          laurels       with  pitch.        Cruel        Daphnis      burns    me;  I 

hanc   laurum    in    Daphnide.     Mea  carmina,  ducite, 

(urn     this          laurel      upon       Daphnis.  My        charms,  lend 

ducite  Daphnin    ab    urbe    domum.         Talis  amor 

lead  Daphnis       from  the  city       home.  May  such      love*       possess 

Daphnin,    qnalis   cum  bucula  fessa  quaerendo   juvencum 

Daphnis,  as          when     a  heifer   weaned   with  seeking  the  bull 

per      nemora    atque    altos   lucos,   perdita    procumbit    in 

through  the  groves       and         lofty      forests,    abandoned   she  lies  down     on 

viridi  herba  propter  rivum  aquae,  nee  meminit  decedere 

the  green  grass         near        a  river    of  water,    nor    remembers        to  depart 

serae  nocti ;        talis  amor  teneat ;  nee      sit      mihi 

late      at  night ;    let  such      love     possess     Daphnis ;    nor    let  it  be        my 

cura    mederi.       Mea  carmina,  ducite,  ducite  Daphniii    ab 

care       to  heal  him.         My       charms,       lead,  lead        Daphnis      from 

urbe    domum.     Ille  perfidus          olim     reliquit  has     ~ft 

the  city      home.  The     faithless    swain  formerly       left       these        " 

exuvias    mihi,     cara    pignora        sui ;        quae   nunc   ego 

clothes  tome,    the  dear       pledges       of  himself;      which     now  1 

mando   tibi,    terra,   in  limine   ipso:  haec  pignora  debent 

commit     to  you,  O  earth,   in  the  entrance  itself:    these      pledges  owe 

Daphnin.         Mea   carmina,    ducite,    ducite   Daphnin   ab 

Daphnis       to  me.    My         charms,  lead,  lead  Daphnis.  from 

urbe    domum.      Moeris    ipse       dedit    mihi    has  herbas, 

the  city       home.  Mccris      himself    has  given    to  me     these         herbs, 

atque   haec  venena    lecta    Ponto ;    plurima        nascuntur 

and          these     poisons    gathered  in  Pontus ;         many     such  grow 

Ponto.         Ego     vidi     Mrerin  saepe  fieri  lupum  his,     et 

in  Pontus.  1       have  seen     Moeris       often  become  a  wolf  by  them,  and 

condere  se      silvis,     saepe   excire  animas   imis  sepulcris, 

hide        himself  in  the  woods,  often  to  call  forth  souls  from  the  deep       tombs 

atque  traducere     satas     messes     alio.  '          Mea  carmina 

and          to  lead  off  the  growing  harvests  to  another  place.      My  charms 

ducite,  ducite  Daphnin    ab    urbe    domum.      Ama-     ,«~ 

lead,  lead        Daphnis       from  the  city       home.  Ama-      ^" 

rylli    fer    cineres  foras  :  que  jace          trans         caput 

ryllis    bring   the  ashes     out:       and     cast   them    over     your     head       intt 

fluenti    rivo :     ne      respexeris.     Ego  aggrediar   Daphnin 

a  flowing  stream:   do  not        look  back.  I       will  attack  Diphnis 

his :         ille  nihil  curat    deos,     curat    nil  carmina. 

with  tbem :  lie    nothing  cares  for  the  gods,  he  cares  nothing  for  my       charm* 

Mea  carmina,  ducite,   ducite  Daphnin   ab    urbe  domum. 

My  charms,        Icafl,  lead          Daphnis     from  the  city          home. 

Aspice,    cinis    ipse    corripuit    altaria     tremulis     flam  mis 

Behold,       the  ashes  itself        has  seized    the  altars  with  tremulous        flami-3' 

suo.  sponte,  dum  moror  ferre  sit    bonum.      Certc, 

rpontancoufly,  while   I  delay  to  bear  (Item  off  may  It  be  for  good.          Trulj; 


est  nescio     quid ;  et  Hylax  latrat  in     limine. 

tlit-re  is  Acre  I  know  not   what ;    and  the  dog    Hylax    barks    in  the  entrance. 

Credimus  ?       an  qui    amant,     ipsi     fingunt  somnia 

Do  we  believe  it  7     or  do  those  who        love,    themselves      feign         dreams 

sibi  ?  Carmina,   parcite,  jam  parcite,  Daphnis   venit 

to  themselves  ?    My  charms,       cease        now      cease,        Dapnms       come* 

ab    urbe. 

from  the  city 


ECLOGUE  IX. 
LYCIDAS. — MffiRis. 


LYCIDAS. 
M<ERI,    quo        pedes  te  ?    an      in   urbem    quo 

MCERIS,    where       do  your  feet  bear  you  ?  whether  into   the  city    where 

via      ducit  ? 

the  way  leads  ? 

MCERIS. 
0  Lycida,   vivi  pervenimus,  ut  ad  vena  possessor, 

O     Lycidas,     living     have  we  come   to  this,  that  a  strange          possessor, 

nostri     agelli,       disceret   (quod   nunquam  sumus    veriti) ; 

of  my        little  field,       should  say  (which  never.        had  we         feared), 

Haec  sunt  mea ;     veteres     coloni,     migrate,  nunc       vicli, 

These    are     mine;      ye  ancient  husbandmen,     remove,       now     conquered, 

tristes,  quoniam  fors  versat  omnia,         mittimus  hos  hoedos 

cad,  since      chance  upturns     every   thing,     we  send    these          kids 

illi      (quod  nee      vertat    bene). 

'.o  him    (which     /pray  may  not     turn  out     well). 

LYCIDAS. 
Certe,  equidem,    audieram    vestrum  Menalcan   servasse 

Truly,         indeed,          1  had  heard       that  your      Menalcas          had  saved 

II,     omnia  carminibus,  qua  colles   incipiunt  sub- 

all        the  tract     by  his  verses,     where  the  hills         begin  to 

diicere        se,        que  demittere    jugum      molli        clivo, 

withdraw  themselves,      and     to  depress    their  height  by  a  gentle  declension, 

usque  ad  aquam,  et  cacumina  veteris   fagi  jam  fracta. 

even        to  the  water,  and    the  tops       of  the  old  beech  now   broken. 

MCERIS. 
Audieras,  et      fama    fuit :      sed,    Lycida,  nostra 

You   had  heard  it.   and     the  report    \\nt  to:  but,     O  Lycidas.          our 


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carmina  valent  tantum  inter  martia     tela,     quantum  dicunt 

verses  prevail    as  much   amid   martial    weapons,  as  they  say 

Chaonias  columbas  aquild    veniente  ?  quod  nisi        sinistra 

Chaoman          doves  do.   the  eagle   approaching  ;       but    unless  the  ill-omened 

comix     monuisset    me    ante    ab      cava     ilice,     incidere 

raven        had  admonished  me     before    from  the  hollow    oak,       to  lay  aside 

novas       lites,       quacumque     nee     hie   tuus  Moeris,   nee 

new        controversies,   by  any  means,   neither    this     your     Maria,         nor 

Menalcas    ipse,         viveret. 

Menalcas        himself,  had  note  been  alive. 

LYCIDAS. 
Heu,     tantum       scelus     cadit  in   quemquam!      Heu ! 

Alas  1       can  BO  great  wickedness       fall      to        any  one  1  Alas  t 

Menalca,  tua    solatia  pene  rapta  nobis  simul 

Menalcas,     your  consolation    teas     almost  taken    from  us  at  the  same  time 

tecum !         quis       caheret        nymphas  ?    quis   spargerei 

with  yourself  I    who     would  have  sung     the  nymphs?       who       bad  strewn 

humum       florentibus       herbis,    aut    induceret          fontes 

the  ground       with  flowering  herbs,          or   had  overspread  the  fountains 

viridi          umbra?  vel  carmina  quae  tacitus   sublegi    2x 

with  a  verdant    shade?      or      the  songs    which    silently          I  stole         ^ 

tibi       nuper,  cum      ferres         te      ad  Amaryllida,  nostras 

from  you  lately,    when  you  withdrew  yourself     to       Amaryllis,  our 

delicias  ?     Tityre,    pasce         capellas,  dum   redeo ;       via 

darjmg  ?  O  Tityrus,      feed      my        goats,        until    I  return ;  the  way 

est  brevis ;    et,   Tityre,   age  pastas   potum :    et, 

i»  short ;      and,     Tityrus,    drive   them  when       fed         to  drink :     and, 

inter   agendum,   caveto         occursare     capro:       ille    ferit 

while        driving,         beware   not   to  encounter   the  he-goat:        he   strikes 
cornu. 

with  his  horn. 

MCERIS. 
Imo   haec  quae  canebat  Varo,  necdum     perfecta.      Vare, 

Rather  these  which     he  sang  to  Varus,    nor  yet  are  they  finished.  O  Varuc, 

cantantes  cycni     ferent    tuum  nomen  sublime  ad   sidera, 

the  singing    swans     shall  bear      your       came        on  high       to    the  stars, 

inodo     Mantua     superet     nobis.     Mantua,  vas !      minium 

provided     Mantua     may  remain       to  us.         Mantua,       alas  I  too 

vicina    miserae     Cremonae  1 

near       the  wretched       Cremone  1 

LYCIDAS. 
Sic       tua      examina  fugianl  Cyrneas   taxos,   sic     «ft 

Thus   may  your       swarms       escape       Cyrnean    yew  trees,  thus      "" 

vaccae  pastas     cytiso,     distentent    ubera.     Incipe, 

may  your     heifers       fed       upon  cytisus,     swell  out     their  udders.        Begin, 

si     habes      quid          Et      Pierides     fecere     me  poetam : 

it      you  have  anything.     Likewise  the  Muses    have  made     me          a  poet, 


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et    sunt    mini  carmina  :  pnslorcs  guoque  clicuut  me  vatem  : 

and  there  are  to  me     verses:    the  shepherds       also        cull        me       a  poel . 

sed  ego       nou  credulus     illis  :     nam  adhuc  videor  dicere 

but       I     do     not       confide         11  -.hem         for      as  yet       I  seem       losing 

digna  neque    Varo,    ncc   Cinn;\,   sed  velut   anser, 

things   worthy     neither    of  Varus,     nor     of  China,     but        as        a  goone, 

strepere  inter  argutos  olores. 

to  hiss        among  the  tuneful    swans. 

MCERIS. 
Quidem  ago  id,  et    Lycida,  ipse  tacitus  voluto  niecurn, 

Indeed        I  do  that,  and,  O  Lycirlas,  do  you  in  silence  revolve  it    with  me. 

si    valeam     meminisse :     neque    est       ignobile    carmen. 

if          I  can  remember  it :  nor       .    is     it    a  degraded  song. 

Ades  hue,  6  Galitea  :  quisnam  Indus  est  undis  ? 

Come     here,    O     Galitea.  what        sport      is    there  among  the  waves? 

hie   purpureum    ver;    hie    humus     fundit    varios    flores 

here       is  blooming     spring;   here     the  earth    pours  forth   various     flowers 

circum  flumina;  hie  Candida  populus  imminet    antro 

around       the  rivers;  here    the  white       poplar      hangs  over  the  cave 

et    lentac     vites     tcxunt     umbracula.      Ades    hue:     sine 

and  the  slender  vines     interweave        shades.  Come       here.       suflbr 

insani  fluctus     feriint       litora. 

the  mad    waves  that  they  strike  the  shore. 

LYCIDAS. 
Quid  qutc    audieram    te   solum   canentem       sub 

What     is  this    which      I  had  heard     you     alone  singing         bcncn.lt) 

pura    nocte  ?  inemini  numeros,   si     tenerem     verba. 

tho  clear  night?    I  rciiiember  the  numbers,    if    I  could  retain  the  words 

MCERIS. 
Daphni,  quid       suspicis      antiques  ortus         signoruin  ? 

O  Daphius,  why  do  you  look  upon    the  ancient  rising  of  the  constellations  ? 

Ecce    astrum    Dionaci    Cacsaris    processit ;    astrum       quo 

IJchuld     the  star   ofDiomean       Cxsar      has  proceeded ;      the  star    by  which 

segetes         gauderent   frugibus    et     quo         uva     duccret 

the  corn  fields       rejoice        in  tlicir  fruits  and    by  which    the  grape      derives 

colorem   in  apricis  collibus.     Daphni,   insere          pyros : 

its  colour      on  the  sunny         hills.  O  Daphnis,     plant     your  pear  trees 

,.„     nepotes         carpent    tua   poma.      yEtas      fert    oin- 

**"      your  offspring     shall  pluck   your      fruit.  Time    bears  off       a 

nia:    animum    quoque.     Ego  incmini       me  pueruin 

thing?:    the  mind  even.  1       rcmcmlicr       myself  when       a  child 

saepe       condere       longos   soles   cantatido.     Nune         tot 

often        to    have  spent       long        days        in  singing.          Now      so  mai:y 

carmina         oblita         mihi;    jam      vox      ipsa      quoque 

songs  arc  forgotten       by  me          now    the  voice     itself  alsu 


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fugit          Mcerim :      lupi      priores   videre   Moerim.     Sed 

has  escaped        Mceris :    the  wolves        first  beheld        Moeris.  But 

tamen  Menalcas    referet        ista      tibi  saepe  satis. 

yet  Menalcas       will  relate  these  things  to  you  often   enough. 

LYCIDAS. 
Duels  nostros  amores   in      longum  causando. 

You  draw  out        my  loves        for       a  long  time  in  making  excuses. 

Et    nunc     aspice    omne    aequor    stratum    silet     tibi,     et 

And     now         behold  all         the  sea     spread  out    is  still    for  you,  and 

omnes  aurae   ventosi  murmuris  ceciderunt.     Adeo  hinc  est 

all  tlie  airs  of  windy     murmuring     have  ceased.         Thus     here         n 

nobis       media       via  :  namque  sepulcrum  Biar.oris  incipit 

for  us    an  intermediate  way :         for  the  tomb       ofBianor         begins 

apparere.       Hie     ubi     agricolae     stringunt      densas     Rft 

to  appear.  Here     where   the  farmers          strip  the  thick      "^ 

frondes,     hie,     Moeri,    canamus :     hie    depone      hoedos. 

leaves,  here,     O  Mceris,     let  us  sing:       here          place          your  kids 

Tamen   veniemus    in    urbem.     Aut   si   veremur  ne   nox 

Yet  let  us  come       to       the  city.       Or       if      we  dread     lest    night 

colligat     pluviam    ante,    licet      eamus      cantantes    usque 

should  collect     rain  first,    although  we  should  go        singing  thus 

(via  minus  laedet).     Ut  eamus  cantantes,  ego     levabo 

(the  way  reillbe    less      tedious).      As     we  go        singing,         1     will  relievo 

te    hoc    fasce. 

you  of  this  burden. 

MCERIS. 
Puer,  desine  plura,   et  agamus  quod  nunc  instat. 

O  boy,       cease     to  speak    more,     and    let  us  do     what      now       presses 

Canemus  carmina  melius  turn,  cum  ipse  venerit. 

us.    We  shall  sing     songs        better      then,    when     he     has  come. 


ECLOGUE  X. 

CALLUS. 

ARETHTJSA    concede    hunc    extremum    laborem    mihi. 

ARETIICSA.  yield  this  last  labour  to  me 

Pauca  carmina  sunt  dicenda   meo   Gallo,  sed  quae  Lycoris 

A  few        songs         are    to  be  sung   to  my     Callus,    but    which       Lycoria 

ipsa    legat.       Quis     neget     carmina  Gallo  ?     Sic    nmara 

beraelf  may  read.        Who    will  deny        verses        U  Callus?    Thus  may  bitter 


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Doris  non  intermisceat  suam  undam      tibi,      cum    labere 

Dorii       not       intermingle         her        wave        with  you,     when   you  glide 

subter  Sicanos  fluctus.     Incipe ;  dicamus   solicitos  amorea 

•entath  the  Sicilian    billows.         Begin;       let  us  sing  the  anxious         loves 

Galli,   dura      simse      capellae   attondent    tenera    virgulta. 

of  Gallus,  while  the  flat -nosed       goats  crop         the  tender     shrubbery. 

Non  canimus     surdis ;       silvae    respondent  omnia.     Qu<e 

YVa  sing  not  to  the  deaf;    the  woods        respond  to  all.          What 

nemora,  aut   qui  saltus  habuere,        vos   puellae   Naiades, 

groves,  or      what   lawns       detained   you,     ye       maiden  Naiads, 

,ft     cum    Gallus   periret    indigno    amore  ?  nam     neque 

*•"     when       Gallus     perished   by  unworthy      love 7         for  neither  did 

juga  Parnassi,   nam   neque   ulla  Pindi,  neque 

he  heights      of  Parnassus,       for       neither  did  any  heig kts  of  Pindus,        nor 

Aonia    Aganippe    fecere    moram    vobis.      Etiam     lauri, 

of  Aonian     Aganippe        cause          delay         to  you.  Even  the  laurels, 

etiam       myricse       flevere       ilium.       Etiam  pinifer 

even         the  tamarisks       mourned  him.  Also       the  pine  bearing 

Micnalus,     et      saxa       gelidi      Lycaei,     fleverunt    ilium 

Mirnalus,          and    the  rocks     of  the  cold     Lycaeus,          mourned  him 

jacentem     sub     soli     rupe.     Et    oves    slant  circum,  nee 

lying  beneath  a  lonely     rock.       And  the  sheep  stand     around,       nor 

poenitet  illas  nostri ;  nee   pceniteat  te     pecoris,     6    divine 

arc  they  ashamed     of  us;      nor    be  thou  ashamed     of  thy  flock,    O       divine 

poeta :   et   formosus  Adonis  pavit   oves   ad    flumina.     Et 

poet          and          fair          Adonis        fed       sheep     by      the  rivers.     And 

upilio       venit ;     tardi     bubulci    veneve ;  M enalcas  uvidus 

the  shepherd  came ;      the  slow     herdsmen       came;         Menalcas  moist 

de     hibernk   glande   venit.     Omnes  rogant,    Unde  est  tibi 

from  the  wintery      mnst        came.  All  ask.       Whence     is  to  you 

9ft     isle    amor?      Apollo    venit:     inquit,    Galle,    quid 

this         love?  Apollo          came:         he  said,    O  Gallus,       why 

insanis  ?      Lycoris   tua  cura  secuta  est  alium   que     per 

•re  you  mad  ?     Lycoris      your     care     has  followed     another    both  through 

nives,     que     per     horrida     castra.     Et   Silvanus   venit, 

the  snows,  and    through   the  dreadful       camp.        And     Silvanus         came, 

agresti         honore     capitis,  quassans   florentes  ferulas   et 

with  the  rustic  honours     of  his  head,     shaking     the  flowering     fennels  am' 

grandia  lilia.    Pan  Deus  Arcadiae  venit,  quern  ipsi  vidimus, 

large          lilies.      Pan    the  God  of  Arcadia    came,     whom     we     have  seen, 

rubentem  sanguineis  baccis     ebuli    que    minio.        Et  in- 

blushing        with  the  bloody  berries  of  the  elder,  and    vermilion.       And     ho 

quit,    Quis     erit      modus  ?  amor      non      curat 

tays,       What      will  be       the  limit  of  our  grief  J    love      does  not       regard 

tnlia.          Nee    crudelis  amor  lacrymis,  nee  gramina 

•uch  things.    Neither   is  cruel       love     satisfied      by  tears,      nor         is  gra»« 

„„     rivis,     nee      apes    saturantur    cytiso,    nee  capellfc 

^      by  livers     not       are  bcei       satisfiiV       with  cytisus.  nor  gootr 


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fironde.      At  ille  tristis,  inquit,  Tamen,    Arcades,   eanta- 

with  leaves.   But     he  mournful,    says,    Nevertheless,  ye  Arcadians,  ye  shall 

bitis     haec     vestris  montibus ;    Arcades    soli  periti  cantare. 

sing  these  things  on  your    mountains;    ye  Arcadians  aione  skilled      losing. 

O  quarn  molliter  turn  milii  ossa    quiescent  si   olim   vestra 

O      how        gently     then    will  my  bones  rest        if  hereafter      your 

fistula      dicat     meos    amores.       Atque  utinam     fuissem 

pipe        will  declare     my  loves.  And         I  wish        I  had  been 

unus  ex  vobis,  que   aut  custos  vestri  gregis,  aut     vinitor 

one       of       you,      and    either  a  keeper  of  your      flock,     or       a  vintager 

maturae   uvae !     Certe,    sive       esset      mini  Phyllis  sive 

of  the  ripe    grape!       Truly,  whether  there  should  be  tome     Phyllis  01 

Amyntas,   seu   quicunque  furor    {quid   turn,  si  Amyntas, 

Amyntas,  or         any  other        flame       (what      then,    if        Amyntas^ 

fuscus  ?    et  violae     nigrae,      et  vaccinia     sunt  nigra),  ja- 

is  brown  7    and    violets     are  black,     and    hyacinths        are       black),    thus 

cerent  mecum  inter    salices      sub          lent&     ,ft 

would  have  reclined  with  me  among  the  willows    beneath  the  slender 

vile  ;     Phyllis          legeret  serta        mihi,    Amyntas 

vine;  Phyllis     would  have  gathered     garlands       with  me,        Amyntas 

cantaret.         Hie         gelidi    fontes,    hie        mollia    prata, 

would  have  sung.  Here  are       cold       fountains,   here    art      soft      meadows, 

Lycori,   hie        nemus;    hie     consumerer    tecum      aevo 

O  Lycoris,    here  is  a      grove;       here      I  might  consume     with  you    my  life 

ipso.     Nunc   insanus   amor  detinet  me  in    armis        duri 

itself.          Now      maddening     love      confines     me    to    (he  arms  of  direful 

Martis,   inter  media  tela,    atque   adversos   hostes.      Tu, 

Mars,  amidst  darts,       and  hostile  foes.  Thou, 

procul    a       patrift,     (nee  sit  mihi  credere),  vides    tantum 

/ar  ofT      from  thy  country  (let  me  not      believe  it),  beholdest  only 

Alpinas   nives   et  frigora      Rheni.      Ah,   dura !          sola 

Alpine  snow   and  the  rigors    of  the  Rhine.     Ah,       cruel    maidl  alone 

sine    me,  ah,     ne     frigora  laedant    te !     ah,      ne     aspera 

without  me,    ah,   let  not    the  colds     injure     thee  !       ah,      let  not  the  rough 

glacies  secet  teneras  tibi  plantas.       Ibo,       et  modulabor 

ice  cut  thy  tender  feet.          I  will  go,    and  attune 

carmina    avenS,      Siculi     pastoris,  quae  sunt  condita     g~ 

songs        on  the  reed  of  the  Sicilian  shepherd,    which    are     composed 

mihi   Chalcidico  versu.    Est    certum,  malle 

by  me       Chalcidican    (eltgaic)      verse.        It  is  determined,  that  I  had  rather 

pad    in  silvis,  inter   spelaea  ferarum,  que  incidere  meos 

lufier    In  the  woods,  among  the  dens  of  wild  beasts,  and       carve  m 

imores      teneris      arboribus :    illae   crescent ;        amores, 

oves          on  the  tender  trees :  they     shall  grow ;       so  my  lovet, 

erescetis.  Interea        lustrabo      Maenala      nymphis 

rou  shall  increase.  In  the  meantime  I  will  range       Meenalus        with  nymphi 

mistis,  aut    venabor     acres    apros.     Non 

tingled    in  »»y  train,       or      I  will  hunt  the  savage    boars.          Not        ^j 


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frigora   vetabunt  me  circumdare  Parthenios  saltus  canibus. 

coUU  shall  furbid    me       to  encircle         Parthenian     lawn*      with  dog* 

Jam  videor    mihi      ire     per     ntpes,  que  sonantes  lueos : 

Now     I  seem    to  myself  to  go  through     rocks,     and       cumuli ng       groVc«: 

libet  torquere  Cydonia  spicula         Partho        cornu ; 

it  pleases  me       to  hurl        Cydonian       darts       from  the  Parthian         bow; 

firt     tanquam  haec  sint  medichia  nostri  furoris, 

as  if  these  things  may  be  a  medicine    of  my     maddening  love, 

aut  ille  Deus  discat         mitesceTe          mails        hominuni. 

or      that    God     can  learn     to  become  gentle  by  the  misfortunes          of  men. 

Jam   rursus   neque     Hamadryades,     nee  carmina       ipsa 

Now         again       neither  the  nymphs  of  the  groves,  nor        songs    themselves 

placent  nobis  ;  rursus  silvae    ipsae     concedite. 

please  us;  again    y«j  woods  yourselves    give  place    to   my  despair. 

Nostri  labores   non  possunt  mutare   ilium ;    nee   si    que 

Our  labours  cannot  change        him;  not     if     evcit 

bibamus         Hebrum       mediis      frigoribus,  que  subeamus 

we  should  drink  the  Hebrus      in  the  midst         of  colds,         and  undergo 

Sithonias    nivea     aquosae     hiemis ;   nee  si,  cum   moriena 

the  Si'honian  snows   of  the  stormy     winter;       nor     if,    when        the  dying 

liber     aret     in     aM    ulmo,      versemus      oves       ^Ethio- 

bark      dries  up   on    the  lofty      elm,       we  should  tend  the  sheep  of  the  Ethio- 

pum      sub       sidere         cancri.     Amor  vincit  omnia: 

pians     beneath  the  constellation  of  the  crab.    Love  conquers       all      things: 

et   nos   cedamus   amori.       Divae      Pierides,     erit         sat 

and  let  us        yield          to.  love.       Ye  divine          Muses,     it  shall  be  enough 

_ft    vestrum  poetam   cecinisse   hrec  dum   sedet    et 

for  your  poet         to  have  sung    these   songs  while     he  sits  and 

texit        fiscellam       gracili       hibisco :  vos    facietis    hrec 

interweaves   a  basket     with  the  slender     bulrush :      you    shall  make     these 

maxima         Gallo  ;  Gallo,  cujus  amor  crescit  mihi  tantum 

very  important  to  Callus;  to  Callus,  whose     love     increases  to  me     as  much 

in    horas,    quantum    viridis    alnus    subjicit    se         no.vo 

in     an  hour,  as  the  green     alder          raises       itself  in  the  early 

vere.     Surgamus  :  umbra    solet    esse  gravis  cantantibus  : 

spring.       Let  us  rise:      the  shade    is  wont    to  be  oppressive  to  singers: 

umbra   juniperi      gravis :       umbra;  nocent    et    frugibus. 

the  shade  of  the  juniper  is  oppressive:      shades        injure      also       the  fruits. 

Capellae,  saturae,  ite  domum  ;  ite,    Hesperus      venit. 

Ye  goats,       well  fed,   go       home;         go,  the  evening  star  approaches. 


THE    GEORGICS 

OF 

PUBLIUS    VIRGILIUS     MARO. 


BOOK  I. 

QUID  faciat  laetas   segetes  :  quo       sidere         convenia 

WHAT  can  make  joyful    corn-fields :  by  what  constellation  it  may  be  proper 

vertere    terram,  6  Maecenas,  que  adjungere  vites       ulmis  , 

to  turn  up  the  earth,  O     Mzcenas,      and         to  join      the  vines  to  the  elms; 

quae        cura     bourn,  qui  cultus     sit         habendo    pecori, 

what  is  the  care    of  oxen,    what  nursing   shall  be  for  preserving   the  flock, 

atque  quanta  experientia    parcis     apibus  ;  hinc  incipiam 

and        bow  great       experience  for  the  frugal     bees;         hcrice  I  will  begin 

canere.       Vos    6  clarissima    luraina    mundi ;     quae     .  ~ 

losing.  Ye  brightest  lights     of  the  world;     that 

ducitis  annum,     labentem     coelo.      Liber   et   alma  Ceres, 

lead  out   the  year,     gliding  through  the  sky.       Bacchus  and  cheering     Ceres, 

ei  vestro  munere  tellus  mutavit  Chaoniam  glaudem    pingui 

if    by  your    favour   the  earth  has  changed   Chaoniam       mast       for  the  rich 

arista,       que     miscuit     Acheloia  pocula     uvis     inventis : 

ears  of  corn,  and     intermingled     Achelous       cups    with  grapes    discovered  : 

et   vos,    Fauni,    praesentia   numina  agrestium  ;  que  Fauni 

and  you,    ye  Fauns,     ye  present        deities          of  rustics;       both  ye  Fauna 

que     puellae    Dryades         simul         ferte     pedem.     Cano 

and       ye  maiden       Dryads       at  the  same  time  advance  your  foot.        I  bing 

vestra  munera;  que   tu,    6   Neptune,     cui     prima  tellus, 

your          offerings;      and     thou,  O       Neptune,   to  whom      first    I  he  earth. 

percussa      magno        tridenti,     fudit    frementem  equum ; 

struck          with  your  great        trident,   sent  forth     the  neighing  horse; 

et       cultor        nemorum,  cui      ter  centum  nivei 

and  thou  inhabitant   of  the  grovea  (jlriitanui),  for  whom  three  hundred   snowy 

juvenci  toridont  pinguia   dumeta   Ceae  ;  ipse  Pan,  custos 

bullocks          crop  the  rich     shrubbery  of  Caere;     thou,    Pan,       keepei 

ovium,  linquens  patrium  nemns,  que  saltus   Lycaei,  si   tua 

of  sheep,      leaving      yovr  native    grove,       and      luwns    of  Lyceus,    if   your 


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Maenala  tibi  curae,  Tegeaee,         aclsis     favens,  que  Miner 

Manalus    is  your  care,      OTegean    Pan,  be  present  favouring,  and       Miner- 

va    inventrix      oleae,      que        puer   monstrator         unci 

va       invent  rosg     of  the  olive,    and    tltou      boy       discoverer   of  the  crooked 

a*     aratri,    et  Silvane,   ferens    teneram   cupressum    ab 

plough,     and     Bilvanus,     bearing       a  tender  cypress        from 

radice,  que  omnes    Di    que     Deae,     quibus  studium 

the  foot,   and        all       ye  Gods  and     Goddesses,    whose          study          i'  it 

tueri     arva,  omnes,  que  qui  alitis  novas  fruges   de   nullo 

to  guard  the  fields,     all,         both  who    cherish    new       fruits     from          no 

semine  ;  que     qui    demittitis  satis  largum 

seed  toier. ;      and       who      send  down     on  the  corn- fields     a  copious 

imbrem       coelo,       que   adeo    tu,  Caesar,  quern  est  incer- 

thower        from  heaven,     and      thus       thou,  Ctesar,      whom  it  is      doubt- 

turn  quae  concilia    Deorum    sint      habitura    mox,  velisne 

ful      what  councils      of  the  Gods      are     about  to  be  held  soon,     whether 

invisere         urbes,     que   curam    terrarum :    et    maximus 

you  will  visit     the  cities,      and      the  care     of  the  earth;     and          the  most 

orbis    accipiat      te     auctorem  frugum,  que  poten- 

extended  globe     shall  receive   thee     the  author      of  fruits,     and      power- 

tern  tempestatum,  cingens    tempora       maternfi.       myrto  ; 

ful          in  tempests,        binding      your  temples  with  your  maternal    myrtle, 

an  venias          Deus  immensi  maris,       ac 

whether  you  shall  come      the  God        of  the  wide-spread  sea,          and 

nautte    colant  tua  numina   sola ;     ultima    Thule      serviat 

the  sailors  worship  thy     divinity     alone;    most  remote    Thule  shall  preserve 

qft     tibi,    que    Tethys  eniat  te  generum 

**"     thee,      and        Tethys         shall  purchase      thee        for  a  son-in-law 

sibi         omnibus     undis ;     anne          addas         te     novum 

for  herself     with  all      her  waves;    whether     thou  wilt  add   thyself      anew 

sidus          tardis      mensibus,    qua     locus    panditur    inter 

constellation  to  the  slow      months,         where     a  place       lies  open    between 

Erigonen  que    Ehelas  sequentes  jam      ardens 

Erigone  and     the  claws  (of  tht  teorpim)     pursuing       now    the  burning 

Scorpius     ipse    contrahit  brachia   tibi,    et  relinquit  plus 

Scorpion         himself        draws       in  his  arms  for  you,  and       leaves        more 

justa,  parte       coali.          Quidquid  eris     (nam 

than  an  equal     part       of  heaven  Whatever     deity  you  will  be       (for 

nec          Tartara      sperent  te       regem,      nee  tarn 

neither     does  Tartarus       expect     you       for  its  king,        nor  permit  that  so 

dira      cupido    regnandi     veniat      tibi ;  quamvis  Graecia 

dreadful     a  desire      of  reigning     should  come  to  you  ;    although        Greece 

miretur      Elysios     campos,    nec      Proserpina      repetita, 

admires    her     Elysian          plains,          nor       does  Proserpine    redemanded, 

curet    sequi    matrem)    da    facilem    cursum,  atque  annue 

care         to  follow  her  mother)   grant   an  easy          course,         and  yield 

audacibus        coeptis  :       que      miseratus       sgrestes 

to  ourdariiig       undertakings-       and      compassionating     th«  rustic* 


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ignaros     vise,     mecum   ingredere,   et  jam  mine    assuesce 

ignorant    of  thy  way,  with  me          enter,          and  even     now  be  accustomed 

vocari        votis.       Novo     vere,  cum  gelidus  humor  hquitur 

to  be  invoked  by  vows.    In  the  new  spring,  when      cold     moisture        distils 

canis  montibus,    et    putris    gleba    resolvit    se      ze- 

frum  the  hoary  mountains,      and  the  rotten     clod         unbinds     itself  to  tho 

phyro  ;    jam  turn        mihi  taurus  incipiat  ingemere       de- 

wost  winds;  even   then   let       my       bull          begin         to  groan    under  t lie 

presso       aratro,     et  vomer          attritus  sulco 

deep-pressed   plough,       and      let  the  ploughshare        worn          in  the  furrow 

splendescere.      Ilia    seges      demum  respondet          votis 

shine.  That   corn-field       at  length        answers      to  the  wishes 

avari  agricolae,    quae   sensit    bis  solem ; 

of  the  avaricious      farmer,         which       felt       twice  the  summer  sun ; 

bis    frigora:  immensae    messes    ruperunt    illius 

twice     the  cold     of  winter:       immense          harvests       have  burst  tut 

horrea.  At     priusqyam     scindimus    ignotum    aequor 

store-houses.       But  before  we  cut  up       the  unknown        plain 

ferro,  sit          cura  prsediscere  ventos,  et     _~ 

with  the  iron  plough,    let  it  be  our    care      to  foretell    the  winds,  and 

varium   morem       coeli,       ac   que      patrios    cultus      que 

the  varied    manner  of  the  weather ;  and  both  our    fathers'  cultivation       and 

habitus       locorum ;     et      quid      quaeque      regio      ferat, 

the  habits       of  the  places;    and       what  each  region     produces, 

et     quid     quaeque     recuset.       Hie    segetes,     illic    uvae 

and      what        each  one         refuses.  Here          corn,         there     grapes 

veniunt      felicius:       arborei        fetus,       atque      gramina 

increase        mure  happily:      the  forest        produce,  and  grasses 

injussa      virescunt         alibi.       Nonne  vides   ut  Tmolus 

spontaneous  flourish        elsewhere.       Do  not     you  see   how       Tmolus 

croceos  odores,  India      niittit      ebur,          molles 

produces       saffron       odours,      India       sends  forth       ivory,   the  effeminate 

Sabaei       sua       thura  1  At     nudi     Chalybes 

Sabxans  their  own  frankincense  ?        But  the  naked     Chalybes         $endfortA 

ferrum,    que   Pontus      virosa      castorea,    Epirus    palmas 

steel,  and     Pontus     strong-scented     castor,  Epirus       the  choice 

Eliadum  equarum.      Continuo  natura  imposuit  has  leges 

Elian  mares.  At  first         nature      established    these      laws 

que  aeterna  foedera    certis      locis,      quo      tempore     „„ 

and     eternal        rules       on  certain      places,     at  which  time      "" 

primum   Deucalion   jactavit  lapides    in    vacuum    orbem, 

first  Deucalion  threw        stones       into     the  empty          globe. 

unde    homines,  durum  genus,         nati.  Ergo        age, 

whence        men,          a  hardy     race,       were  produced.     Therefore  come  on, 

fortes          tauri  invertant  pingue  solum     terrae     extemplo 

et  the  strong  bulls     turnover     the  fertile     soil      of  the  earth  immediately 

a       primis    mensibus      anni ;     que     pulverulenta    sestas 

from    the  first        months        of  the  year;    and          let  the  dusty        summer 


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coquut  jaccntes    glebas    inatuns    solibus.      At  si     tellus 

bake         the  scattered     clods       with  timely         suns.  But    if  the  eartii 

non   fuerit  fecunda,     erit       sat    suspendere  tenui    sulcc 

olmuld  not  be         fertile,     it  will  be  enough      to  raise  it  up  by  a  lighi  farrow 

cub       Arcturum  ipsum  :  illic   ne   herbae    officiant       Icetis 

ticneatb        A  returns      itself:       there  lest    the  grass        injure      thejoyoui 

frugibus :      hie    ne    exiguus     humor    deserat       sterilem 

fruits:  here    lest     the  scanty      moisture        desert  the  unproductive 

7n     arenam.       Tu     idem  patiere  tonsas  novales  cessare 

'         sand.  Do  you     also      suffer     the  mown  new  fields       to  rest 

alternis,  et       segnem       campum    durescere       situ. 

in  alternate  years,  and      the  slothful  plain  to  harden     with  rust.. 

Aut    ibi       seres         flava   farra,   sidere     mutato,       unde 

Or       there  you  shall  BOW  the  yellow    corn,    the  season  being  changed,  whence 

prius        sustuleris         laetum     legumen  quassante  siliqua, 

before  you  have  borne  away  the  abundant         pulse       with  shaking  pod 

aut  tenues    fetus       viciae,     que  fragiles  calamos        tristis 

or     the  light    offspring  of  the  vetch,    and  the  brittle       stalks      of  the  coarse 

lupini,    que    sonantem   silvam.      Enim    seges    lini    urit 

lupine,         and        the  rattling        grove.  For          a  crop    of  flax   burns 

campum,  avenoe   urit,        papavera   pcrfusa       Lethaco 

the  plain,       a  crop    of  oats      burns  it,        poppies         tinctured    with  Lcthi.-.in 

somno   urunt.         Sed    tamen        labor  facilis  alternis, 

sleep  burnt     if.        But         yet      your   labour  is  easy  in  alternate  years, 

tantum    ne    pudeat    saturare    arida    sola    pingui     fimo ; . 

only          be  not  ashamed         to  fill  the  dry      foil       with  rich   manure; 

ftn     neve        jactare  immundum  cinerem    per        effetos 

nor       fail   to  scatter         filthy  ashes       through  the  worn-out 

agros.     Sic  quoque    arva    requiescunt,   fetibus      mutatis : 

fields.         Thus       also       the  fields          rest,  the  produce  being  changed: 

nec      interea          est      nulla    gratia        inaratoe        terra. 

nor     in  the  meantime  is  there         no          favour     to  the  uuploughcd        land. 

Sa?pe  etiam       profuit       incendere    steriles     agros,    atque 

Often        also       it  has  profited  to  burn       the  barren       fields,  and 

urere  levem  stipulam  crepitantibus  flammis  ;  sive  inue 

kindle  the  light       straw         in  the  .rattling       flames;      whether  from  thence 

terra?     concipiunt  occultas    vires  et   pinguia  pabula ;  sive 

the  lands       receive  secret         powers  and       rich       substance ;        or 

per  ignem  omne  vitium  excoquitur      illis,     atque    inn  till 

by         the  fire      all       impurity      is  dried  up     from  them,       and    the  useless 

humor   exsudat;    seu    ille   calor  relaxat   plures   vias,   ei 

moisture     sweats  off;       or       the       heat      lays  open       more       ways,  and 

caeca    spiramenta,  qua    succus    veniat     in      novas 

the  dark         vents,  through  which       eap         may  come    into  the  young 

Qft     herbas ;  seu  durat    magis  et  astringit   hiantes 

plants;  or  whether  it  hardens  more     and      binds       the  opening 

venas,  ne  tenues    pluviac,    ve     acrior     potentia         rapidi 

veins,        lest  the  light      showers,       or    more  active       power    of  the  powerful, 


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eolis,  aut  penetrabile    frigus        boreae         adurat.        Adeo 

cun,         or         the  piercing         cold         the  north  wind  may  Jiurt  it.  Th:i8 

multum  juvat     arva,     qui  frangit   inertes   glebas       rastris, 

Jie  much     assists    the  fields,    who  breaks    the  sluggish     clods    with  harrows, 

que    trahit   vimineas   crates    (que      ne          flava      Ceres 

and       diaws        the  osier       hurdles     (and       neither       does  yellow      Ceres 

nequicquam  spectat  ilium  ab  alto  Olympo),et     qui  rursus 

in  vain  behold       him    from   lofty     Heaven),  and  he  who-    again 

perrumpittelluremquae  suscitat     terga,     proscisso  acquore, 

treaks  up         the  earth  which     raises     the  furrows,  in  the  ploughed       plain, 

aratro         verso     in  obliquum,  que  frequens  exer- 

the  hariow  being  turned  in      an  oblique     direction,    and     frequently        exer- 

cet    atque     imperat     arvis.  Agricolse,    orate    huniida 

ciscs       and          subdues     the  fields.  Ye  farmers,         pray         for  moist 

solstitla,  atque  serenas  hiemes.     Farra    loetissima,     ,  ~~ 

summers,        and  clear        winters.  Corn      is  most  joyous      ••"" 

ager    laetus      hiberno      pulvere.     Mysia  jactat       se 

and  the  field     is  glad     in  the  wintery        dust.  Mysia      boasts   herself 

tap.tum  nullo  cultu,  et  ipsa  Gargara  mirantur  suas  messes. 

so  mucli   with  no  culture,  and  even     Gargara       admires   hisovvn    harvests. 

Quid    dicam  qui,    semine      jacto,      cominus   inse- 

What     shall  I  say  of  him  who,     the  socd       being  cast,    immediately        pur- 

quitur    arva,     que     ruit     cumulos   male    pinguis   arense  ? 

flics         the  fields,    and     piles  up         heaps  of  unfruitful  sand? 

tleinde  inducit  fluvium,  que  sequentes  rivos,  satis  ? 

then  he  leads  the  stream,  and       following  rivulets,  to  the  growing  corn? 

et  cum   exustus    ager  asstuat,    herbis,    morientibus,  ecce  ! 

find  when    the  burnt       field     dries  up,    the  herbs,  dying.  lo! 

elicit        undam    supercilio   clivosi   tramitis :    ilia  cadens 

leads  down   the  water   to  the  brow     of  a  rough       tract:  it  falling 

per        levia     saxa,     ciet    raucum   murmur,  que  tempera. 

through  the  smooth  rocks,     excites    a  hoarse    murmuring,    and  cools 

amentia    arva   scatebris.     Quid  qui,  ne     , , » 

the  parched  fields        with  rills.          What  shall  I  say  of  Mm  who,   lest      '•'•' 

culmus  procumbat    gravidis    aristis,      depascit    luxuriem 

the  stalk       should  fall        with  heavy  ears  of  corn,  feeds  down  the  abundance 

segetum         in  tenera  herba   cum    primum    sata    acquant 

of  the  corn  fields  in  the  tender     plant     when  first        the  corn       equals 

sulcos,        que   qui  deducit  collectum  humorem        paludis 

the  furrows,      and    who    draws  o(F  the  collected      moisture     of  the  meadow 

bibula         arena  ?  praesertim  si  amnis  abundans       incertis 

with  the  spongy  sand?         especially      if   a  river      abounding  in  the  doubtful 

mensibus      exit,      et     tenet    omnia  late  ob- 

months  goes  forth,  and      covers         all       things     far  around        with 

ducto         limo,     unde       cavae       lacunae    sudant     tepido 

spreading        mud,        whence   the  hollow        ditches       perspire   with  warm 

humore.     Nee  tamen   (cum    labores    que  hominum   que 

moisture.  Nor       yet        (when    the  labours     both        of  men  and 


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bourn  expert!  sint       haec       vcrsando   terram  ;)     improbus 

of  oxen         have  tried     these  things  in  cultivating  the  earth;)  die  mischievous 

anscr ;    que   Slrymoniae    grues,    et  inluba    amaris    fibris, 

goose ,         and       gtryioouian       crane:*,    and  succory    wulibmu       fibre*. 

120     o'l'c'unl  niliil,  aut         umbra   nocet. 

injure          nothing,    or    does  Hie  shade    injure. 

Pater  ipse   baud   voluit     viatii  cdlendi 

The  Father  of  the  Gods  himself     does  not  will     that  the  way  of  cultivating 

essc  facilem,  que  primus   movit    agros    per    artem, 

i/i->uld      be        easy,  '       and       firat  move*     the  fields     by  art. 

acueos      mortalia     corda     curls,     nee        passus         sua 

sharpening        mortal        feelings     by  i -ties,       nor       does  he  suffer  bis  own 

regna         torpere         gravi     veterno.      Ante  Jovem,  nulli 

realms     to  become  useless   by  heavy       sloth.  Before     Jupiter,          no 

coloni       subigebant  arva ;  nee  quidcm    erat    fas    signare, 

husbandmen      subdued      the  fields ;    nor     indeed     was  it    right  to  mark  out, 

aut    partiri    campum        limite.         Quarebant  in 

or         to  divide     the  plain         by  a  boundary.        They  sought    every  thing  In 

medium,    que    tellus    ipsa    ferebat    omnia,  liberals, 

common,          and    the  earth    itself     produced  all       things,  more  freely, 

nullo  poscente.     Ille  addidit  malum  virus  atris  serpentibus, 

no  one  demanding.        He       added    pernicious  poison  to  black  serpents. 

que    jussit      lupos  praedari,  que  pontum    moveri; 

*''^      and     commanded  the  wolves  to  plunder,  and     the  sea    to  be  moved  , 

que    decussit    inella       foliis,      que     removit    ignem,    et 

and        shook  off       honey     from  leaves,     and        removed  fire,       and 

repressit    vina    currentia    passim     rivis ;      ut   meditando 

restrained        wine        running  'everywhere  in  rivers;    that  by  meditating 

usus         extunderet    varias   arles   paulatim,    et    quaereret 

experience  might  elaborate    various       arts        by  degrees,    and  seek  for 

herbam  frumenti     sulcis,       et  excuderet  abstrusum  ignem 

the  blade       of  corn     in  the  furrows,  and     strikeout        the  hidden  nre 

venis  silicis.     Tune  primum  fluvii     sensere       cava- 

from  the  veins  of  the  flint.      Then         first       the  rivers  experienced     the  hol- 
las  alnos  ;  turn     navita    fecit  numeros  et  nomina    stellis, 

lowed    alders;  then  the  navigator  gave     numbers    and     names  to  the  stars. 

Pleiadas,  Hyadas,  que    claram    Arcton   Lycaonis.     Turn 

the  Pleiades,     Uyades,       and  the  shining        Bear        of  Lycaon.  Then 

inventum  captare       feras         laqueis,     et      fallere 

it  was  found  out  how       to  catch     wild  beasts      with  snares,     and     to  delude 

visco,  et  circumdare   magnos     saltus  canibus. 

'*"      with  birdlime,  and    to  surround    the  extensive     lawns     with  dogs. 

Atque    alius    jam  verberat    latum    amnem  fundit, 

And  one        now         beat       the  broad      stream      with  a  casting  net 

petens    alta  ;     que  alius  trahit  humida  Una   pelago.     Turn 

teeking   the  deep;     and  another  draws  the  moist  lines   in  the  sea.        Then 

rigor         ferri,    atque  lamina    argutae     serrae   (nam  prinu 

the  rigour     of  iron        and       plates     of  the  grating     saw          (for     the  first 


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scindebant       fissile      lignum      cuneis),   tuin    variae 

men  cat  the  divisible       wood        with  wedges),  then     various 

artes   venere.     Cmprobus   labor      vincit     orania,  et 

arts          came.  Severe  labour       overcame          all       things,  and 

egestas  urgens    in      duris          rebus.          Ceres    prima 

poverty        urgent       in      cur  severe     circumstances.  Ceres  first 

instituit    mortales     vertere     terram      ferro ;      cum    jam 

taught  mortals         to  turn  up     the  earth     with  steel ;       when      now 

glandes  atque  arbuta      sacrae      silvae  deficerent,  et  Dodona 

acorns          and     arbutes   of  the  sacred    wood         failed,  Dodona 

negaret    victum.       Et    mox    labor    additus     frumentis ; 

denied  food.  And  presently  labour     being  added       to  the  corn ; 

ut      mala    rubigo  esset  culmos,  que   segnis     ,-ft 

that  pernicious    mildew     should  corrode  the  stalks,   and      the  dull 

carduus        horreret      in     arvis.          Segetes     intereunt; 

thistle  should  bristle  up    in     the  fields.        The  harvests  die ; 

aspera    silva    subit,    que   lappae   que    tribuli,    que    inter 

a  rough       wood     comes  up,    and       burrs       and     brambles,       and    amidst 

nitentia          culta  infelix  lolium  et  steriles  avenae 

tlie  shining        cultivated    fields   the  hapless   darnel   and     barren  oats 

dominantur.       Quod    nisi    insectabere    terram       assiduis 

rule.  But        unless    you  persecute     the  earth  with  continual 

rastris,    et    terrebis     aves      sonitu,     et    premes    umbras 

harrows,    and      frighten   the  birds   with  noise,     and     restrain  the  shadows 

opaci       ruris       falce,       que    vocaveris     imbrem    votis ; 

of  the  dark   field     with  the  sickle,  and         invoke  the  shower  by  vows ; 

heu,    frustra    spectabis     magnum   acervum   alterius,   que 

alas,       in  vain   shall  you  behold     the  great          hoard        of  another,      and 

solabere     famem  concussa        quercu   in    silvis. 

console        your  appetite  by  acorns  from  the  shaken          oak        in  the  Woods 

Et    dicendum,     quas  arma  sint    duris    agrestibus ;     ,  flft 

And   it  is  to  be  sung,   what    tools     are  to  the  hardy  rustics;        "^ 

sine    queis    messes    potuere    nee      seri,    nee    surgere. 

without  which       harvests  can        neither  be  sown,     nor       spring  up. 

Primum      vomis,       et     grave  robur        inflexi       aratri, 

First  the  ploughshare,  and   the  heavy  wood     of  the  unbending  plough, 

que  tarda  volventia  plaustra    Eleusinae    matris,  que 

and       slow       rolling          wagon     of  the  Eleusinian.  mother,     Ceret,      and 

Iribula         que  traheae,  et  rastri  iniquo  pondere ;  praeterea 

threshing  drays  and     drags,     and  harrows  of  unequal  weight ;  besides 

virgea    que    vilis     supellex     Celei,    arbuteae    crates,    et 

the  osier     and  common       furniture     of  Celeus,       arbute        hurdles,    and 

rnystica    vannus    lacchi ;     omnia  quae  provisa  multo 

the  mystical      fan  of  Bacchus;         all      which  things   provided         long 

ante     memor       repones,       si       digna      gloria        divini 

before       mindful      do  you  lay  by,         if      the  worthy     honour  of  the  divine 

ruris    manet    te.       Continue   in     silvis         flexa    ulmus 

country    awaits     tbce.        Forthwith      wi    the  woods     the  flexile          «lm 


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dqmalur    magnS,    vi    in        burim,    et  aCcipit   formarn 

IB  forced     '  with  great  strength  into  a  plough  handle,  and  receives     the  sh.ipt 

170     curvi  aratri.       Huic    temo,     prolentus       a 

of  the  crooked       plough.  To  this      a  pole,         extended        from 

stirpe  in  octo  pedes,  binse      aures,       dentalia       duplici 

the  Block  to   eight       feet,       two  earth  hoard*,  emitters      with  a  double 

dorso  aplantur.     Et  ante     levis       tilia     caeditur         jugo, 

back        are  fitted.      And  first  the  slender  lime  tree  is  cut  down  for  the  yoke, 

que   alta    fagus,  que      stiva,      qua?   torqueat  imos  currus 

and    the  high   beech,     and  the  ploughtail,  which     may  turn    the  low  caniage 

a      tergo ;    et    fumus     explorat   robora    suspensa    focis. 

from    behind;      and    smoke  seasons       the  wood      hung  over  fires. 

Possum  referre  tibi  multa  praecepta  veterum,     ni    refugis, 

I  can  describe  to  you   many  commands  of  the  ancients,  unless  jou  reject 

que         piget        cognoscere     tenues     curas.      Cum 

them,    and     it  grieves  you  to  know          these  light   concerns.       When 

primis      area        sequanda        ingenti     cylindro,    et    ver- 

t  he  first          floor      is  to  be  levelled    with  a  great        roller,        and      lobe 

tenda          manu,     et       solidanda          tenaci      creta,     ne 

exercised      by  the  band,  and    to  be  rendered  firm   by  adhesive       chalk,      lest 

1Rrt     herbae      subeant,      neu     victa     pulvere      fatiscat. 

'"^      the  grass  should  come  up,     nor     overcome     by  dust  it  should  crack. 

Turn  variae   pestes   illudunt;  saepe    exiguus    mus 

Then     various    plagues        delude        cur  hopes;   often       the  little     nuuse 

que    possuit  domos     sub     terris,    atque  fecit          horren ; 

Doth     has  placed   kia  nest    beneath  the  earth,      and     made  Ais  store-houses; 

aut    talpae,    capti     oculis,      fodere      cubilia ;     que     bufo 

or          moles,   deprived  of  their  eyes,  bad  dug       their  beds;        and  the  toad 

inventus     cavis,     et   plurima  monstra,  quae   terrae   ferunt ; 

discovered     in  hollows,  and       many       monsters,    which  the  earth  produces ; 

que    curculio    atque     formica,     metuens    inopi    senectae, 

and       the  weevil        and          the  ant,          dreading      helpless         old  age, 

populat    ingentem   acervum   farris.      Item   contemplator, 

lays  waste         a  great  board        of  corn.         Also  take  notice, 

cum     silvis,     plurima  nux  induet    se 

when  in  the  woods,     the  full     bearing  niu  tree  (the  almond)  shall  clothe  itself 

in       florem,   et     curvabit        olentes     ramos :     si    fetus 

in     its    flower,     and     shall  bend     its     scented       branches.       if  the  fruit 

superant,  pariter      frumenta  sequentur, 

in  quantity    shall  exceed    the  leaves,  in  like  manner        corn          shall  follow, 

que   magna  tritura    veniet     cum  magno   calore.      At  si 

and       a  great     threshing  shall  succeed  with      great          heat.          But    if 

,q0     umbra    exuberat     luxuria     foliorum,    nequicquam 

"*'      the  shade       abounds     by  a  profusion   of  leaves,  ILI  vtin 

area  teret    culmos    pingues  palea.  Vidi 

the  threshing  floor  shall  bruise  the  stalks        rich        in  chuff  only.  I  have  seen 

equidem  rnultos  serentes  medicare  semina,  et  prius  per* 

Indeed  many          sowing       to  medicate     the  seed,   and     first          to 


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fundere          nitro      et    nigra    amurci,    ut      fetus    esee. 

wash         then  with  nitre  and     black      lees  of  oil,    that     the  fruit  maybe 

grandior   fallacibus   siliquis  ;  et,  quamvis  properata  exiguo 

larger         in  the  delusive        pods;       and,   although      hastened    by  a  little 

igni  maderent,  vidi  diu          lecta,    et 

fire     they  might  become  moist,    I  have  seei*  them  for  a  long  time  selected,  and 

spectata    multo      labore,    degenerare      tarn  en,     nisi    hu- 

culled  out     with  much      labour,      to  degenerate     nevertheless,  unless     hu- 

mana    vis     quotannis  legeret  quaeque   maxima       manu. 

man        power        yearly        had  chosen  whichever  were  largest  by  the  band. 

Sic       omnia      mere      fatis       in          pejus,        ac  sub- 
Thud       all  things         rush  by  the  fates     to     a  worse  condition,  and  falling 

lapsa    retro    referri ;  non  aliter  quam         qui     vix    2ftn 

away     backward  are  borne ;   not  otherwise  than     he     who  hardly      *'«" 

subigit    lembum    remigiis    adverse     flumine,    si       forte 

guides  his  boat          by  oars  on  the  opposing     stream,       if    by  chance 

remisit    brachia,   atque    alveus    rapit  ilium    praeceps    in 

be  relaxed     his  arms,       and      the  stream    bears       him        headlong       on 

prono         amni.      Praeterea  tarn  sidera  Arcturi,   que   dies 

the  declining     river.  Besides         as    the  stars  of  Arcturus,   and  the  days 

hcedorum    sunt     servandi      nobis,     et     lucidus    anguis, 

of  the  kids          are     to  be  observed       by  us,       and'    the  shining        snake, 

quam  quibus,         vectis         per     ventosa     aequora,         in 

as          by  those    who,  being  borne  through  the  stormy          seas,        towards 

patriam,    pontus  et  fauces      ostriferi       Abydi     tentantur. 

their  country,  the  sea   and  straits   of  oyster  bearing   Abydos     are  attempted. 

Ubi  Libra  fecerit       horas       diei       que 

When  the  constellation  of  the  Scales  has  rendered   the  hours  of  the  day     and 

somni  pares,  et  jam    dividit    medium   orbem   luci   atque 

of  sleep     equal,   and  now  has  divided   the  midst  of  the  globe  by  light      and 

umbris  ;     viri,  exercete     tauros,  serite  hordea  cam-     21fl 

shades;  O  men,  exercise        your  bulls,    sow       barley      in  the      *>••" 

pis,  usque     sub     extremum  imbrem   intractabilis   brumae 

fields,  even  to       near          the  last          shower   of  the  unmanageable   winter. 

Necnon      tempus      tegere    et    segetem    lini    et   Cereale 

Likewise       it  is  the  time     to  hide     both       a  crop      of  flax  and          Ceres' 

papaver    humo,     et   jamdudum   incumbere    rastris    dum 

poppy       in  the  ground,  and        at  length         to  press  on   with  harrows  while 

licet  sicca     tellure,   dum   nubila  pendent.         Satio 

it  is  allowed   in  the  dry     ground,     white  the  clouds    hangover.    The  sowing 

fabis         vere  :         turn  putreS   sulci  accipiunt  te  quoque, 

jbr  beans  is  in  the  spring :  then  the  rotten  furrcr.vs     receive       you  also, 

Medica  ;  et  annua  cura  venit    milio,   cum  candidus 

J  Medic         plant ;  and  the  yearly  care   comes  to  the  millet,  when  the  shining 

Taurus   aperit   annum   auratis   cornibus,  et  Canis  ceoens 

Bull  opens      the  year  wiili  gilded       horns,      and  the  Dog  retreating 

averso  astro     occidit.      At    si    excercebis    humum 

Cro.n  the  retiring     star  sets.  But     if     you  cultivato     the  ground 


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m    triticeam     messem    que     robusta  farra,  que    instabia 

fat    the  wheatrn         harvest  and       the  strong   corn,     and     you  strive 

o:>o     aristis  solis.  Eo33  Atlantides, 

for  ears  of  corn        alone.  Let  the  morning  daughters  of  Atla« 

abscondantur   tibi,  que  Gnosia  stella    ardentis 

(the  Pleiades,)  be  concealed         to  you,   and  the  Gnosian  star  of  the    burni.ng 

coronae,  decedat    ante  quam     commiltas       debita 

crown       (of  Ariadne),  withdraw    before     that  you  shall  intrust  the  destined 

semina     sulcis,  que  quam  properes  credere  spem        anni 

seeds  to  the  furrows,    and     that       you  hasten     to  yield  the  hope  of  the  year 

invitee          terrae.     Multi  coepere  ante  occasum  Maiae,  sed 

to  the  unwilling  earth.        Many  have  begun  before  the  setting  of  Maioe,    but 

exspcctata   seges  ^elusit   illos      vanis      aristis.      Vero   si 

the  expected        crop      deluded    them     with  empty      cars.  But        if 

seres  que  viciam  que  vilem   faselum,   nee   asperna- 

you  should  sow  both  the  vetch   and  the  mean  kidney  bean,   nor  do  you 

bere      curarn    Pelusiacoe   lends,   cadens  Bootes  .      mittet 

despise     the  care  of  the  Egyptian     lentil,       letting       Bootes      will  furnish 

signa  baud  obscura  tibi.     Incipe,  et  extende  sementem  ad 

signs       not       obscure     to  you.      Begin,    and     prolong       the  sowing       to 

medias      pruinas.          Idcirco    aureus    sol      regit 

the  midst  of  the  hoarfrosts.       Therefore    the  golden    sun     governs 

orbem     dimensum      certis      mensibus,       per      duodena 

the  globe        measured        by  certain          months,        through       the  twelve 

astra  mundi.      Quinque  201133  tenent  coelum  ;  quarum 

constellations  of  the  world.        Five         zones    possess     the  sky;       of  which 

una  semper  rubens       corusco     sole,  et  semper  torrida    ab 

one       ever        blushing  with  the  glittering  sun,  and       ever       burning  from 

igni ;     circum    quam    extremae     trahuntur      dextrft.    que 

the  fire;      around       which    the  extremities   are  drawn      on. the  right     and 

laeva,     concrete    cserulea  glacie,   atque    atris      imbribus. 

on  the  left,  hardened     by  the  azure       ice,          and      by  black  storms 

Inter  has   que  medium,   duse   concessae  aegris  mortalibus 

Among  these     and    in  the  midst,   two       granted        to  sickly  mortals 

munere         Divum ;      et    via    secta      per      ambas,    qua 

by  the  favour     of  the  Gods;     and  a  way     cut        through        both,      where 

obliquus  ordo     signorum       verteret       se.         TJt  mundus 

the  winding  order  of  the  constellations  might  turn     itself.         As      the  world 

2  ,„     consurgit  arduus  ad  Scythiam  que  Riphaeas  arces  ; 

rises  high        to        Scythia     and     the  Riphenn   towers 

premitur  devexus     in  austros     Libya;.     Hie     vertex 

it  sinks          bending   towards    the  south  winds  ofLybia.       Here    the  pole  is 

nobis  semper  sublimis  ;  at  atra  Styx  videt,  que  profundi 

to  .us       forever     high  raised;    but  black    Styx      sees  it,   and         the  deep 

manes          ilium     sub     pedibus.       Hie  maximum  anguis 

ehades     bthold       it      beneath     their  feet.          Here        the  great  snake 

elabitur  circum    sinuoso  flexn,  que  in     morem     fluminis, 

glides          around     by  a  winding  bend,     and     in     the  manner       ofaiiver. 


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per       duas  Arctos ;    Arctos,    metuenles    tingi        aequore 

through  the  two    Dears ;       the  Bears,          fearing     to  be  dipped  in  the  water 

oceani.     Illic,  ut  perhibent,   aut  interapesta  nox   semper 

of  tie  ocean.  There,  as      they  say,       either     the  stormy       night  evet 

silet,      et     tenebrae      densantur        nocte      obtenta ;    aut 

is  silent, 'and      darkness       thickens  around     in  the  night   prolonged;         or 

aurora       redit     a    nobis,  que    reducit    diem :     que    ubi 

the  morning  returns  from       us,        and     brings  back  the  day:       and    when 

primus  oriens         afflavit        nos     anhelis      equis, 

the  first       rising     sun   breathes   upon   us    with  panting      horses, 

illic     rubens         vesper      accendit    sera    lumina.      Hinc 

there     the  blushing   evening  star       kindles       its  late       lights.  Hence 

possumus    preediscere    tempestaics      dubio      ctelo,    hinc 
we  can  foretell  the  storms      in  the  doubtful   sky,       hence 

que  diem  messis,  que  tempus  serendi,  et  quando  conveniat 

both  the  day  of  harvest,  and     the  time    of  sowing,  and     when         it  is  proper 

i  Tipellere       infidum      in  arm  or    remis  ;  quando   deducerc 

to  drive  through  the  faithless          tea          with  oars;       when       to  draw  out 

armatas  classes,  aut  evertere   tempestivam  pinum      silvis. 

the  armed      ships,        or    to  overthrow  the  seasonable       pine   in  the  woods. 

Nec   frustra    speculamur   obitus     et  ortus  signorum, 

Nor       in  vain.          do  we  watch  the  settings  and  risings  of  the  constellations, 

que    annum    parem    quatuor    diversis    temporibus.       Si 

and       the  year       equal          by  four         different  seasons.  II 

quando      frigidus    imber     continet     agricolam, 

at  any  time       the  cold      shower     shall  confine        the  farmer     to  hig  house, 

datur          maturare    quse   inox   forent    properanda    9fin 

it  is  allowed   to  accomplish   what     soon      will  be      to  be  hastened 

coelo       sereno.    Arator      procudit  durum  dentem      obtusi 

when  the  sky  is  clear.  The  ploughman  sharpens  the  bard       point  of  the  blunted 

vomeris,         cavat      lintres         arbore ;        impressit    aut 

ploughshare,     hollows  out      boats          from  the  tree;  imprints     either 

signum  peoori,  aut  numeros  acervos.  Alii  exacuunt 

a  mark     on  the  flock,  or  the  numbers  on  the  heaps  of  corn.  Others       sharpen 

vallos,   que  bicomes  furcas,  atque   parant  Amerina 

the  stakes,  and   two  horned     forks,       and         prepare     Amerine          willow 

retin'acula      lentae       viti.     Nunc     facilis     fiscina  texatur 

bands  for  the  slender     vine.       Now    let  the  flexile   basket    be  woven 

rubea.  virga, :  nunc  torrete  fruges     igni,   mine 

from  the  bramble      twig :     now        roast     your      grain     by  the  fire,   now 

frangite  saxo.  Quippe     etiam     fas     et    jura 

grind          it    with  the  miWstone.  For  even       right  and  the  laws 

sinunt  exercere  quaedam  festis  diebus.     Nulla  religio 

permit      to  execute     certain       labours  on  holy     days.  No       religion 

vetuit      deducere    rivos,  proetendere  sepem    segeti,     97ft 

has  forb'd    to  Iraw  off    streams,     to  extend       a  hedge  to  the  corn,      ^'v 

moliri    insidias   avibus,   incendere   vepres,    que    mersare 

to  contrive   snares       for  birds.        to  burn  briars,        and       to  plunge 


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gregem    balantum  salubri     fluvio.      Saepe   agitator 

a  flock  of  bleating  sheep    in  the  healthful   river.  Often     the  driver 

tardi       aselli  onerat  costas     oleo,    aut  vilibus  pomis  ;  que 

of  the  lazy  ass         loads     his  ribs     with  oil,    or       cheap       apples;        and 

revertens  reportat     incusum         lapidem,  aut  massam 

returning       «OOM  brings  back    the  indented  mill       stone,         or    °      amass 

atrae  picis,      urbe.          Luna    ipsa  dedit  alios  dies  Felices 

of  black  pitch,  front  the  city.  The  moon  herself  has  given  other  day*        happy 

operum,     alio      ordine.     Fuge    quintam  pallidus 

for  labours,  by  another     order.  Fly          the  fifth       upon  thii  p.ilb 

Orcus;   que   Eumenides       satae.         Turn    nefando   partu 

Cluto,          and       the  Furies          were  born  Then    by  a  dreadful     birth 

terra         creat      que   Coeum   que   lapetum    que    saevum 

the  earth     produced       both       Cceus       and         lapetui         and  cruel 

Typhoea,  et      fratres         conjuratos       rescindere  coelum. 

Typhoeus,    and    the  brothers       having  conspired        to  tear  down        heaven. 

2ftft     Scilicet    ter    conati   sunt  imponere  Ossam    Pelio, 

For  thrice    did  they  attempt     to  place        Ossa      on  Pelion, 

atque  involvere   frondosum  Olympum  Ossae  t      ter    pater 

and  to  roll  leafy  Olympus       on  Ossa:      thrice     father 

disjecit  exstructos    monies       fulmine.         Septima 

Jupiter  threw  down       upraised       mountains  with  his  thunder.    The  seventh 

post  decimam      felix,       et   ponere    vitem,    et    domitare 

after       the  tenth    is  fortunate,    both    to  plant      the  vine,  and  to  tame 

prensos        boves,    et  addere   licia    telae ;       nona    melior 

the  restrained     oxen,       and    to  add  the  woof  to  the  web;  the  ninth  is  better 

fugae,   contraria  furtis.     Adeo  multa  djedere  se 

for  flight,     opposed     to  theft.      Thus    many  things  have  rendered  themselves 

melius      gelida     nocte;    aut  cum    Ecus    irrorat      terras 

better          in  the  cold       uight ;       or     when    the  East   sprinkles  the  earth 

novo        sole.       Nocte      leves      stipulae    melius,  •  nocte 

by  the  early    sun.          By  night      the  light        stubble       is  better,     by  night 

arida    prata    tondentur :  lentus  humor  non  deficit    noctes. 

the  dry  meadows     are  mown  :    the  gentle   moisture  does  not  fail  in  the  night. 

2qft     Et   quidam   pervigilat    ad     seros     ignes      hiberni 

**'"      And   someone         watches       by      the  late       fires    of  the  winter 

luminis,  que  inspicat'  faces        acuto     ferro.  Interea, 

light,  and       points      matches     with  a  sharp  knife.    In  the  meantime, 

conjux,  solata        Ion  gum         laborem,     cantu 

the  wife,   consoled  in  her  long-continued       toil,       with  the  song  of  her  hut- 

percurrit    telas        arguto  pectine ;  aut  deco- 

t*,nd,    runs  over     tbe  webs  with  the  shrill  sounding     shuttle ;       or        boilt 

quit  humorem  dulcis  musti  vulcano,  et  despumat  undam 

down     the  liquor   of  sweet     must     by  the  fire,   and         skims        the  wave 

ttepidi  aheni     foliis.       At   rubicunda  ceres  succiditur 

of  the  trembling  caldron  with  leaves.    But     the  blushing     corn  is  cut  uy 

onedio          aestu ;    et  area       terit    tostas      fruges  medic 

in  the  midday     heat;      and  the  floor  wears  out  the  parched    grain      by  mid- 


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aestu.     Kudus  ara,  nudus  sere:  hieins    ignava 

fay    heat.  Naked   plough,  naked       sow :      winter  is  a  slothful 

colono.  Agricolie    plerumque    fruuntur 

for  the  planter.  Farmers     for  the  most  part        enjoy        what  tAe#  Lavt 

parto  frigoribus,  que    laeti       curant    mutua     «nft 

gained     in  the  colds   of  winter,  and     joyful     they  provide    mutual      «"« 

convivia  inter       se  ;       geniulis  hiems  invitat 

feasts  among  themselves;  the  festive    winter    invites     them  to  -yleasiire 

que   resolvit      curas.      Ceu   cum   jam      pressae     carinae 

and       relieves       their  cares.      As       when       now     the  strained          ships 

tetigere       portiim,     et    laeti    nautae     imposuere     coronas 

have  touched  the  harbour,    and    the  glad  sailors       have  placed  their  garlands 

puppibus.        Scd       tamen       tune     tempus    stringere    et 

on  the  sterns.         But       nevertheless      then       it  is  time        to  strip      both 

q  .ernas   glandes,    et     baccas       lauri,       que   oleam,    que 

the  oaken         mast,         and   the  berries     of  laurel,        and       olive,          and 

cruenta     myrta :         time     ponere     pedicas     gruibus,     et 

bloody       myrtle  berries:       then        to  place         loot  traps     for  cranes,     and 

retia  cervis,    que   sequi .     auritos      lepores ;     turn    figere 

nets      for  stags,    and     to  follow  the  long  eared       bares;  then    to  pierce 

damas,    torquentem    stupea    verbera      Balearis       fundae, 

the  docs,  hurling  hempen         cords        of  the  Balearian  sling. 

cum     alta    nix   jacet,  -cum    flumina      trudunt 

when    the  deep  snow       lies       on  the  ground,  when     the  rivers       push  aldng 

glaciem.      Quid     dicam    tempestates  et         sidera     „.,. 

the  ice.  What    shall  I  say  of  tha  tempests  and  constellations      «*•" 

autumni  ?     atque    quae  vigilanda    viris,    ubi    jam 

of  autumn?         and        what    things,  are  to  be  avoided  by  mun,  when     now 

que      dies      brevior    et       aeslas        mollior  ?      vel    cum 

both       the  day     is  shorter    and     the  summer       is. milder?  or       when 

imbriferum         ver         ruit ;        cum   spicea  messis    jam 

the  shower-bearing  spring     pours  down;       when   the  spiky     harvest        now 

inhorruit    campis,     et    cum    lactentia    frumenta    turgent 

bristles  up     in  the  plains,  and    when       the  milky  fruits  swell 

in   viridi   stipula.       Saepe  ego,    cum    agricola    induceret 

on  the  green       stalk.  Often        I,        when     the  farmer  has  led 

messorem  flavis    arvis,    et    Jain     stringeret    hordea 

the  reaper        Into  the  yellow   fields,     and     now       has  bound  up  the  barley 

fragili       culmo,       vidi     omma      proalia    ventorum    con- 

with  brittle   straw,       have  seen       all        .the  conflicts   of  the  winds      com- 

currere,   quae       late       eruerent    gravidam    segetem,     ah 

bine,  which    far  around       up-tore          the  heavy  corn,          front 

imis          radicibus,   expulsam  sublime :    ita    nigro      tur- 

thcir  lowest       roots,  driven  high:  thus  in  the  black  whirl 

bine      hiems      ferret      que    levem    culmum,   que     32(. 

wind,       a  storm     would  bear     both    the  light          straw,          and 

volantes  stipulas.     Sacpe  etiam  immensum  agmen  aquarum 

the  flying      stubble.         Often      also          a  great  mass         ofwaicra 


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venit        coelo;     et    nubes    collects    ex    alto    glomeranl 

thall  conic   to  the  sky ,  and  the  clouds     collected     from  the  deep  gather 

foedam    tempestatem      atris      imbribus :     arduus    aether 

afoul  MM,  in  with  black       showers:          the  lofty  sky 

ruit          et      ingenti      pluvia    diluit      Incta        sata,     que 

pours  forth  and     with  much          rain       washes     the  joyful    cornfields,    and 

labores         bourn ;       fossae     implentur,   et    cava  flumina 

the  labours     of  the  oxen  ,  the  ditches        are  filled,       and  the  deep      streams 

crescunt  cum       sonitu,       que    aequor    fervet    spirantibus 

increase        with     a  great  sound,     and       the  sea        boils        with  foaming 

fretis.     Pater  ipse  raolitur  fulmina    corusca      dex- 

•hoals.       Father  Jupiter  himself   handles  thunderbolts    brandished   with  hit 

tra          in     media      nocte     nimborum ;        quo         motu 

right  hand  in       the  midst     of  a  night       of  storms;  by  which  commotion 

maxima   terra    tremit;          ferae          fugere,     et    humilis 

the  great       earth      trembles;    the  wild  beasts     have  fled,     and     humbling 

pavor      stravit      mortalia  corda  per    gentes.     Ille 

5<>U      fear          nas  prostrat'cd       mortal       hearts  through  the  nations.    He 

dejicit       aut          Atho,  aut  Rhodopen,  aut  alta  Ceraunia, 

hurls  down  either  mount   Athos,     or          Rhodope,       or     high        Ceraunia, 

flagrant!        telo :       austri      et     densissimus    imber    in- 

witb  his  flaming  dart:    the  south  winds  also     the  thickening       shower      re- 

geminant;  nunc  nemora,  nunc    litora    plangunt      ingenti 

double:  now     the  groves,   now     the  shores      resound    with  a  great 

vento.     Metuens  hoc,  serva  menses    et    sidera          cojli ; 

wind.  Fearing     this,  observe  the  months  and  constellations  of  the  sky ; 

quo     frigida    Stella    Saturni     receptet     sese :     in    quos 

where      the  cold        star        of  Saturn       withdraws       itself;       to       what 

orbes       coeli        Cyllenius   ignis      erret.         In       primis 

orbs        of  heaven  Mercury's          fire         wanders        Among   your  first 

venerare   Deos  ;    atque  refer  annua      sacra     magnae 

duties      reverence     the  Gods ;       and  bear        annual       sacrifices      to  great 

Cereri ;   operatus   in    laetis     herbis,   sub   casum  extremae 

Ceres;  offering        on  the  joyful      grass,      about    the  end      of  extreme 

hiemis,   jam       sereno       vere.      Tune    agni    pin- 

340      \vinter,          now     in  the  serene     spring.         Then   the  fields      are 

gues   et  tune  vina    mollissima :    turic  somni  dulces,  que 

rich       and  then  the  wine  is  most  mellow:       then    slumbers   are  sweet,   and 

umbrae      densae     in    montibus.      Cuncta   agrestis   pubes 

the  shadows  are  thick     on    the  mountains.          All          the  rustic       .youth 

tibi    adoret  Cererem,      cui      tu  dilue       favos          lacte, 

for  you  shall  adore  Ceres,         for  whom  you  bathe  the  honey-comb  with  milk. 

et    miti    baccho ;  que     ter        felix       hostia  eat  circum 

and   mellow       wine;       and     thrice     let  the  joyous  victim    go        around 

novas  fruges ;  quam  omnis  chorus,  et  ovam.es    socii    co- 

the  new     grain;       whom       all        the  band,  and     shouting  companions  ac 

Vnitentnr,   et   vocent  Cererem   claraore   in      tecta;      que 

company,       and     invoke          Cere*       with  a  shout   to   their  houses      aim 


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ne      quisquam    supponat    falcem    matnris    arislis,    ante 

let  riot        any  one  apply  his  sickle     to  the  ripe       corn,        before 

quam    redimitus  tempora          torta          quercu, 

that  bound          as    to   hi*        temples        with  a  wreathed  oak, 

del  incomposilos    motus    et    dicat    carmina    q-n 

let  him  give          unstudied  motions    and     sing  songs      ««" 

Cereri.      Atque     ut    possimus    discere       haec      certis 

to*  Ceres.  And         that        we  may  learn     these  things  by  certain 

signis,  que>  aestgs  que  pluvias  <jt  ventos    agentes    frigora ; 

signs,       bottt    heats     and       rains     and  the  winds   driving  on       the  cold; 

pater  ipse          statuit  quid      menstrua      luna 

father  Jupiter    himself     has  determined         what          the  monthly        moon 

moneret ;       quo     signo      austri      caderent,  quid  agricolae 

ehould  foretell ;   by  what   sign   the  south  winds  shall  fall,      what  the  farmers 

videntes   sae.pe   tenerent  armenta   propius  stabulis.     Con- 
seeing          often      shall  keep   their  herds        near      to  the  stables.      Im- 

tinuO;     ventis  surgentibus,  aut    freta      ponti   agitata  inci- 

mediately  the  winds      arising,  or  the  shallows'cf  the  sea  agitated       be- 

piunt    tumescere ;     et      aridus       fragor    audiri          altis 

gin  to  swell ;          and   a  dry  rustlin;     noise     to  be  beard  in  the  high 

montibus ;    aut    litora    resonantia    longe       misceri,      et 

mountains ;          or  the  shores      resounding      afar  off     to  be  disturbed,  and 

murmur      nemorum  in^rebrescere.     Jam  turn  unda    male 

the  murmuring  of  the  groves        to  increase.          Now   then  the  wave  hardly 

temperat  sibi     a      curvis      carinis,    cum    celeres     „„« 

restrains        itself  from  the  crooked        ships,        when      the  swift      «*OU 

mergi     revolant   ex    medio   aequore,  que  ferunt  clamorem 

cormorants  fly  back      from  the  midst    of  the  sea,    and      bear  their  cry 

ad  litora,  que  cum  marinae  fulicae  ludunt  in   sicco;         *que 

to  the  shores,  and  when     the  sea       coots       sport     on     the  dry   land ,    and 

ardea    deserit    notas    paludes,    atque    volat    supra    altam 

the  heron   deserts  the  known    marshes,        and          flies        above    the  high 

nubern.     Saepe  etiam,    vento  impendente,   videbis    Stellas 

cloud.  Often       also,      the  wind     threatening,    you  shall  see  the  stars 

labi  praecipites  coelo  ;   que    longos  tractus  flammarum 

glide         swift        through  the  sky :    and     the  long     traces  cf  flames 

albescere     a      tergo     per    umbram    noctis ;  saepe   levem 

to  whiten  up  from     behind  through     the  shade       of  night;     often    the  light 

paleam   et   caducas  frondes  volitare ;  aut   plumas    nantes 

straw         and     falling          leaves       fly  about,       or       feathers   swimming 

in    summft,    aqua,    colludere.        At    cum    fulminat     de 

on      the  top  of  the  water  to  sport  together.    But     when     «  thunders    from 

parte  trucis  Boreas,  et  cum  domus  que  Euri      «70 

n'part  of  the  stern  north,  and  when    the  house  both  ofthe  east  wind      **'u 

que    Zephyri   'tonal,   omnia    rura    nalant    plenis    fosais, 

and     the  west  wind  thunders,       all      the  fields     ewim       with  full     ditches, 

atque  omnis  navita    legit    humicla   vela    ponto.        Imbef 

oud          every    seaman  gathers  up  bis  moist    sails  on,  the  sen     Tht  shower 


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nnnquam  obfuit  imprudentibus  :  aut    a-riir   grues       fugere 

never  injures       the  unadvised-       either  the  airy  cranes  have  escaped 

ilium  surgentem      imis      vallibus  ;  aut  bucula,  suspicions 

it  rising          in  tba lowest       vales;        or    the  heifer,  gazing 

coelum,      captavit      auras          patulis          naribus ;     aut 

on  the  sky       has  caught      the  air    in  her  wide  spread        nostrils;  or 

arguta  hirundo    volitavit    circura    lacus,    et     ranro 

the  shrill  sounding  swallow        has  flown       around     the  lakes,  and  the  frogs 

cecinere      veterem    querelam    in      limo.       Et     saepius 

have  sung  forth  their  old        complaint       in       the  mud!       And  often 

formica,  terens    angustum    iter,  extulit    ova  tectis 

the  ant,         wearing       a  narrow       path,  has  borne  her  eggs  from  her  covered 

penetralibus  ;  et  ingens  arcus    bibit ;    et  exercitus 

retreats;  and  the  great     bow     has  drunk;  and      an  army 

corvorum,   decedens     e      pastu    magno    agmine,    incre- 

of  crows,  departing     from  the  pasture  in  a  great        band,         sounded 

puit        densis        alis.       Jam    videas     varias    volucres 

with  close  pressed  wings.         Now  you  may  see  the  various  birds 

pelagi,    et          quae  rimantur  circum      Asia     prata    in 

of  the  sea,  and   those  which       search         around     the  Asian  meadows     in 

dulcibus    stagnis  Caystri,    certatim  infundere  largos  rores 

the  pleasant      pools      ofCayster,       eagerly  pour  copious       dews 

humeris ;        nunc  objectare    caput    fretis,     nunc  currere 

on  their  shoulders;  now        plunge     their  heads  in  the  waters,  now  run 

in        undas,  etgestire    studio    lavandi  incassum.     Turn 

among  the  waves,  and   sport   in  the  delight, of  washing      in  vain.          Then 

improba    cornix    vocat    pluviam     plena,    voce,    et    sola 

the  ill-boding    crow       invokes       the  rain       with  full     voice,    and     alone 

spaliatur    secum      in       sicca      arena.       Nee      quidem 

stalks  along  by  herself      upon     the  dry          sand.  Nor  indeed 

OQA     puellae,  carpentoe     nocturna    pensa,  nescivere 

caw     Were  the  maids,        carding        their  nightly      tasks,          .ignorant 

hiemem ;    cum  viderent  oleum  scintillare      ardente    testa, 

of  the  storm;     when    they  saw     the  oil     to  sparkle     in  the  burning     lamp, 

et  putres  fungos  concrescere.     Nee   minus,     ex       imbri 

and  the  rotten     clots  harden.  Nevertheless,       from     the  storm 

poteris  prospicere,   et  certis   signis  cognoscere,   soles   et 

you  may        foresee,         and   by  sure      signs  know,         the  suns  and 

aperta     serena.          Nam   turn   neque      acies        videtui 

the  orx>n          clear    skies.       For      then     neither    does  the  edge  seem 

obtusa      stellis,      nee      luna      surgere    obnoxia      radiia 

blunted     to  the  stara,      nor     the  moon     .  to  arise        opposed     to  the  rayg 

fratris ;        nee    tenuia    vellera  lanae  ferri      per 

of  her  brother ;  nor    are  the  light    fleeces  of  wool  (fleecy  clouds)  borne  through 

coelum.      Alcyones,  dilectae    Thetidi,    non  pandunl 

Die  sky  Halcyons,    birds        beloved      by  Thetis,  do   not   open 

pennas     ad   tepidum   solera    in       litore;    immundi    sues 

Jicir  wings   to     the  warm        sun       upon     the  shore;          filthy        swine 


non    meminere  jactare  solutos  manipulos 

do  not       remember     to  scatter      loose  sheaves  of  corn       **^'" 

ore.  At    nebulae    magis    petunt    ima  que 

with  (heir  mouths.    But        mists         ralher  seek  low    places   and 

recumbunt  campo :    et    noctua,  servans    occasum      solis 

rest  upon  the  plain:    and     the  owl,      observing     the  setting  of  the  sun 

de     sumno  culmine,  nequicquam  exercet      seros      cant  us. 

from    the  high        roof,  in  vain  repeats       her  evening       songs. 

Nisus   apparet   sublimis   in  liquido    aere,   et  Scylla    dat 

Nisus          appears  high  in     the  clear       sky,    and     Scylla      gives 

poenas       pro   purpureo  capillo.     Qu&cumque  ilia  fugiens 

punishment     for        the  purple        lock.  Wherever        ehe          flying 

secat    levem    aethera       pennis,       ecce,   inimicus,    atrox 

cuts        the  light        air          with  her  wings,       lo,        the  hostile,        cruel 

Nisus  insequitur  per    auras     magno     stridore :    qua 

Nisus        pursues  her  through   the  air     with  great        noise :        where 

Nisus    fert     se     ad    auras,    ilia,    fugiens    raptim,    secat 

Nisus       raises  himself  to     the  skies,    Ehe,          flying          swiftly,          cuts 

levem   aethera  pennis.     Turn     corvi     ingeminant  liquidas 

the  light       air       on  wings.       Then    the  ravens        redouble       their  liquid 

voces     ter      aut  quater  presso    gutture;     4-n 

notes       thrice       or       four   times  in  their  compressed         throats;      41U 

et  saepe      altis      cubilibus,  laeti     nescio      qua     dulcedine 

tnd  often   in  their  high        nests,     joyful    I  know  not  by  what  delight 

praeter    solitum,  strepitant      inter  se         foliis : 

oeyond     their  wonted  pleasure,  make  a  great  noise   together     in  the  leaves: 

imbribus       actis,      juvat         revisere  parvam  progeniem, 

the  showers  having  passed,  it  delights  them  to  revisit  tlieir  little  offspring, 

que  dulces  nidos.     Equidem,    haud    credo,  quia  ingenium 

and    pleasant   nests.  Indeed,         I  do  not     believe,    that    this  capacity 

sit    illis  divinitus,    aut  major 

for  enjoyment  can  be  theirs  from  heaveti,       or    that  there  is  to  them  a  greater 

prudentia  rerum  fato :     verum    ubi    tempestas   et 

foresight          of  things  bestowed  by  fate :         but          when    the  weather   and 

mobilis    humor    coeli      mutavere         vias,        et   Jupiter,. 

changeful     moisture  of  the  sky  have  altered     their  courses,    and        the  air, 

humidus        Austris,        densat  quae  modo  erant 

damp  with  south  winds,   condenses  those  things  which    lately        were 

rara,  et    relaxat          quae          densa:    species   animorum 

rare,     and     ratifies     those  which  mere  condensed :      views  of  the  mind 

vertuntur,  et    pectora    concipiunt  nunc  alios  motus     42fl 

are  changed,  and  their  breasts       conceive        now     these  emotions 

alios,  dum  ventus  agebat  nubila.     Hinc  ille  concentus 

luno      others,  while   the  wind   drove  on  the  clouds.    Hence  that  concert 

avium  in    agris,    et  pecudes        laetae,  et     corvi    ovantes 

of  birds   in     the  fields,  and    the  flocks   were  joyful,  and  the  ravens    exulting 

gutture.  Si    vero      respicies       ad  rapidum  solem, 

with  their  throats.    If     indeed     you  will  look         to     Uie  rapid  sun. 


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que    lunas    sequentes    ordine ;     crastina  hora    nunquam 

and     the  moons    following     in  .succession,  to-morrows   hour  never 

fallet          te,    neque          capiere  insidiis         serenae 

shall  delude  you,         nor       shall  you  bo  cheated     by  the  snares       of  a  clear 

noctis.      Cum    primum      luna          colligit       revertentes 

night.  When  first          the  moon        has  collected         the  returning 

ignes,  si  comprenderit  nigrum  aera  obscuro  cornu  ; 

fires,       if   she  has  embraced  the  murky  air     uiih   her       obscure  horn ; 

maximus   imber   parabitur     agricolis     que    pelago.       At, 

a  very  great    etorm  will  be  prepared  for  the  farmers  and     for  the  sea.       But, 

,.j«     si    suffuderit  virgineum  ruborem      ore  erit 

if  she  shall  diffuse      a  virgin  blush    over  tier  face,  there  will  be 

ventus.        Aurea      Phoebe  semper  rubet     vento.  Sin 

wind.  The  golden        moon        always    blushes   in  the  wind.         But  if 

pura  in  quarto  ortu   (namque    is    certissimus  auctor),  nee 

spotless  in  the  fourth  rising        (for          this       is  the  surest     authority),   nor 

ibit  obtusis       cornibus    per    crelum ;   et   totin 

she  will  proceed     with  blunted          horns       through     the  sky ,    and          all 

ille    dies,    et          qui    nascentur    ab    illo,    ad     exactum 

that       day,     and  those  which       proceed          from     it,         to  the  completed 

mensem,       carebunt       pluvia  que  ventis  :    nautae    servati 

month,  shall  be  deprived       of  rain    and      winds-      the  sailors  preserved 

solvent      vota       in       litore       Glauco ;    et    Panopeae,  et 

shall  pay     their  vows  upon     the  shore     toGlaucus;    and       Panopea,     and 

Inoo  Melicertae.       Sol     quoque     et     exonens, 

ITIO       the  mother       of  Malicerta.      The  sun         also         both  rising, 

et  cum   condet       se     in    undas,       dabit       signa.      Cer- 

and  when     he  hides     himself  in    the  waves,    shall  give         signs.  The 

tissima  signa  sequuntujr    solem,     et  quae  refert 

surest         signs        follow  the  sun,     both    those  which    he  brings  back 

,  .Q     mane,  et         quae,  astris  surgentibus. 

in  the  morning,  and  those  which  he  ushers  in,  the  stars  arising. 

Ubi  ille     variaverit      nascentem  ortum   maculis,  conditus 

When  be     shall  variegate        bis  rising          beam       with  spots,      concealed 

in   nubem,    que   refugerit  medio     orbe ;     imbres 

in       a  cloud,       and     shall  escape   the  sight   with  half     his  orb.        showers 

sint      suspect!    tibi :    liamque        Notus,        sinister  que 

maybe     expected        by  you:          for  the  south  wind,      injurious     both 

arboribus,  que   satis,  que   pecori,   urget    ab      alto.     Ant 

to  trees,  and      corn,     and     the  flock,      hurries   from    the  deep.       Or 

ubi,    sub    lucem    diversi    radii    rumpent      sese        inter 

v,  hen,  about   the  dawn   diversified     rays       shall  force      themselves    amidst 

densa     nubila;  aut  ubi   Aurora,  linquens  croceum  cubile 

the  thick     clouds;       or   when     Aurora,        leaving       the  saffron        couch 

Tithoni,      surget      pallida;     heu,    turn   pampinus    male 

ofTithonus,     shall  arise         pale;  alas,     then     the  vine  leaf     hardly 

defendet     mites     uvas ;    tarn  multa  horrida   grando   salit 

•bait  defend     the  mild      grapes ;       so       much      direful         hail  leaps 


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crcpitans  in  tectis.         Profuerit    magis     meminisse     hoc 

rattling        on  the  roofs.       It  would  profit      more   to  have  remembered  ibis 

«tiam,  cum  jam  decedet   Olympo  emenso ;     >5fl 

also,        when    now      besets          heaven        being  measured  over; 

nam   saepe   videmus   varies   colores      errare      in     ipsiu* 

for        often        we  behold     various       colours       to  wander    over  (us 

vultu.     Caeruleus        denuntiat  pluviam :  igneus       Euros. 

face.  The  azure     tky      menaces  rain :          the  fiery     east  winds. 

Sin      maculae      incipient      immisceri        rutilo        igni ; 

But  if       the  spots       should  begin       to  be  mingled     with  glittering         fire, 

tune    videbis      omnia  fervere   pariter     vento      quo 

then     you  will  see        all        things     to  rage       together     by  the  wind   and 

nimbis.       Non   quisquam    moneat    me    ire    per     altura 

storms.  Let  no  one  admonish      me    to  go  through  the  deep 

ilia    nocte,   neque  convellere  funem    a      terra.       At  si 

on  that    night,     neither       tear  away     the  cable   from     the  land.       But    if 

orbis     erit      lucidus,   que   cum        referet        diem,    que 

his  orb   shall  be        clear,          both     when      he  shall  restore   the  day,       and 

condet  relatum ;     frustra          terrebere          nimbis, 

shall  conceal  it       ushered  in  ;       in  vain     shall  you  be  frightened     by  clouds, 

et    cernes       silvas  moveri     claro   Aquilone.     De- 

and  you  shall  see  the  woods   moved    by  the  fair  north  wind.          Fi- 

nique   quid   serus  Vesper     vehat,    unde    ventus         agat 

nnlly        what    the  late   evening     shall  bring,  whence    the  wind  shall  drive 

serenas  nubes,  quid  humidus    Auster  cogitet,  sol         dabit 

the  serene   clouds,    what   the  moist     south  wind     intends,  the  sun  shall  give 

fiigna  tibi.     Quis  audeat  dicere     solera        i'alsum?     Ille 

signs     to  you.     Who    can  dare      to  say       the  sun     if       false?  He 

etiam    saepe      monet        caecos     tumultus     instare,     que 

also          often       admonishes     that  blind  disturbances      threaten,         and 

fraudem  et  operta  bella  tumescere.     Ille  etiam      miseratus 

fraud          and   secret     wars     swell  around.      He      also    compassionating 

Romam,  Caesare    exstincto,    cum     texit    nitidum     caput 

Rome,  Casar          being  killed,       when  he  covered  his  shining        bead 

obscura  ferrugine,  que    impia    secula  timuerunt  aeteniam 

with  dark       purple,          and     impious        ages  feared  eternal 

noctem;  quanquam       illo    tempore    tellus     quoque     et 

night;  although          at  that          time        the  earth        also         and 

aequora    ponti,    que  obsceni  canes,  que  importunae 

the  waters  of  the  sea,   and        filthy        d.gs,     and        "-clamorous 

vol acres,      dabant    signa.      Quoties      vidimus      jEtnam, 

birds,  gave  signs.       How  often      have  we  seen  ^Ctna, 

undantem      fornacibus      ruptis,   effervere   in   agros    Cy- 

waving  from  its  furnaces     bursting,    to  boil  over  upon  the  fields  of  the 

clopum,   que   volvere   globos   flammarum   que    liquefacta 

Cyclops,         and        to  roll        globes  of  flames          and  melted 

saxa !     Germania  audiit  sonitum  armorum       totp      ccelo  i 
rocks  I          Germany        hews   thewund        of  arms  through  the  whole  sky; 


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Alpes      tremuerunt      insolitis      motibus.      Ingens    vox 

the  Alpa  shook  with  unusual      commotions.       A  great      voice 

quoque    exaudita       vulgo          per      silentes    lucos,      et 

also  was  heard        every  where   through     the  silent        groves,     and 

simulacra,   pallentia        miris       modis     visa        sub    ob- 

ghosts,  pale  in  wonderful     forms     were  seen     beneath    the 

scurum     noctis  ;  que  pecudes  locutae.     Infandum  !    amnes 

dark  cloud     of  night;    and     the  cattle     spoke.         O  abominable  1  the  rivers 

sistunt,  que  terrae  dehiscunt ;  et   moestum  ebur  illarrymat 

standstill,  and  the  earth  opened  wide;  and  the  mournful    ivory  weeps 

templis,       que       aera       sudant.     Eridanus,      rex 

in  the  temples,   and  brazen  images   sweat.  Eridanua,    <he  king 

fluviorum,  proluit   silvas,    contorquens      insano      -vortice, 

of  rivers,         overflows  the  woods,         turning  in  maddening          whirl, 

que     tulit     armenta  cum    stabulis       per      omnes  campos. 

and  bore  along       herds      with   theirstables   through          all        tue  plains. 

Nec      eodem      tempore   aut          minaces  fibre- 

Nor        at  the  same          time       either     did  the  threatening        fibres*   fail 

apparere      tristibus      extis,     aut    cruor    cessavit  manare 

to  appear        in  the  dismal     entrails,     or     did  blood        cease  to  flow 

puteis ;     et    urbes    resonare  alte     per    noctem,      lupis 

from  wells ;  and   the  cities    to  resound       far     through   the  njght,  the  wolves 

ululantibus.       Non    plura     fulgura      alias        ceciderunt 

bowling.  Not        more       lightnings    elsewhere  fell 

sereno          coelo ;    nee      diri      cometae     toties     arsere. 

from  the  clear    heaven ;     nor       did  direful   comets          so  often  burn. 

Ergo,     Philippi  videre  Romanas   acies   concurrere  iterum 

Therefore,     Fhilippi     beheld     the  Roman     armies     rush  together        again 

inter      sese      paribus   telis :    nee     fuit    indignum 

among  themselves  with  equal  weapons:    nor       was  it       unworthy 

Superis  Emathiam  et    latos  campos  Hacmi      pinguescere 

the  Gods      that  Emathia   and  the  broad   plains   of  Hxmus  to  become  enriched 

bis  nostro   sanguine.     Scilicet    et    tempus   veniet,   cum, 

twice  by  our          blood.  For        al.-o     the  time   shall  come,   when, 

illis       finibus,  agricola,  molitus   terrain      incurvo     aratro, 

in  those  boundaries,  the  farmer,    tilling       the  earth  with  the  crooked  plough, 

inveniet  pila      exesa        scabra      rubigine,   aut    pulsabit 

shall  find      darts       corroded     by  consuming          rust,  or     shall  strike 

inanes  galeas  gravibus  rastris,  que  mirabitur  grandia  ossa 

empty        helmets   with  heavy   harrows,    and    shall  admire   the  large    Lours 

effossis  sepulcris.  Patrii        Di,          Indigetes, 

from  the  excavated*     tombs.  O  my  country's  Gods,     ye  native  Deities, 

et        Romule,        que  mater  Vesta,  quae   servas   Tuscuin 

and     thou  O  Romulus,       and   mother   Vesta,       who   preservest        Tuscan 

Tiberim  et  Romana  palatia ;  saltern    ne    prohibete 

Tiber  and  the  Roman    palaces;      at  least  do  not  forbid 

hunc  juvenem  succurrere        everso        soeclo.   Jamprideui 

this          youth          to  relieve        this  overturned         age.  Long  si  nee 


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luimus  perjuria        Loamedonteae     Trqjae    nostro 

we  have  suffered     for  the  perjuries        of  Laomedon'd  Troy  by  our 

sanguine.      Jampridem,  Caesar,     regia    coeli     invidet    te 

blood.  Long  since,       O  Caesar,  the  palace  of  heaven    envies     you 

nobis,  atque  queritur  curare  triumphos  hominum  : 

to  us,       and       complains     that  you      care    for  the  triumphs  of  men; 

quippe  ubi  fas   atque   nefas     versum,       tot    bella      per 

for  when  right     and         wrong  are  confounded,  so  many  wars    through 

orbem  ;  tarn  nrmltae  facies  scelerum  ;       non  ullus     dignus 

tho  globe;      so     many       forma       of  crimes;  there  is  no  worthy 

honos       aratro :      arva      squalent  colonis 

honour      to  the  plough  •  the  fields  are  overgrown  with  weeds,  the  husbandmen 

abductis  et    curvae  falces  conflantur  inrigidum  enses. 

being  driven  away  and  the  crooked  sickles    are  melted  into       hard        swords. 

Hinc          Euphrates,     illinc    Germania,    movet    bellum ; 

On  this  side     the  Euphrates,     on  that      Germany,          excites  war-, 

vicinae      urbes  ferunt    arma:  inter       se      legibus     _.» 

neighbouring  cities  bear  hostile   arms:    among   themselves   treaties      Oil) 

ruptis  :        impius  Mars  saevit         toto         orbe.     Ut  cum 

being  violated:  merciless  Mars    rages  through  the  whole  globe.       As     when 

quadrigae  effudere         sese        carcsribus, 

chariots     drawn    by    four   horses        loose  themselves     from  the  goals, 

addunt  se  in    spatia,  et     auriga,     frustra   tendens   retina- 
hasten  to     the  race,   and  the  charioteer  in  vain       holding  the 

cula,       fertur          equis,         neque          currus          audit 

bridle,    is  borne  away  by  the  horses,          nor          does  the  chariot        regard 

habenas. 

the  reins. 


BOOK  II. 


HACTENUS  cultus    arvorum,  et  sidera 

HITHERTO       I  have  sung  the  husbandry     of  fields,   and  the  constellations 

coeli ;     nunc       canam  .    te,      Bacche,    necnon   silvestria 

of  heaven;  now    I  will  celebrate  thce,      O  Bacchus,         also  the  wild 

virgulta    tecum,    et     prolem        tarde     crescentis    olivae. 

shrubs  with  thee,  and    the  offspring  of  the  slowly      growing  olive 

Hue,   6   pater   Lenace :      omnia   hie          plena    tuis 

Corns      here,   O     father      Bacchus:       all  things  here   are        full       of  thy 

tnuneribus :     ager     floret     tibi      gravidus    pampineo    au- 

favours .  the  field     thrives   for  thee       teeming      with  the  viny     au- 


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tumno ,    vindemia    spumat    plenis    Labris :    veni   hue,   0 

lumn ;  the  vintage      foams       with  full        vats :        come     here,     O 

pater    Lenaee,    et  mecum    tinge    nudata    onira        novo 

father       Bacchus,     and    with  me     imbrue   your  naked       legs       with  new 

musto,     coihurnis      (Ureplis.         Principle,      natiira    est 

wine,  your  buskins     being  tnrn  off        In  the  first  place,      nature          is 

lft     varia    creandis     arboribus :     namque   aliae    veniunt 

^      various   in  producing  trees:  for  some       ct>me  up 

ipsse  sul    sponie,  nullis  hominum  eogemibus 

themselves  of  their  own  accord,       no        labour*       of  men  fencing 

que    tenent    campos       late      et    curva    flumina : 

them,        and     spread  over   the  fields     far  around  and    crooked          streams: 

ut    molle    siler,  que     lentae     genistae,  populus  et  canentia 

as     the  soft       osier,    and   the  slender     broom,      the  poplar  and  whitening 

salicta        glauc;\        fronde.       Autem    pars    surgunt      dc 

willows       with  sea  green        leaf.  But        a  part        arise          from 

posito   semine ;     ut    altre    castanese,   que     aesculus     quae 

planted        seed;  as   the  high     chestnuts,       and     the  bay  oak    which 

frondet  Jovi,   maxima         nemorum,   atque 

puts  forth  leaves   in  honour   to  Jove,  the  greatest   tree   of  the  grove*,          and 

quercus  habitae   oracula     Graiis.  Densissima        silva 

oaks  esteemed     oracles     by  the  Greeks.       A  very  abundant          forest 

pullulat     aliis         ab      radice,    ut   cerasis   que 

Of  young  shoots  springs      to  others       from       the  root,      as    to  cherries    and 

ulmis  :    etiam   parva  Parnassia  laurus  subjicit    se         sub 

to  elms:       also     the  small     Parnassian     laurel       raises      itself    beneath 

ingenti   umbril     matris.  '      Natura   primum      dedit     hos 

the  great       shade       of  its  mother.         Nature          first          has  given    these 

5n     modos :     his     omne  genus  silvarum   que   fruticum, 

~^      means:       by  these   every       kind        ofwodb        and        fruit  trees, 

que    sacrorum    nemorum,     viret.          Sum       alii     quos 

and          of  sacred  groves,          flourishes.       There  are     others     \\inch 

usus        ipse  reperit          sibi        via.         Hie 

experience   itself  has  found  out        for  itself      by  art.*         This     man 

abscindens    plantas     de        tenero      corpore        matrum. 

cutting  the  shoots     from         the  tender  body      of  their  mothers 

deposuit  sulcis :     hie   obruit       arvo       stirpes,    quo 

has  planted  them  in  furrows:    this  has  covered  in  the  ground    stocks,         and 

sudes      quadrifidas,       et  vallos        acuto        robore,   que 

•takes      divided  in  four  parts,  and   poles   with  sharp  pointed     wood          and 

aliae  silvarum  exspectant  presses  arcus  propaginis,  et   viva 

some  of  the  trees          expect          the  bent    arches       of  u  shoot,      and  living 

plantaria      sua       tern\.     Aliae  egent    nil       radicis :    que 

nurseries      in  their  own   land.       Others    want    nothing    of  any  root:      and 

putator  haud    dubitat  mandare    terrae    summum  cacumen, 

the  pruner  does  uut  hesitate     to  commit  to  the  tarth  the  highest  Up 

*  Ciwro. 


jfeferens  Quin  et,     mirabile   dictu,       oleagina     Q^ 

sectoring    it  u  k*r        But     even,   wonderful  to  be  told,  ibe  wild  olive 

radix,  caudicibue      sectis,     truditur     e     sicco  ligno.      E 

toot,  U.-i  trunk         being  cut  up.  shoots  out  from       dry       wood.       AM 

saepe     videimus     rainos     allerius  vertere  impune 

jften      hare  we  seen  the  branches     of  one     tru     to  change      without  injury 

in  altering :     que    pyrum     mutatam      ferre      insits 

into  tkttt    of  another:        and       the  pear     transformed       to  bear    engrafted 

mala    et  lapidosa     corna    rubescere     prunis.  Quart 

apple*,    ami         stcny      wiU  cherries    to  reddea     on  plum  trees.      Wherefore 

igite,    o  agricol*,  discite  proprios    cultus    generatim,  que 

come  on,  O    fkm«r».         Warn      appropriate  rulUratien    for  each  kind,     and 

mollite     feros      fru«tr.s      colondo:     neu  segues 

soften  the  wild        frui's        by  nutrition :       Her    permit  that  unfruitru 

terrae    jaeeant :     juvat    conserere          Lsmara  baccho, 

lands         be  idle :        it  delights     to  plant        even     tenants       with  the  rine 

atque    vestire    magnum   Tabumum       olea.         Que        tu 

and          to  cover       extensive        Taburnus       with  the  elive.    And     do  you 

ades,       que  decurre  inceptum  laborcra  una,  6 

be  present,    \»i     pursue      this  begun       labour    together  with  me  O    tfiou  my 

decus,   6    merito    maxima    pars   nostrae  famae,  Maecenas, 

glory,        O  deservedly  the  greatest     part       of  my  *       fame,          Mseenas, 
que  volans    da    vela      patent!      pel  ago.     Ego    non      ,„ 
and     flying      give     sail'    on  the  opening      tea.  I       do  not 

opto  amplecti  cuncta  meis  versibus ;  non,  si      sint    mini 

wish     to  embrace  all  things   in  rry       verses ;          not,    if  there  can  be  to  mt 

centum*  linguae,  que  centum     ora    ferrea   vox :         ades 

•  •hundred     tongues,     and    a  hundred   mouths   an  iron     voice:      come  here 

et        lege        oram          primi     litoris.     Terra        in 

and   coast  along    the  margin  of  the  nearest     shore.       The  lands  art    in    PU 

manibus :  non     tenebo     te   hie      ficto       carmine,    atque 

manda  •  nor    will  I  detain  you  here  with  a  feigned       song,  and 

per      ambages   et    longa     exorsa.  Qua? 

lead  you  through     windings     and       long  introductions.     Those  plants  which 

tollunt        se        in       oras      luminis,         smi        sponte, 

rai»-  themselves    to     the  borders      of  light,      of  their  own     freewill 

surgunt   infecunda  quidem,   sed    beta    et  fortia ;  quippe 

ins. •  unprcdu< live       indeed,         but    healthful  and   strong ;  tbi 

natiura    eubest     solo.       Tamen    si    quis       inserat    haec 

vifue        M  nnder     the  soil.          Yet  if  any  one     shall  engraft  then 

quoque  aut  mandet       mutata   subactis  scrobibus,    §Q 

•Uao  or       commit  them  transplanted  to  prepared  trenches, 

axuerint  silvestrera  aniinum ;  que  frequent!    cul« 

they  will  lay  aside  their  wild      disposition ;     and      by  frequent       cnl- 

Tu,        baud  tarda      sequenter     in      quascuuque   artea 

tivation,       not       slowly.       will  they  follow  into          whatsoever  arts 

voces.  Nee  et  non,  quse    exit    sterilis 

vou  may  Invite  them  to.  Also,  the  shoot     which  comee  J-Q     barren 


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&b       imis     stirpibuc.        faciet        hoc,    si   sit        digests 

from  the  lowpsl         tools,         will  accomplish     this,     it    it  be  spread 

per        vaeuos      agros :    nunc     altae     frondes,    et      raini 

through    UM  empty          fields:  now      the  high        leaves.        and  branches 

matm         opacant,        que    adimant  fetus  crescent!, 

ofitsmoUwr    oyershade    it,      and      takeaway      fruit     from  a  growing, 

que      urum  ferenteni.  Jam    arbos,    quae    sustulit 

and     consume  it        producing  fruit.  Now    the  tree,     which         raises 

se  jactis  scminibus,        venil       tarda,         factura 

'tseif     from  planted  seeds,  comes  up  slow,    about  to  make 

ambram       seris       nepotibue :     que      puma      degeneranl 

•  shade        for  its  late  offspring .          and       the  fruits  degenerate 

obhta  priores     auccos :    et    uva  fert    turpes 

having  forgotten  their  former     juices :       and  the  grape  vine  produces        bast 

fio     racemos  praedam  avibus.     Scilicet  labour  est  iinpen- 

clusters          plunder       for  birds.  For        labour       is          to  be 

dendus  omnibus,  et  omnes     cogendae      in     sulcum,    ac 

expended        on  all,        and       all       are  to  be  forced   into     the  furrow,  and 

domandae    multi    mercede.      Oleae  truncis,       vites 

subdued  by  much        pains.  Olives  grew  from  truncheons,    vines 

propagine      melius    respondent,  myrtus      Paphiae 

from  the  snoot       better  answer          our  views,  the  myrtle     of  Paphian 

de      solido     .obore.       Edurae      coryli    nascuntur 

Venus     from     the  solid        wood.  Hardy  hazels  grow 

plantis,      et  ingens  fraxinus,      umbrosa        arbos  Herculeae 

from  SBOOU,  ajid  the  great       ash,         and  the  shady  poplar    tree    of  Hercules' 

coronae,  que  glandes     Chaonii     patris  :  etiam  ardua 

crown,         and      the  mast  of  the  Chaonian    father     Jupiter:    also    the  lofty 

palma    nascitur,    et     abies      visura       marinos        oasus 

•aim  grows.       ami      the  fir    about  to  visit     maritime     misfortunes 

Vero     horrida    arbutus     inseritur  ex     fetu        nucis,       et 

Sat  the  rough      arfaute         is  engrafted  from  the  fruit  of  the  walnut,  and 

-j.     steriles        platani  gessere       valentes     malos. 

•^      barren  plane  tree*  bave  borne  strong  apples 

Fagus         incanuit  castaneae,     que  ornuf 

rhcbeoch  has  whitened  untA  tlastoms  of  the  chestnut,  and    the  mountain  ash 

albo  flore      pyri  :       que    sues      fregere    glandem 

with  the  white  flower   of  the  pear       and       swine    have  broken  mast 

sub      ulmis.      Nee   est  simplex   modus   inserere    atque 

beneath     elms.  Nor     is  it     the  same       method     to  engraft  and 

imponere    oculos.  Nam    qua   gemmae    truduir 

to  place  buds     (to  inoculate).      For        where     the  buds  pusri 

se  de    medio  cortice,    et    rum  punt    tenues  tunicas, 

(hemoelves  from  the  middle  ul  the  bark,  and       break         the  tender          coals 

angustus    sinus     fit     in     nodo    ipso  :    includunt   germen 

a  narrow        opening  is  mad«  in     thn  knot    its«ir        they  enclose        the  bu<! 

ex     aliena   arbore     hue,    que   docent  inolescere  udo 

from    another        tree        here.       and     leach  it      »o  harden       in  ibv  moisi 


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tibro.     AllV    rursum,    enodes    trunci   resecantur,  et      via 

bark.  Or          again,     the  knotless    trunks          are  cut,        and  a  way 

finditur    alte    in   solidum  cuneis,       deinde    fences 

os  eleven     deeply    in       the  solid     weed  With  wedges,    afterwards       fruitful 

plants  immittuntur ;  nee  tempus  longum,  et  ingens     fift 

•uokers     are  introduced ;       nor   i*  the  time        long,     and     a  great      *** 

arbes    exiit    ad  ccelum  -,  felicibus  ramis,  que  miratur  novae 

iree       goes  forth  to     heaven     with  happy  branches,  and     admires         new 

(rondes  et  poma  non     sua.        Praterea     baud     unum 

saves         and     fruits      not      it?  own.          Beaidea        there  is  not        one 

genus ;          nee      fortibus     ulmis,  nee   salici,  que     oto, 

Kind        only ;  neither    to  the  strong     elms.      nor  the  willow,  and  lota  tree 

nec   Idaeis    cyparissis ;    nee   pingues   olivae   nascuntur   in 

nor   the  Idean       cypreaaea;         nor          do  fat         olives  grow  ir 

unam   faciem,    orehites,   et    radii,    et      pausia,       amara 

one  shape,        the  orchites,  and  the  radii,  and      the  pausia,  with  bitter 

bacca,;    que     poma     et     silvae     Alcinoi;     nec        idem 

berry;          and     the  apples   and  the  orchards  of  Alci  nous;   nor    is  the  same 

surculus     Crustumiis    que     Syriis     pyris,  que   gravibus 

s'ioot          to  the  Ciustomian     and     the  Syrian       pears,     and   to  the  heavy 

volemis.     Eadem  vindemia  non    pendet  nostris  arboribus, 

volerai  The  same     vintage     does  not      hang     from  our  trees, 

quam   Lesbos   csrpit    de     Methymnaeo    palmite.       Sunt 

which        Lesbos      plucks     from     the  Methymnaean        vine.        There  are 

Thasiae  vitas,  sunt    et  albee  Mareotides ;  ha  habiles     flfl 

Thasian     vines,  there  are  also  white     Mareotides ;     these    adapted 

pinguibus  terris,  iliae  levioribus ;        et    Psythis 

to  fertile          lands,   those   more  congenial  to  lighter  sails ;  and  the  Psythiao 

utilicr          passo,      que    tenuis    lageos    tentatura    pedes 

more  useful      when  dried,     and     the  light       lageos      about  to  try    the  feet 

olim,      que    yinetura  linguam ;    purpurese,    que   precise : 

hereafter,    and  about  lo  bind    the  league;       the  purple,       and     precocious. 

et      quo      carmine        dk>am        te,      Rhagtica,  nec 

and     in  what        verse  shall    sing       thee,       O  Bhstian   vine,       not 

ideo  contende  Falernis  ellis.  Sunt  etiam  Ammineae 
thus  contend  in  Falernean  cellars.  There  are  also  Amrainear 
vites,  Ariaissima  vina;  quihus  et  Tmolus,  100 

vines,   producing-  very  poxvwfol  wlMi;     which     even       Tmolus, 
st    Phsneus    ipes    rex,  assurgit :  que 

sad  Pnsnzus  himself  king  of  meuataisi,  rises  to  (i.  e.  honours) :  and 
minor  Argitis,  out  non  ulla  certaverit  aut  fluere 
the  lesser  Argilis,  with  which  not  any  has  contended  either  to  flow 

tantum,    aut    durare    per    totidem    annos.     Ego        not 

-o  crush,        of        to  last        for        so  many        years  I          will  NO* 

transierim  te,*  Rhodia          accepta      Dis        et  seeundic 

ptur  tbee,   O  Rhodian  grape    received     by  ttie  gods  and       at  seeonf 

vonsis.    et          bomaste,        tumidis        racemis.      Sec 

tables.          ard     thti    Obumasles.       with  swellinf,          elusun.  BM 


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neqoe    est    nuroerus  quam  imiltae  species  nee  qu« 

neither     it  tbe       number    recounted     how       many         kind*       nor     what 

sint      nomina ;  cuim   neque          refert  comprendere 

maybe    the  name*;       for       neither        docs  it  concern  u»       to  comprehend 

numoro;     quern,     qui     velit    scire,    idem    velit    discere 

in  number;       which,    whoever  would     know,     the  same  would  learn 

quam  multae  arenae     Libyci  aequoris  turbentur      Zephyro  ; 

bow        many       sands   of  the  Libyan     sea     are  disturbed  by  tbe  west  wind 

aut,  ubi     Enrus      viulentior  incidit  navigiis,  nosse       quot 

or,      when  the  east  wind  more  violent  falls  upon  the  ships,  to  know  how  many 

lonii  fluctus  veniant  ad    litora.         Nee  vero  possunt  omnes 

Ionian    wavea        come      to    the  shores.          Nor  indeed       can  all 

terrae   ferre  oinnia.  Salices  nascuntur  flumini- 

landa     produce        all         kinds  of  trees.      Willows  grow  by  ri- 

. ,~     bus,   que  alni   crassis   paludibus ;    steriles         orni 

vers,      and    alders    in  thick       marshes ;  barren     wild  ashes 

saxosis  montibus  ;  litora          laetissima  myrtctis  :  denique 

in  rocky        mountains;  the  shores  are  most  gladdened  by  myrtles:  finally 

Bacchus  amat   apertos   colles  :     taxi  Aquilonem   et 

Bacchus          loves     the  open         hills-      yew  trees   love    the  north  wind  and 

frigora.       Aspice      et      orbem      domitum  extremis 

the  colds.  See  also     the  globe  subdued     by  the  most  distant 

cultoribus,    que      Eoas      domos      Arabum,    que     pictos 

cultivators,         both    the  eastern   dwellings 'of  the  Arabians,  and  the  painted 

Gelonos.      Patrice"      divisa3      arboribus.     India  sola      fert 

Oeloni.  Countries  are  separated       by  trees.  India    alone  produces 

nigrum    ebenum :  thurea        virga    est  Sabaeis 

the  black        ebony  •  the  frankincense       shrub        is        for  the  Sabeans 

solis.       Quid      referam        tibi      balsama    que    sudantia 

only.  Why        should  I  relate   to  you       balsams         also       perspiring 

odorato         ligno,  et  baccas    semper   frondentis*    acanthi  ? 

from  the  odorous  wood,  and  the  berries  of  the  ever        leafing  acanthus? 

120     ^Ul^  nemora     ^Ethiopum      canentia 

"^       why      should   I  describe   the  groves  of  the  Ethiopians    whitening 

molli     lana?     utque      Seres       depeciant    tenuia    vellera 

with  soft  wool?      and  how     the  Seres        comb  down          light  fleece* 

foliis  ?  aut    quos    lucos    India    propior         Oceano, 

from    leaves  ?       or       what       forests      India        nearer  to  the  Ocean, 

extrerni       sinus    orbis,      gerit?     ubi    hand   ullae   sagittae 

the  fartberest  borders  of  the  globe,  produces?  where      not        any         arrows 

potuere  vincere  summum     aera    arboris       jactu :     et   ilia 

can  surpass     the  loftiest      height     of  a  tree  in  their  flight    and  that 

gens  quidem    non   tarda  sumtis   pharetris.     Media       fert 

nation    indeed       is  not     slow      -in  using        quivers.  Media    produces 

tristes    succos   que  tardum  saporem     felicis     mali ;     quo 

the  bitter     juices       and       lasting        taste        of  the  happy  apple.        than 

non   ullum    praeeentius  auxilium   venit,  ac  agit 

which    not        any        more  readv  aid  comes,    and  drives  away 


atra    venena      membris,        siquando      saevae       novercae 

black       poison        from  the  limbs,     if  at  any  time      merciless     stepmothers 

infeeere     pocula,  que  miscuerunt  herbas,  et  non  innoxia 

have  infected     bowls,       and        mingled  herbs,     and     not       harmless 

verba.  '     Ipsa    arbos         mgens    que    simillima 

words      of  enchantment.      This         tree       is        large         and  most  like 

lauro  faciem ;     et,    si    non  jactaret    alium    odorem 

to  the  bay  tree     in  form ;       and,    if       it  had  not  cast       another  smell 

late,  fuerat     laurus.         Folia     haud      labenua    ullis 

far  around,  it  had  been   a  laurel.  Us  leaves  do  not  fall  by  an) 

ventis ;        flos        apprima    tenax.        Medi    fovcnt 

winds;         the  flower        is  very        tenacious     The  Medes    correct        their 

animas   et   olentia    ora,     et    medioantur   anhelis   senibus 

breaths      and    offensive    mouths,  and  cure  panting        old  men 

illo.          Sed   neque    silvae    Medorum,     ditissima     terra, 

with  it.          But      neither  the  groves   of  the  Medes,    that  most  fertile     land, 

nec     pulcher    Ganges,    atque    Hermus    turbicus       auro, 

nor         beautiful         Ganges,  and  Hermus         thickened     with  gold, 

certent          laudibus       Italiae  :  non  Bactra,  neque       Indi, 

can  contend    with  the  praises       of  Italy,      not     Bactra,       nor    the  Indians, 

que    tola  Panchaia   pinguis        thuriferis        arenis ;    non 

and         all         Panchaia  rich          in  incense  bearing        sands,         nor 

tauri,  spirantes  ignem         naribus,         invertere   haec  loca, 

bulls         breathing        fire       from  their  nostrils,  have  turned  up  these  places, 

dentibus  immanis  hydri     satis:     nee  seges     ..« 

the  teeth         of  a  huge     hydra    beingsown:    nor        has  a  harvest       •»*" 

viram     horruit   galeis     que     densis     hastis  :  sed  gravidae 

of  men     bristled  up  with  helmets  and     thickening     spears:      but        teeming 

fruges,  et  Massicus   humor    Bacchi,  implevere, 

fruits,       and    the  Massic        juice       of  Bacchus,      have  filled      the  country, 

que  oleae  que  laela  armenta  tenent.         Hinc  bellator  equus, 

and     olives   and  joyful        herds       possess     if.      Hence  the  warri  T      horse, 

arduus,   infsrt      sese         campo;      hinc   albi   greges,    et 

bold.  bears        himself        tp  the  plain;      hence    white       Hocks,     and 

taurus,  maxima  victima,  saepe  perfusi     tuo     sacro  flumine, 

the  bull,  the  greatest     victim,      often       bathed      in  thy     sacred        stream, 

Clitumne,  duxere  Romanos  triumphos  ad   templa      Defim. 

O  Clituinnus,  have  led    the  Roman       triumphs       to  the  temples  of  the  God*. 

Hie   assiduum     ver,     atque     sestas       alienis     mensibus : 

Here     is  perpetual     spring,       and        summer       in  unusual  months: 

pecudes        bis        gravidae,  et    arbos      bis     utilis     ,  _ft 

the  cuttle        are  twice        teeming,    and   the 'tree   is  twice    useful      *"" 

pomis.      At    rabidae     tigres,    et    saeva    semina  leonum, 

for  fruits.       But   maddening       tigers,     and  the  direful    progeny        of  lions, 

absunt ;     nec      aconita      fallunt    miseros    legentes ;    nec 

lire  absent;     nor    does  wolfsbane   deceive     the  wretched    gatherers;        nor 

souameus  anguis  rapit  immensos  orbes  per  humum,  neque 

t x«  the  »caly  snake      drag        bit  huge        folds    along  the  ground,    neither 


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colligit         «e        in     spiram        tn  to        tractu.       Adda 

docs  he  collect  himself      in         aspire         with  so  largo     a  train.  Add 

tot  egregias    urbes,    que    laborem    operum ;  tot 

so   many     renowned       cities,       and       the  labour      of  works;         Romany 

oppida  congesta     manu     pnrruptis   saxis ;    que    flu.mina 

towns  built  up        by  the  hand  with  broken      rocks;       and  riven 

labentia  subter  antiquos  muros.         An  memorem 

gliding         beneath     ancient       walls.  Whether       shall  I  commemorate 

mare,  quod  supra,  que      quod     alluit    infra  ?     Anne 

the  sea,  which    flows    above,     and     that  which  flowed    beneath?  Whether 

tantos  lacus  ?  te,    maxime   Lari  ?     que    te, 

sk.ll   I   describe    its  great    lakes?    thcc,    the  largest   OLarus?     and    tbee, 

,,,«     Benace,    assurgens       (luctibus       et    marino     fre- 

IDU      O  Benacus,         rising  with  the  waves    and       marine       com 

rnitu  ?        an         memorem     portus,  que    claustra     addita 

motion?    whether      shall  I  describe     harbours,    and  the  enclosures      added 

Lucrino,  atque  aequor  indignatum  magnis  stridoribus, 

to  tho  Lucri ne  lake,    and      the  sea         raging  with  great  noises, 

qua      Julia      unda    sonat,    ponto    longe      refuse,      que 

where   the  Julian     wave    resounds,     the  sea  far  off  being  upturned,          and 

Tyrrhenus  aes,tus  immittitur    Avernis     fretis  ?  haec  eadem 

the  Tuscan          tide       is  admitted    to  the  Avernian  straits?    this  eamo 

ostendit  rivos  argenti,  que  metalla    aeris  venis, 

country       exhibits    rivers   of  silver,     and      mines     of  copper     in  its-veins, 

atque  fluxit     plurima        auro.         Hacc  extulit    acre 

and        flowed   most  abundant     with  gold.         This    land  has  raised  a  brave 

genus  virum,  Marsos,  que  Sabellam  pubem,  que    Ligurem 

race        of  men,    the  Mareii,  and   the  Sabellan     youth,     and    the  Ligunun 

assuetum       malo,        que   Volscos      verutos :       haec 

accustomed       to  hardship,      and     the  Volsci      bearing  spits:        this      has 

Decios,  Marios,  que  magnos  Camillos,  Scipiadas 

brought  up     the  Decii,    theMarii,    and    the  great       Camilli,  Scipiot 

duros    bello,     et     te,     maxime     Caesar,    qui    jam    nunc 

hardened  by  war,    and    thee,    the  greatest     O  Ctesar,      who     even        now 

,~Q     victor    in     extremis    oris   Asiae,    avertis  imbellem 

victorious  in  the  most  remote  coasts  of  Asia,  you  drive  the  peaceful 

Indurn     Romanis     arcibus.     Salve,  Saturnia  tellus,  magna 

Indian     from  the  Roman     towers.  Flail,      Saiurnian     land,  great 

parens  frugurn,  magna  virum :     tibi   ingredior      res 

parent       of  fruits,       great       parent  of  heroes .  for  thee  I  enter  upon  subject! 

antiquae  laudis,   et   artis,  ausus  recludere   sanctos    fontes, 

of  ancient     praise,     and     art,       daring    to  lay  open       the  holy    fountains, 

que  cano  Ascraeum  carmen     per    Romana  oppida.     Nunc 

and     I  sing    an  Ascrean      verse       through       Roman         towns.  Now 

locus  ingeniis     arvorum ;    quae    robora 

is       the  opportunity  to  describe  the  dispositions     of  fields;       whut        powers 

cuique      quis      color,   •  et       quae     natura      sit 

or  to  each,   what   complexion,    and    to  what    its  nature  may  be  best  suited 


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fcrendis     rebus.      Primum,  difficiles   terras,    que   maligni 

for  producing  things.  '  First,  rugged          lands,       and     unfruitful 

colles,   ubi  tenuis  argilla,   et   calculus  dumo-     ,ftn 

liills,         where  there  is  alight       clay,       and       gravel          in  the 

sis     arvis,    gaudent      Palladia    silva,       vivacis       oliva*. 

bushy    fields,         rejoice        in  Minerva's     wood       of  the  long-lived     olive. 

Plurimus          oleaster,       surgens       eodem       tractu,    esl 

The  abundant          wild-olive,  arising        in  the  same        region,         it 

indicio ;   et    agri     strati    silvestribus  baccis.     At    humus, 

a  proof;      and  the  fields  overspread     with  wild       berries.       But  the  ground, 

quae  pinguis,  que    laeta     dulci    uligihe,  que  campus  qui 

which     is  rich,         and     joyful  with  sweet  moisture,     and     the  plain  which 

frequeris    herbis,    et  fertilis     ubere,     qualem  saepe   sole- 
abounding     with  grass,  and     fertile  with  richness,   such  as      often     we  are 

mus  despicere         cava     convalle     mentis ;    amnes 

accustomed  to  look  down  upon  in  the. hollow     vale      of  a  mountain  ;      rivers 

liquuntur      summis      rupibus    hue,  que     trahunt    fclicem 

flow  from  the  high        rocks        here,     and     draw  along       the  rich 

limum ;    que    qui      editus       Austro,     et    pascit    filicein 

slime  ;  and    which  is  raised  high  to  the  south,   and     feeds  the  fern 

invisam       curvis        aratris :    hie     olim      sufficiet     .  q~ 

hateful         to  the  crooked     ploughs:      this     hereafter  will  supply      *"^ 

tibi    vites   praevalidas,  que   fluentes     multo    Baccho ;  hie 

to  you    vines       very  strong,      and       flowing       with  much       wine ;       this 

fertilis     uvae,      h'c  laticis,  qualem  libamus       pateris 

is        rich    in  the  grapes,  th  *     in  liquor,    such  as       we  pour     from  goblets 

et   au  <>,  cum   pinguis   Tyrrhenus   inflavit    ebur  ad 

and    gold,     when       the  fat  Tuscan         has  blown  his  ivory  trumpet  at 

aras,        et    reddimus    fumantia     exta     pandis    lancibus. 

the  altars,  and       we  offer  sr  oking        entrails   iu  bending  dishes. 

Sin     inagis     studium-    tuevi      annenta   que   vitulos,   aut 

But  if    rather        your  study  is  to  preserve     herds        and        calves,         or 

fetus         ovium,   aut  capellas  urentes     culta,  petito 

the  offspring  of  sheep,      or        goats        destroying  the  cultivated  fields,     seek 

saltus,    et   longinqua  saturi    Tarenti,   et  campum  o  ualem 

the  lawns,  and  distant  fields  of  fruitful  Taren  turn,   and     the  plain        such  as 

infelix    Mantua    amisit,     pascentem        niveos        uycnos 

unhappy     Mantua        has  lost,  feeding  snow-white  swans 

herboso    fiumine.      Non    liquidi     fontes,   non   gramina, 

by  the  grassy    stream.  Nor       are  liquid     fountains,    nor  grass, 

desunt    gregibus :     et    quantum   armenta  carpent     20Q 

wanting      to  the  flocks :     and     as  much  as     the  herds  crop      ~"u 

longis       diebus,     gelidus   ros    reponet    tantum       exigua, 

in  the  Icnger   days,  the  cool     deW       replaces        as  much     in  the  ebon 

nocte.       Terra    fere    nigra,    et    pinguis      sub       presso 

night.  Land      almost     black,      and        rich          beneath  the  pressed 

vomere,       et    cui  putre    solum  (namque   imitamur 

ploughshare,  and  to  which  there  is -a  rotten     soil  (for  we  imit  t 


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hoc     arando)      optima    frumentis.       Non    cernes    plura 

this     in  ploughing)        is  best  for  corn.  You  will  not  see        more 

plaustra     tardis    juvencis,    deccdere    domum     ex     ullo 

wagons        with  slow        bullocks  depart  home  from       any 

Bcquore.     Aut      unde       iratus      arator      devexit   silvam, 

plain.  Or     from  whence  the  angry  ploughman      lias  borne       a  wood, 

et    evertit  nemora  ignava  per  multos  annos,  que  emit 

and  upturned  the  groves    slothful   for      many       years,     and  has  overturned 

antiquas    domos     avium,    cum     imis     stirpibus;  illae  pe- 

the  ancient  dwellings    of  the  birds,  with  their  lowest     roots;         they  have 

01 0     tiere      altum          nidis          relictis ;       at  campus 

sought      the  lofty  sky  their  nests  being  abandoned ;    but    the  plain 

rudis  enituit,        vomere  impulso.          Nam 

uncultivated   looks  bright,   the  ploughshare     being  driven  through  it.         For 

quidem  jejuna  glarea  clivosi   ruris   vix   ministrat  humiles 

indeed     the  hungry   gravel     of  a  hilly     field     hardly     supplies  tow 

casias  que  rorem     apibus ;     et  negant     alios    agros    ferre 

cassia       and  rosemary   for  the  bees ;  and  they  deny  that  other   fields    produce 

aeque  dulcem  cibum,  et  praebere  curvas  latebras  serpentibus, 

equally     sweet        food,     and     furnish    winding    retreats          for  serpents, 

scaber    tophus     et  creta  exesa  nigris     chelydris. 

as   do     the  rough  rotten  stone   and   chalk    corroded  by  black    water-snakes 

Quae   exhalat    tenuem  nebulam,  que  volucres  fumos, 

The  soil  which  sends  forth     •   light  mist,        and       flying         smoke 

et   bibit    humorem,   et   ipsa    remit  it      ex        se      cum 

and  drinks  in    moisture,       and   itself   gives  it    ack      from       itself      ••  lien 

vult ;    que  quas  semper  vestit    se         suo      viridi  gramme, 

it  will ;      and  which   always    clothes   itself  with  its  own    green  gia.«s, 

nec  laedit  ferrum  rcabie     et    salsa,  rubigine ; 

nor   injures   the  iron  (plough)  wni>  scurf  and     salt  rust; 

ilia      intexet       ulmos     tibi       laetis       vitihus ;    ilia  est 

that   will  intertwine   the  elms   for  you   with  joyful          vines ;       that       U 

ferax        oleae ;       experiere     colendo    illam ; 

productive  of  the  olive;         try  it         by  cultivating       it;       you  v.ill  find  it 

et    facilem       pecori,      et     patientem      unci      vomeris. 

both     friendly        to  the  flock,    and          enduring     the  crooked          plough. 

Dives    Capua     et       ora        vicina         jngo          Vesevo, 

Rich  Capua       and     the  coast        near        to  the  mountain    Vesuvius. 

et        Clanius        non    aequus       vacuis       Acerris,       arat 

and      the  Claunius        not          just        to  the  ravaged     Acern,       ploughs 

talcm.  Nunc         dlcam,         quo         modo      possis 

such       a  toil,         Now        I  will  declare,     by  what          mode         you  can 

cognoscere     quamque          requiras  sit     rara, 

know  each  should  you  require   that  it      maybe     thin, 

an  sit    densa  supra  morem ;    quoniam   altera    favet 

or  that  it  may  be  dense     above       measure ;  since        the  one   favours 

frumentis,     altera    Baccho ;       densa        magis        cereri; 
corn.  the  other      wine ,  the  dense  ic     more     ft     for  corn 


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que        quae  rarisslma        Lyaeo ;  ante,          capies     „„» 

and    that  which   is  thinnest  is  test  for  wine;    first,   you  shall  mark      *«*" 

locum       oculis,      que    jubebis   puteum    deinitti    alte   in 

a  place     with  your  eyes,     and        older  a  well        to  be  sunk     deep     in 

solido,  que   rursus      repones     omnem   humum,   et 

the  solid  ground,  and       again     you  shall  replace       all         the  ground,  and 

eequabis  summas  arena?     pedibus.       Si     deerunt        uber 

level  down    the  high       sands     with  your  feet.       If  they  are  deficient  the  soil 

erit      rarum,  que  aptius     pecori    et  almis  vitibus :      sin 

will  be       thin,-     and      fitter     for  the  flock  and  cheering    Tines:          but  if 

negabunt  posse    ire    in       sua      loca,    et    terra 

they  deny      themselves  to  be  able  to  go  into     their  own  places,    and       cartb 

superab^t,    scrobibus    repletis,     ager     spissus ;     exspecta 

shall  abound,     the  ditches      being  filled,    the  soil       is  dense ;  expect 

cunctantes  glebas,  que  crassa   terga,   et  proscinde   terram 

delaying  clods,       and       thick      ridges,    and       cut  up          the  earth 

validis   juvencis.     Autem  salsa   tellus,  et  quae   perhibetur 

with  strong   bullocks.          But       the  salt      land,   and  which      ia  esteemed 

amara,    infelix     frugibus,     (ea      nee      mansuescit 

bitter,  unhappy      for  fruits,        (it      neither        becomes  soft 

arando,     nee     servat     genus  Baccho,  aut    sua    nomina 

by  ploughing,  nor  does  it  preserve  the  kind  to  the  wine,   or  their  own      names 

**omis)       dabit     tale    specimen.        Tu      deripe    qualos 

the  fruits)  will  give     euch      an  example.         Do  you   tear  down      basket* 

spisso     vimine,  que     cola     praelorum       furnosis       tectis. 

of '.he  close    twigs,      and  strainers  of  vine  presses  from  the  emoking       roofs. 

Ille     malus  ager,  que  dulces  undae     a    fontibus    calcentur 

Let  this  impure   soil,     and,     sweet     waters   from  the  fountains     be  trodden 

hue   ad  plenum  :         scilicet  omnis   aqua  eluctabitur,   et 

here     to       the  full     brim:        for  all     the  water    will  escape,     and 

grandes  guttae  ibunt     per    vimina.     At  manifestus   sapor 

large  drops  will  pass  through  the  vines.      But      the  evident          taste 

faciet  indicium  ;  et  amaror  torquebit  tristia  ora  tentantium 

willgive    the  proof ;     and  bitterness  will  torture  the  sad    faces         of  tasters 

sensu.  Item  discimus  denique   hoc   pacto,  quas  tellus 

by  the  *ensatton.    Also     we  learn       finally      by  this  method,    what      land 
sit        pinguis :     jactata    manibus     haud     unquam  fatiscit, 

maybe         rich:       tossed  about  by  the  hands  it  will  not        ever        crumble, 

sed  lentescit  ad  digitos  habendo   in   morem   picis.     oen 

but          stick        to  the  fingers  in  handling    ill  the  manner  of  pitch. 

Humida  alit     majores  herbas,  que  ipsa  laetior 

A  moist        soil   prodjces     larger          herbs,     and    itself  is  more  abundant 

justo.     Ah,   ne  ilia   sit   nimium   fertilis   mihi,   ncu 

than  is   proper.       Ah,     let  it  not     be  too  rich        ii-r  me,       nor 

ostendat    se    praevalidam   primis   aristis !  Quce   est 

exhibit          itself        too  strong       in  its  first       ears!  That  which      ia 

gravis,  prodit    se     tacitain    pondere    ipso ;    que         quae 

heavy,       betray*  itself      silently   by  its  weight   itself;       and   that   whicfi 


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i«vis.        Est    prompuint    praediscere    nigrarn    oeuiin     et 

is  light          II  is  easy  to  Irani  the  black  by  the  eyes  And 

quis  color       cuique.     At  est  difficile  exquirerc  steleratum 

what    colour  la     to  each.       But  it  is   difficult     to  distinguish     the  accursed 

frigus :  tantum    picex,    que   nocentes  taxi  interdum,   aut 

cold :  only       pitch  trees,    and     the  hurtful    yews    sometimet,         01 

aigra-  hederae  pandunt     vestigia.       His         animadversis 

tho  black      ivy          betray         their  marks.      These  things     being  observer, 

memento  excoquere  terram  tnulto      ante,      et  circumdare 

remember  to  dry         the  soil       long       beforehand,   ami       to  surround 

magnos    montas    scrobibus,    ostendere    supinatas   glebas 

argt  mountains     with  trenches,      to  exhibit       the  upturned         clods 

Aquiloni,         antequam     infodias     lactum      genus 

to  the  north  wind,       before  you  plant     the  fruitful          race 

vitis.  Putri         solo     optima      arva;     vcnti,       que 

rf  the  vine.    In  the  crumbled   soil     are  tb*  best       lands;    the  wind;,        and 

gelidae  pruinae,  et  robustus  lessor,  movens  labefacta  jugera, 

cold  frests,     and     strong       ditcher,     stirring     the  loosened        acres, 

eurant      id.       At    si  haud  ulla  vigilantia  fugit  quos  viros, 

take  earn  of  that.       But    if      not     any  watchfulness  escapes  those       men, 

ante    exquirunt    similem  locum   ubi   prima  seges   paretur 

firs:       let  them  seek        a  like         place     where  the  first  nursery  is  prepared 

arboribus,    et    quo      mox      digesta  feratur ;     ne 

for  the  trees,     and   where    presently     arranged   in  order   it  may  grow ;  lest 

somina  ignorent     matrem      subito    mutatam.      Quin 

the  young  plants  be  Ignorant   of  their  mother  suddenly       changed.  But 

etiam      signant     regionem    coeli     in     cortice,     ut     resti- 

also        lot  them  mark    th>  :egion  of  the  sky  upon     the  bark,    that  they  may 

270     tuant  modo       quo      quaeque   steterit, 

* '         restore  it    to  the  same    situation    in  which         each        had  stood, 

parte       qua    quaeque      tulerit     Austrinos      calores,    qui 

in  the  part  where        each         had  borne     the  southern  heats,      where 

obverterit     terga      axi.       Est   adeo  multum     consuescore 

it  had  turned     its  back  to  the  pole.    It  is     thus       much        to  acquire  a  habit 

in  teneris.  Quaere  prius,     an        sit      melius    ponere 

in  tender        years.     Inquire     first,    whether   it  may  be     better        to  place 

vites   collibus,   an    piano.       Si    metabere    agros    pinguis 

Hie  Vines  on  hills,       or  on  the  plain.      If     you  measure    the  fields     of  a  rich 

campi,   sere    densas ;    Bacchus      non  segnior     in 

plain,         plant        thick ;  the  vine       will  not  grow    more  slothful    in 

denso  ubere ;     sin     solum     acclive     tumulis,     que 

a  thick     planted     soil ;        but  if      the  soil      Is  sloping  from  the  ascent,   and 

supinos  colles,  indulge  ordinibus ;  nee  secius  omnis       via 

declining       hills,      indulge          in  rows ,         not  otherwise     all       trie  way 

quadret       secto      hmite     arboribus      positis     in  unguem. 

may  square  with  the  out     path.        the  trees       being  placed     in  exact  order 

Ut  saepe   ingenti   belie,   cum       longa       legio    explicu 

6s      otVn     in  a  great     war.       when  a  long-extended    legion    has  unfold 


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cohortes,    «t     agmen     stetit    aperto    campo,   que     non 

'tis  bands,        and    the  army       stood    on  the  open     plain,        and      ^"^ 

acies  directae,      ac    omnis     tellus     fluctuat         late 

the  battalions  are  arrayed,      and        all          the  land        waves     far  around 

renidenli     aere,    nee    dum         miscent      horrida    prcelia, 

with  shining    brass,      nor  for  a  while   do  they  mingle     dreadful  battle, 

sed  dubius  Mars   errat   in    mediis   armis ;    oinnia 

but      doubtful    Mars    wanders    in    the  midst    of  arms         let  alHAe  dirisiont 

viarum      sint   dimensa   paribus    numeris,    non    modo   uti 

of  your  ways   be        measured    with  equal   proportions,      not        only       that 

prospectus      pascat      inanem     animum,     sed    quia    non 

the  prospect          may  feed     the  hungry          mind,  but      because      not 

aliter          terra       dabit     aequas     vires     omnibus,    neque 

otherwise  will  the  land    give          equal       strength         to  all,  neither 

rami          poterunt        extendere         se         in         vacuum. 

the  branches        can  extend          themselves     te      the  vacant  air. 

Forsitan     et      quaeras       quae   fastigia    sint         scrobibus. 

Perhaps          also    you  will  ask      what       depth       may  be      to  the  trenches. 

Ausim         committere    vitem    vel      tenui     sulco.      Arbos 

1  would  dare        to  commit       the  vine    even    to  a  light     furrow.       The  tree 

defigitur  altius  ac  penitus  terrse  ;  in  primis  esculus,     9qrj 

is  planted     deeper  and       low   in  the  earth;  especially     the  esculus,      *>•>" 

quae     quantum          vertice      ad    aethereas    auras,    tantum 

which       as  much  rises  with  its  head    to        ethenal  skies,        so  much 

tendit      radice     in   Tartara.      Ergo,     non    hiemes    uon 

it  sinks  with  its  root  to        Hell.  Therefore,     not         winters         nor 

flabra,  neque  imbres   convellunt   illam ;    manet  immota, 

blasts,          nor         showers    can  overthrow       it,         it  remains     unmoved, 

que     per    multos    annos    volvens    multa    secula     virum 

and        for         many         years        revolving       many         ages  of  men 

durando       vincit.  Turn       late       tendens       fortes 

by  enduring      outlasts    them.         Then     far  around      extending     its  strong 

ramos    et    brachia    hue         illuc,    ipsa    media    sustinet 

branches    and       arms     this  way  and   that,          it      in  the  midst     sustains 

ingentem  umbram.    Neve  tibi     vineta      vergant  ad  caden- 

a  great  shade  Nor      let  your  vineyards    incline     to      the  set- 

tem  solem,  neve  sere    corylum     inter     vites ;     neve  pete 

ting       sun,        nor      plant       the  hazel       among   the  vines ;      nor       seek 

summa   flagella,  aut  defringe   summas    plantas     ex     «00 

the  highest    shoots,       ot        break        the  topmost       twigs       from 

BUO  arbore,    (tantus  amor     terrae ;)    neu   laede  semina 

their      tree.         (so  great  is  their  love    of  the  earth  ;)    nor       hurt  the  shoots 

retuso  ferro ;       neve       insere      silvestres     truncos 

with  the  blunted  steel  nor         plant  among       the  wild  trunks 

oleae.         Nam    saepe    ignis   excidit     incautis     pastoribus, 

of  the  olive.     For        often         fire  falls    from  the  careless         shepherds, 

qui,     primum     tectus     furtim       sub       pingui     cortice, 

which.          firs"  covered        secretly      bpnp.ith       the  rich  bark. 


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comprcmlit     robora,    que    elapsus      in      altos      frondes, 

seizes  the  wood,      and        gliding      among    the  high  leave*. 

dedit        ingentem   sonitum    ccelo:    inde   secutus    victor, 

gave  forth       a  great  sound       to  heaven:   then      follow  ing  victorious 

regnat   per      ramos,      que       per       alta      cacumma,    et 

reigns     through  the  branches,     and       through    the  lofty  tops,  and 

involvit  totum    nemus    flammis,   et   crassus   picea     cali- 

involves    the  whole     grove         in  flames,    and       thick    with  pitchy    dark 

gine,  ruit  atram  nubem  ad  ccelum,  praesertim  si  tempestaa 

ness,    hurries  a  black      cloud      to    heaven,       especially      if        a  tempest 

,,|0     incubuit     silvis     a     vertice,   que  ventus  glomerat 

"•*"      broods  over  the  woods  from     on  high,      and    the  wind        gathers 

incendia,  ferens.  Ubi   hoc  non     valont 

the  flames,  bearing  them  high  up.    When   this  takes  place,  they  are  not  strong 

a       stirpe  ;   que  caesae,  possunt  reverti    atque  revirescere 

from    the  root,    and      cut,       they  can  be  returned      and         revive  again 

similes  ima      terra:     infelix   oleaster,    amaris 

tike    to  what  they  were  in  the  deep  earth:      the  hapless  wild  olive,  with  bitter 

foliis,  superat.     Nee  quisquam  tarn  prudens    auctor 

leaves,  alone   survives.          Nor  let  any          so  wise      ( counsellor 

persuadeat     tibi     movere      terram,         Bored      spirante. 

persuade  you       to  move         the  earth,     the  north  wind        blowing. 

Turn  hiems  claudit    rura       gelu,     nee,  semine         jacto, 

Then     winter      shuts  up  the  fields  with  frost,    nor,     the  seed  being  thrown, 

patitur   concretam   radicem    affigere       terrae.      Satio   est 

oennits         th'e  frozen  root  to  fasten  in     the  earth.     Planting      it 

nnn     optima     vinetis,     cum,      rubenti      vere,     Candida 

*»*"      best  for  vineyards,    when,  in  the  blushing   spring,      the  white 

avis,  invisa  longis  colubris,    venit ;   vel    sub   prima 

bird  (trie  stork),  hated    by  long  water-snaked,   comes,       or  beneath  the  first 

frigora   autumni,    cum    rapidus    sol     nondum     contingit 

colds  of  autumn,      when      the  swift      sun         not  yet          has  touched 

hiemem  equis,  jam    aestas     praeterit.      Ver     adeo 

the  winter  with  his    horses,    now  the  summer  has  passed.   The  spring    thus. 

frondi       nemorum,          ver        utile  silvis; 

is  best  for  the  leai  of  the  groves,       the  spring   is  useful    fs*  the  woods; 

vere  *  -  •  .*  terrae     tument,    et   poscunt    genitalia    semina. 

in  the  spring   the  lands      swell,       and     demand    the  procreative          seeds 

Turn    omnipotens    pater,    ./Ether,  descendit    in 

Then         the  almighty        father,        the  sky,  (i.  e.  Jupiter,)     descends     upon 

gremium    laetas    conjugis,    fecundis   imbribus,  et  magnus, 

the  bosom  of  his  joyful     wife,        with  fertilizing    showers,     and          great, 

commistus     magno      corpore,     alit     crimes       fetus. 

himself,    mingling    with  her  great         body,      cherishes        all     her  offspring. 

Turn    avia    virgulta  resonant   canoris   avibus ;  et  armenta 

Then  the  lonely  shrubbery     resounds    with  tuneful     birds;      and    the  herds' 

repetunt  venerem  certis  diebus.    Almus  ager  parturit,  que 

renew    their     love     on  ccitain     days.        The  fair   field  brings  forth,     and 


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arva     laxant    sinus    tepentibus  auris         Zephyri ; 

the  lands  open  their  bosoms  to  the  warm     gales   of  the  west  wind  ,      """ 

tener       humor    superat   omnibus ;    que   gramma    audent 

the  tender  moisture      abounds          mall,  and      the  plants  da-re 

credere       se         in  tuto  novos    soies ;  nee  pampi- 

to. trust     themselves     in     safe  confidence  to  the  new  suns,      nor      does  the 

nus     metuit     surgentes     Austros,      aut     imbrem    actum 

vine          fear  the  rising       south  winds,       or        the  shower       driven 

ccelo     magnis    Aquilonibus ;    sed     trudit     gemmas, 

along  the  sky  by  powerful       north  winds;          but     puts  fortli       their  buds, 

et    explicat  onines  frondes.  Credidenm          non  aiios 

and  spreads  out      all      their  leaves.  I  should  have  believed  that  not  any  other 

dies     illuxisse     prima     origine      crescentis     mundi,   ve 

days         had  shone     on  the  first       origin  of  the  rising          world,         or 

habuisse    alium    tenorem ;    illud  erat   ver ;    magnus  orbis 

had  any  other   direction;          it       was     spring,    the  great       globe 

agebat     ver,     et       Euri       parcebant    hibernis    flatibus ; 

enjoyed  the  spring,  and  the  east  winds     spared  the  wintry  blasts; 

cum   primum  pecudes  hausere    lucem,   que    ferrea     ., ._ 

when         first          the  flocks      drew  in      the  light,     and     the  iron      «**" 

progenies    virum     extulit          caput     duris       arvis,   que 

offspring  of  men        raised    their     heads    from  the  hard  fields,        and 

ferae  immissae        silvis,        et     sidera       coelo. 

the  wild  beasts  were    let  loose        in  the  woods,     and     the  stars   in  the  sky. 

Nec  tenerae      res  possent    ferre   hunc  laborem, 

Nor     the  tender   produce  of  the  earth      could        endure      this  labour, 

si   tanta   quies    non   iret  inter   que   frigus  que   calorem, 

if   so  great    a  rest    did  not  pass  between  both    the  cold    and          the  heat. 

et    indulgentia      coeli    exciperet    terras.     Quod  superest, 

and  the  indulgence  of  heaven  had  overtaken  the  earth.      What         remains, 

quaecunque    virgulta        premes         per       agros,    memor 

whatsoever  plants       you  press  down     through    the  fields,       mindfu. 

sparge  pingui   fimo,    et   occule  multa  terra : 

sprinkle  them  with  rich      manure,  and     cover  them  with  abundant      earth 

aut    infode          bibulum  lapidem,  aut  squalentes  conchas 

or    bury  around  them     spongy          stone,          or          rough  shells 

inter;  enim      aquae      labentur,     que     tenuis     halitus 

among    them;     for       the  waters     glide  into.        and        alight  vapour 

subibit,       atque     sata     tollent    animos.     Jumque     ^Q 

enters     them,     and    the  plants     arouse    their  strength.    And  now 

reperti,         qui      urgerent  super          saxo      atque 

they  are  found   who      would  press   them    from  above    with  a  stone         and 

pondere    ingentis    testae ;    hoc     munimen    ad         effusos 

the  weight     of  a  great     potsherd;     this  is  a  protection      to  the  out-pouring 

imbres ;     hoc      munimen    ubi      asstifer         Canis    findit 

showers;         this  is       a  guard        when  the  heat-bparing  Dog-star    cleaves 

hiulca        arva        siti.        Seminibus       positis,       superest 

the  gaping      fields     with  thirst.      The  shoots       being  planted,       it  remainr 


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deducere   terram   saephis   ad     capita,      et   jactare    duros 

to  draw          the  earth       often        to     their  heads,     and   to  throw   the  hard 

bidentes ;    aut  exercere  solum    sub     press.o    vomerft,     et 

drags;  or  to  till        thn  soil  beneath  the  pressed  ploughshare,  and 

flticterc   luctantes  juvencos*  inter     vineta          ipsa ;     turn 

to  guide      the  struggling     bullocks     among  the  vineyards  themselves  ;    then 

aptare    leves     calamos,    et    liastilia      rasae     virgae :    que 

to  prepare  smooth1         reeds,          and      spears     of  the  peeled     rod:  and 

fraxineas    sudes,   que    bicornes    furcas;     viribus     quarura 

ashen  stakes,     and     two  horned       forks,    by  the  strength   ot'whicn 

~fiA     assuescant  eniti,     et  contemnere  ventos,  que 

"         they  may  be  accustomed  to  climb,  and      to  despise      the  winds,    and 

sequi       tabulata     per     summas  ulmos.     Ac   est 

to  follow  the  scaffolding  through  the  highest      jlms.         And    it  is  our  interett 

parcendum  teneris  dum    prima    aetas  adolescit    novia 

to  spare  the  tender   vines    while    their  first     age         sprouts     with  new 

frondibus  ;    et,    dum    laetus    palmes    agit     se     ad  auias, 

leaves;  and,    while  the  joyful        vine         raises    itself    to  the  skies, 

immissus    per        purum        laxis       habenis,    acies    ipsa 

being  sent     through      the  clear  sky  with  relaxed       reins,         the  edge    itfelt 

falcis      nondum     tentanda;  sed  frondes     carpcndae,     que 

of  the  knife  not  yet     is    to  be  tried  ;      but   the  leaves  are  to  be  plucked,     ;.nd 

intorlegendae     unris     manibus.      Inde    ubi  jam    amplexae 

to  be  selected         with  bent        hands.  Then    when    now       embracing 

ulmos        validis       stirpibus         exicrint,         turn   stnnge 

the  elms  with  their  strong        stalks       they  have  gone  forth,  then  strip 

comas,     turn  tonde   brachia,    ante  reform idant  ferrum;  turn 

their  leaves,  then    trim  their  branches,  before     they  dread       the  knife,    then 

n~o     denique  exerce  dura  imperia,  et  compesce  fluentes 

finally         exercise    severe    authority,  and      restrain       the  flowing 

ratnos.     Etiam   sepes    texenda    et   omne    pecus      tenen- 

brancbea.       Also       a  hedge  is  to  be  woven  and     all       the  cattle      are  to  be 

dum,         praecipue    dum      frons     tenera  que    imprudens 

restrained,       especially      while     the  brunch  is  tender     and  unskilled 

laborum,  cui  super  indignas  hiemes  que  potentem  solera. 

in  labours,  which  besides   the  severe      winters      and       powerful  '          sun, 

silvestres     uri     que   sequaces    capreae   assidue   illudunt ; 

the  wild         buffaloes    and       pursuing          goats       continually  mock; 

oves,    que    avidae    juvencae,    pascuntur.       Nee       frigora 

the  sheep,  and       greedy  heifers,        feed  upon  them.        Nor    do    the  colds 

concreta     cana,     pruina    aut      gravis      aestas    incumbens 

hardened         by  hoary       frost        or     the  oppressive     beat  testing  on 

arentibus  scopulis,  tantum  nocuere         quantum  illi  greges. 

the  dried  rocks,         so  much     injure       them  as  the        flocks. 

que  venenum     duri    dentis,  et  cicatrix  signata  in   admorso 

and     the  poison  of  the  hard  tooth,  and  the  scar     marked    upon    the  bitter. 

«r,~       stirpe.   Ob  non  aliam  culpam  caper  caeditur  Baccho 

stock         For    no      other         fault    the  goat     is  «iam  to  Bacchus 


omnibus   aris,   et  veteres   ludi   ineunt        proscenia:    que 

on  every         altar,    and   ancient     plays      enter     on         thu  stage:  and 

Theseidaj    posuere    prosmia      ingeniis     circum         pages 

the  Athenians       placed         rewards       to  their  wits      around       the  villages 

et     compita :     atque    inter     pocula     laeti      saliere      per 

and     crossroads:         and         amidst    their  bowls     joyful    they  danced    upon 

unctos    utres    in    mollibus    pratis.     Nee    non       Ausonii 

smeared     bo'tles     in         the  soft         meadows.        Likewise       the  Ausonian 

co.on.,    gens    missa     Troja,     ludunt  incomptis   versibus, 

colonists,    a  race       sent         from  Troy,       sport        in  homely  verses, 

que     soluto      risu  ;    que  sumunt  horrenda    ora         cavatis 

and  unrestrained    laughter;    and     take  up       hideous       faces  from  hollowed 

corticibus ;  et  vocant  te,   Bacche,  per  laeta  carmina, 

oarks  of  trees;  and    invoke    thee,  O  Bacchus,    by    joyful  songs, 

que  suspendunt  mollia  oscilla   tibi    ex     alta    pinu.     Hinc 

and       they  hang  soft       images  to  thee   from  the  lofty   pine.         Hence 

omnis    vinea     pubescit      largo    fetu  ;  que       cavae     «,q» 

every        vineyard  spro  its  forth  with  copious  fruit;     and  the  hollow       """ 

valles,  que   profundi   saltus  complentur,  et 

vales,        and         the  deep        lawns         are  filled        with  various  produce,  and 

quocumque    Deus     circumegit    honestum  caput.         Ergo 

wherever  the  God      moved  around       his  honest       head.        Therefore 

rite     dicemus  suuiu  honorem  Baccho    patriis     carminibus, 

in  order  let  us  sing  his  own      honour     to  Bacchus  in  our  patriotic  songs, 

que   feremus    lances    et    liba,    et    sacer    hircus,    ductus 

and     let  us  offer       dishes       and   cakes,    and  the  sacred     goat,  led 

cornu,  stabit      ad     aram.;      que    torrebimus    pinguia 

by  the  horn,     shall  stand    at       the  altar ;       and     we  will  roast  the  fat 

exta      in  colurnis  verubus.       Est    etiam  ille   alter  labor 

entrails   on       hazel  spits.  There  is     also      that     other     labour 

curandis     vitibus,      cui    nunquam     est     satis       exhaus.ti, 

in  providing  for  the  vines,  to  which       never       is  there  enough  of  painstaking, 

namque    omne    solum    seindendum  que  ter,  que     quater 

fof  every  soil          is  to  be  cut  up     both  thrice,    and     four  times 

quotannis,  <}ue    gleba   frangenda    aeternum      versis      ,„„ 

yearly,  >vnd     the  clod    is  to  be  broken      forever    by  inverted 

bidentibus :  omne  nemus  levandum     fronde.      Labor,  actus 

drags;  every     grove     is  to  be  stripped  of  its  leaves.     Labour,  driven 

in  orbem,  redit    agricolis,    atque  annus     volvitur   in     se 

in     a  circle,  returns  to  the  farmers,     and      the  year      rolls  round  upon  itself 

per       sua     vestigia.     Et  jam  cum    olim     vinea       posuit 

through  its  own    footsteps.      And     now    when    at  last    the  vineyard  has  laid 

seras    fronde?,  et   frigidus    Aquilo    decussit   honorem 

Bside  its  late       leases,     and     the  cold     north  wind  has  shaken  honour 

silvis  ;  jam  turn     acer       rusticus     extendit   curas  m 

from  the  woods;  even    inen     the  bold     countryman      prolongs      his  cares  to 

venientem  annurr..  et  persequitur  vitem  relictam,  attondens 

the' approaching  year,      and         pursues      jhevine   abandoned,        cutting  off 


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curvo        denle    Saturni,   que   fingit        putando 

U«  roots,  with  toe  crooked  hook       of  Saturn,       and    be  forms  t     f>y  piuning 

Primus  fodito  humum,  primus  cremate*  sarmenta     devecta, 

First  dig       the  ground.        first  burn         the  bushes     borne  away. 

et  primus  refcrto    vallos     sub      tecta ;    postremus  metito. 

and     first        return     the  stakes  beneath  your  roof.  last  reap 

,.ft     Bis    umbra    mgruit   vitibus ;  bis    herbae  obducunt 

Twice  the  shade    invades     the  vines;  twice  the  weeds     overspread 

scgetern      dcnsis     sentibus  ;  uterque  labor  durus.  Laudato 

the  crop       with  frequent     thorns ,  each         toil     is  difficult.         Praise 

ingentia  rura  ;  colito  exiguum.          Nee  non  etiam    aspera 

large  fields;    cultivate     a  email       one.  Also  the  rough 

vimina        rusci  per      silvam,    et    fluvialis    arundo 

twigs         of  butcher's  broom  through     the  wood,    and     the  river  reed 

ceeditur      ripis ;      que  cura         inculti          salicti  exercet. 

is  cut  up   on  the  banks ;    and     care     of  the  uncultivated    willow      employ; 

Jam    vites   vinctee;  jam   arbusta  reponunt          falcem  ; 

«4.     Now  the  vines    are  lied;    now    the  groves    lay  aside    the  pruning  knife; 

jam     efietus         vinitor    canit    extremes    antes :     tamen 

and     the  toil-spent     vine-dresser     sings        his  last  rows;  yet 

tellus   solicitanda,   que  pulvis  movendus ;  et  jam    Jupiter 

the  earth  must  be  urged,     and    the  dust  must  be  moved ;  and  now  the  weather 

mettiendns    maturis  uvis.  Contra  non  est 

is  to  be  dreaded  by  the  ripe  grapes.      On'  the  other  hand    there  is  not 

nlla    cultura     oleis ;      neque    illae    expectant    procurvam 

any     cultivation  to  the  olives ;    nor      do  they        expect  the  crooked 

falcem         que    tenaces    rastros,    cum    semel      haeserunt 

pruning  knife   and       tenacious     harrows,      when       once  they  are  fastened 

arvis,  que    tulerunt   auras.     Tellus   ipsa,  cum  reclu- 

in  the  fields,        and  have  endured  the  air.      The  earth   itself,    when          itii 

ditur         unco         dente,    sufficit   humorem       satis         e| 

opened   by  the  crooked       fork,         supplies        moisture     for  the  plants    and 

gravidas  fruges,  cum        vomere.  Hoc 

heavy  fruits,     vhen  it  is  opened     by         the  ploughshare.        With  this 

nutritor    olivam,  pinguem     et    placitam     paci.        Poma 

nourish         the  olive,  rich  and       propitious    to  peace.    Fruit  tree* 

quoque  ut  primum  sensere     valentes     truncos,  et  habuere 

also  as       first          they  felt     their  strong        trunks,    and         obtain 

suas         vires,    nituntur  ad  sidera  raptim    propriit        vif 

their  own    strength,       rise  up     to    the  stars      swiftly  by  their  own  strength, 

que  baud  indigna  nostrae     opis.         Nee  minus        interea 

and       not    unworthy     of  our    assistance.         Nevertheless  in  the  mean  time 

fomne  nemus  gravescit     fetu,      que       inculta  aviaria 

•very       grove        is  heavy    with  fruit,     and  the  uncultivated  retreats  of  bird* 

rubent  sanguineis  baccis  :     cytici       tondentur ; 

redden"      with  bloody     berries:  the  cytisus  trees  are  cropped    by  tht 

alta     silva  ministrat  taedas,  nocturni  ignes  pascuntur, 

;  ibe  lofty  wood     supplies       torches,       nightly         fires  aie  fed 


et         fundunl          lumina.          Et      homines       dubitan< 

and          pour  out  their  lights  And          do  men  hesitate 

serere      atque      impendere      curam  ?      Quid  sequar 

to  sow  and  to  bestow  their  care?       Why      should  I  pursue 

majora?          salices,        que       humiles       genistas,       ills 

greater  subjects?    willows,  and        the  humble  broom,  these 

sufficiunt   aut   frondem     pecon,     am  umbram  pastoribus, 

supply  either     leaves        for  the- flock,     or         shade          for  shepherds, 

que     sepem       satis,        et     pabula      melh.      Et      juvat 

and        a  hedge    for  cornfields,    and        food  for  honey.     And  it  delights 

spectare  Cytorum  undantem       buxo,        que  lucos  Nary- 

to  behold       Cytorus  waving       with  box-wood,     arid    groves  of  Nary- 

ciae  picis;     juvat    videre   arva  non   obnoxia  rastris,  non 

cian    pine;      it  delights    to  see        fields     not         subject    to  harrows,     nor 

ulli     curae  hominum.     In  Caucaseo  vertice,  steriles      . .~ 

to  any    care        of  men  On  the  Caucasian  mount,         barren 

sih'33    ipsae,    quas   animosi      Eun     assidue    que   frangunt 

trees  themselves,  which   the  angry   east  winds  continually  both   break  down 

que    ferunl;  ahae  dant   alios   fetus;      dant      pinos, 

and    bear  away,  some  of  these  produce  other    supplies;  they  produce     pines, 

lignum  utile  navigiis,  que  cedros  que  cupressos   domibus. 

a  wood      useful     for  ships,     and     cedars     and      cypresses      for  dwellings. 

Hinc  agricolae     trivere   radios     rotis,   hinc  tympa- 

Hence   the  farmers    nave  turned  spokes  for  wheels,  hence  drum-shaped  cover- 

na      plaustris,     et      posuere      pandas      carinas     ratibus. 

ing*      for  wagons,     and      have  placed       bending  keels  for  ships 

Salices        fecundae   viminibus,  ulmi  frondibus  ;  at    myrtus 

Willows  are     fruitful  in  vines,       elms      in  leaves;       but   the  myrtle 

validis  hastilibus,  et    cornus  bona  bello ;    taxi  torquentur 

for  strong      epears,        and  the  cornel  is  good  for  war,  yew  trees        are  bent 

in   Ityraeos   arcus.     Necnon       leves        tiliae    aut  buxum 

into    Ityrian         bows.  Also       do  the  smooth  lime  trees  or         the  box 

rasile         torno,       accipiunt  formara,   que  cavantur 

polished    by  the  turner,       receive  form,  and  they  are  hollowed  out 

acuto         ferro.      Necnonet    levis   alnus,  missa         ._« 

by  the  sharp    steel.  Also  the  light  alder,       sent  upon 

Pado,  innatat  torrentem  undam  ;  nee  non  et  apes  condunt 

the  Po,    swims  on     the  boiling       wave  also        the  bees      conceal 

examina          cavis      corticibus,     que       alveo          vitiosae 

their  swarms      in  hollow  barks,  and    in  the  cavity      of  a  rotten 

ilicis.     Quid   acque   memorandum         Bacche'ia  dona  tule- 

oak.  What    equally  to  be  commemorated  have  Bncchus's     gifts         pro- 

runt  ?   Bacchus  et    dedit    causas  ad  culpam ;  ille   doumit 

duced?        Bacchus    also  has  given  causes      for      blame;         he     has  tamed 

letho     furentes   Centauros,.  que  Rhretum  que  Pholum,  et 

by  death    the  raging       Centaurs,        both       Rhcetus       and       Pholus,     and 

[lylaeuin,     minantem      Lapithis       magno       crntere.      O 

HyUew.  threatening       the  Lapttue      with  a  great        goblet.  O 


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asrricolas,  nimium  fortunatos,    si        nftrint         sua     bona! 

fanners,  to6  bappy,  if  they  could  know  their  own    good! 

quibus,     procul      discordibus     armis,     justissima     tellus 

to  whom  far  from  discordant       arms,     the  most  righteous      earth 

4fi-.     ipsa     fundit     facilem  victum      humo.        Si      aha 

herself  pours  forth   the  ready      food    from  the  ground.     If  the  lofty 

domus    superbis    foribus,   non      vomit   ingentem   undam 

mansion     with  proud        doors,      does  not  pour  out         a  great  tide 

salutantium      mane         totis       acdibus ;     nee         inhiant 

of  v  isitcrs       in  the  morning     from  all        its  rooms ;        nor  do  the)-  gaze  on 

posies    varios         pulchra     testudine,   que   vestes   illusas 

pillars     variegated      with  beautiful       tortoise,         and      dresses      wrought 

auro,         que   Ephyreia    aera;     nee     alba    lana     fucalur 

from  gold,       and      Corinthian       brass:      nor     is  while     wool         stained 

Assyrio      veneno,   nee     usus    liquidi    olivi   corrumpilur 

with  Assyrian    poison,       nor  is  the  use    of  liquid       oil  corrupted 

casia;      at    secura   quies,  et  vita   nescia    fallere,    dives 

by  cassia;  but    peaceful       rest,      and  a  life   ignorant    to  deceive,          rich 

variarum  opum  ;  at  otia,         latis         fundis,  speluncae,  que 

in  varied       wealth ;  but  leisure,  at  their  spacious  farms,        grot  top,         and 

vivi   lacus ;    at  frigida  Tempe,   que    mugitus    bourn,    que 

living    lakes;      but  the  cool        vale,          and     the  lowing     of  oxen,       and 

47ft     molles    somni     sub     arbore,     non    absunt.     Illic 

soft  slumbers    beneath     the  tree,     are  not    wanting.     Therf 

saltus,    ac  lustra     ferarum  ;      et  juventus  patiens  operum 

are  lawns,  and    dens     of  wild  beasts ;    and      youth         enduring  toilr 

que      assueta      parvo ;       sacra        deum      que      patres 

and        accustomed      to  a  little ;  the  sacrifices  of  the  gods     and  fathers 

sancti.  Justitia,    excedens      terris,       fecit  extrema 

held  in  reverence.       Justice,        departing    from  the  earth,  placed       her  last 

vestigia    per    illos.     Vero    dulces    Musae    accipiant   me 

footsteps     Among     them.         But    let  the  sweet  Muses  receive          me 

primum    ante   omnia,     quarura    sacra          fero,  perculsus 

first  before        all  th  ing  s,  'whose       sacred  images  I  bear,  struck 

ingenti      amore,     que    monstrent  vias       cceli,      et 

with  great        love,  and         point  out  to  me    the  ways   of  heaven,  and 

sidera,  varios       defectus        solis,        que       labores 

constellations,  the  various         eclipses         of  ihe  sun,        and  labours 

lunae ;         unde  tremor     terris ;       qua,      vi       alia  maria 

of  the  moon  :  whence  trembling  to  the  earth;  by  what  power  the  deep       seas 

tumescant,      obicibus         ruptis,      que      rursus      residant 

•well,  their  ramparts    being  broken,     and         again        settle  down 

4ft0     in     seipsa;   quid   hiberni  soles  tantum  properent 

upon  themselves;   why     the  wintry    suns      so  much  hasten 

tingere         se         oceano,     vel    qua?   mora   obslet    lard  is 

to  dip         themselves   in  the  ocean,     or       what      delay      hinders    iheslow 

noclibus.    Sin    frigidus  sanguis  circum  prascordia  obstiterit 

nights.  But  if     the  cold       blood        around  my    heart  prevent 


n«    pussim  accedere  has  paries  naturae,      rura      et    ngui 

•Jia«  1  £A«Koi      approach    these     parts    of  nature,  tot  the  fields  and  flowing 

anmes     in     valiibus     placeant    mihi,     inglorius      aiiiem 

streams       in        the  vales  please  me,        unhonoured  let  me  love 

flumina   que   siivas.     O,  ubi        campi        que  Sperchius 

die  rivers     ami   the  woods.     O.   wheie     are  the  plains      and         Sperchitui 

et  Taygsta,  bacchata  Lacaenis      virginibust 

and  Taygctus,  rendered  saaed  to  Bacchus  by  the  Lacedemonian  maids  1 

0,  qui    sis  tat  me  in  geiidis  valiibus    JBmi,    et  protegai 

0,    who  will  place  me    in     the  cold       valleys  of  Haemus,  and    protect    me 

jogenti        umbra    ramorura  ?     felix        qui    potuit 

with  a  great      shade         of  branches  T      happy  i»  he  who        could 

eognoscere  causas     rerum  atque  subjecit  omnes  raetus  et 

enow  the  causes   of  things    and        subdue          all          fears    and 

tnexorabile  fatum,  que  strepitum   avari  Acherontis 

implacable          fate,        and       th«  noise     of  greedy          hell       beneath  his 

pedibus !    et   iile  fortunatiis  qui  novit  agrertes  Decs,  qne 

reel  I  and     he        is  happy        who    knows     the  rtstie    gods,      both 

Pana,  que  senem  Silvanum,  que   sorores  Nymphas.     Non 

Pan,         and    the  old       Silvanus,       and    the  sisters       Nymphs.  Not 

fasces     populi,     non  purpura  regum,  et   discordia  agitans 

the  rods  of  the  people,    nor    the  purple    of  kings,    and     discord        pursuing 

infidos     f nitres,    aut       Dacus     descendens    ab    conjurato 

faithless      brothers,       or       the  Dacian       descending       from       conspiring 

Istro,        flexit     ilium ;  non  Romans    res,  que        regna 

Danube,  has  influenced  him  ;       nor     the  Roman    affairs,    and  the  kingdoms 

periiura ;         neque   ille   aut   doluit  miserans        inopem, 

about  to  perish ;       nor  did  he    either   grieve  compassionating  the  destitute. 

aut    invidit        habenti.       Carpsit     fructus      quos     eftft 

or    did  he  envy  Mm  possessing.       He  plucked    the  fruits       which      *W*' 

rami,          quos   volentia    rura      ipsa       tulere  sot 

the  branches,    which    the  willing     fields   themselves    product*  of  their  own 

sponte ;  nee    vidit    ferrea   jura,  que  insanum  forum,  ant 

accord ;        nor  did  he  see  the  iron     laws,     and      the  mail        court,          or 

tabularia  populi.         Alii    solicitant      caeca      frets 

the  public  tribunals  of  the  people.       Some          weary          the  blind        sees 

emis,     que    ruunt    in    ferrum,    penetrant      aulas      et 

with  oars    and         rush     upon    the  sword,   they  advance   to  the  halls   and 
li/nina  regum.       Hie     petit  urbem  que    miseros   Pena 

palaces     of  kings.    This  man     seeks       a  city      and     its  miserable    hoast 

tes  excidiis,         ut        bibat        gemmi,  et  dormiat 

hold  god*    with  destruction,   that    he  may  drink      from  gems,  and         sleep 

Sarran.j     ostro.         Alius     condit      opes     quo     incubat 
en  Tyrian       purple.         Another     conceals      wealth       and    broods  ove> 

defosso     auro.         Hie  stupet,         attonitas 

buried  gold.  This  one      becomes  giddy.       astonished  tystejTurw 

rostrie ;       plausus     que       plebif      que     patnun        per 

it  the  resirs  1  applause          both    of  the  peobla    ar^        tht  (athert     th r .   ;.  t 


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cuneos       (enim    gcminatur)   corripuit    hunc       hiantem . 

Uw  benches       (fbr         it  is  redoubled)      lias  seized        this    man          gaping: 

gaudent,      perfusi       sanguine          fratrum,       que 

they  rejoice,     sprinkled      with  the  blood       of  their  brothers,      and 

mutant    domos     et  dulcia    limina     exilio,  atque  quajrunt 

ezcliange   their  homes  and    sweet     dwellings     for  exile,     and  seek 

patrinm    jacentem     sub      alio     sole.       Agricola    dimovit 

a  country  lying        beneath  another     sun.  The  farmer  has  removed 

terram       incurvo     aratro :     hinc       labor       anni :       hinc 

the  earth  with  his  crooked  plough :       hence     the  labour  of  the  year :      hence 

sustinet  patriam,  que  parvos  nepotes :  hinc  armenta  bourn, 

he  upholds  his  country,  and  his  little    offspring:      hence   bis  herds      of  oxen, 

que    meritos   juvencos.     Nee  requies,   quin   annua 

and       deserving       bullocks.          Nor    t«  there       rest,  but     the  year 

exuberet  aut  pomis,   aut      fetu      pecorum,   aut   mergite 

abouuds        either  in  fruits,     or    the  produce     of  cattle,         or    the  bundles 

Cerealis    culmi ;     que    oneret    sulcos      proventu,    atque 

of  Ceres'          straw;         and          loads   the  furrows     with  provision,       and 

vincat        horrea.         Hiems      venit;      Sicyonia      bacca 

overloads        the  barns.       The  winter      comes;        the  Sicyonian         berry 

teritur  trapetis,         sues      laeti       glande        redeunt ; 

is  pounded        in  oil  presses,        swine     rejoiced     with  mast  return ; 

B2f)    6^vae       dant    arbuta;    et  autumnus   ponit    varios 

the  woods  produce    arbutes:      and    the  autumn    lays  by  its  varied 

fetus  ;  et  mitis   vindemia  coquitur    alte     in  apricis  saxis. 

fruits;    ja*A  the  mild     vintage       is  ripened     high  up    on  the  sunny    rocks. 

Intcrca         dulces    nati    pendent  circum  oscula, 

In  the  mean  time  sweet   children        bang        around  the  kisses  of  their  pa- 

casta    domus    eervat    pudicitiam ;    vaccae    deraittunl 

rente,  the  chaste  family     preserves       its  modesty:         heifers        bang  down 

lactea    ubera ;  que  pingues  hcedi  luctantur    inter  se 

their  milky  udders;     and     the  fat       kids       struggle        among   themselves 

adversis      cornibus    in      laeto      gramiue.       Ipse     agitat 

with  opposing     horns          upon    the  joyful         grass.  He         passes 

festos    dies ;    que   fusus    per    herbam,  ubi    ignis          in 

his  feast    days ;      and   stretched  upon     the  grass,    where    a  fire     teas     in 

medio,  et        socii        coronant  cratera ;      libans       vocat 

the  midst,  and  his  companions       crown     the  goblet ;  pouring  forth  he  invoke* 

te,      Lenaee ;  que    ponit    magistris      pecoris      certamina 

thee,    O  Bacchus;    and       places    to  the  masters'  of  the  flock  contests 

Koft    velocis      jaculi    in  ulmo;    qne     nudat     praedura 

***»"      of  the  swift      dart       on    tbeelni;     and      lays  bare       his  hardy 

corpora      agresti    palsestrS..        Veteres  Sabini   olim    co- 

body  for  the  rustic  wrestling  match.     The  ancient  Sa  bines    formerly  cut- 

luere  hanc  vitam,  et  Remus  et    frater  hanc  : 

tivated    this      joyoui       life,     and    Remus    and  his  brother  observed      Mm: 

sic  fortis  Etruria  crevh  ;    scilicet  Roma  est  facta  pulcher- 

thus   bravo     Etruria    increased;         for          Rome     is     become     the  most 


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<ima    rerura,  que   una   circumdedit  septem   arces       sibi 

beautiful  of  things,    and   alone    has  surrounded        seven       towers  to  herself 

muro.         Etiam  ante  sceptrum   Dicteei  regis,  et  antequam 

by  a  wall.  Also     before  the  sceptre  of  the  Dictean  king,  and  before 

impia       gens  epulata  est    csesis  juvencis,  aureus  Saturnua 

the  impious  race  feasted        on  slain     bullocks,       golden  Saturn 

agebat  hanc  vitam   in  terris.     Necdum   etiam    audierant 

passed        this          life       on  the  earth.      Nor  yet          also   had  they  beard 

classica     inflari ;     necdum  enses     impositos  duris     R  ,n 

that  trumpets  were  blown ;    nor  yet  that  sword»       placed     on  hard      "*" 

incudibus   crepitare.     Sed  nos   confecimus        immensum 

anvils  rattled.  But      we      have  completed   this  immeasurable) 

aequor        spatiis,         et   jam    tempus    solvere    fumantia 

plain        with  its  boundaries,  and    now     it  is  time        to  free     the  smoking 
colla     equum. 
necks    of  our  horses. 


BOOK  III. 


CANEMVS    te    quoque,     magna    Pales,    et    te, 

WE  will  sing  thee       also,  O  great        Pales,      and    thee,      Apollo, 

pastor          memorande     ab   Amphryso ;    vos   silvse,   que 

O  shepherd   to  be  commemorated   by       Amphrysus ;  ye      woods,       and 

amnes     Lycaei.       Omnia  caetera  carmina,   quae       lenuis- 

st  reams       ofLycseus.  AH  other  songs,        which   might  have 

sent      vacuas  mentes,  jam         vulgata.          Quis        nescit 

occupied     empty       minds,     now    are  rendered  common.    Who  is  ignorant  of 

aut    durum    Eurysthea,    aut    aras     illaudati      Busiridis  ? 

either     severe      Eurystheus,         or    the  altars  of  the  unworthy         Busiris?. 

Cui  Hylas       puer    non     dictus,     et  Latonia  Delos, 

By  whom    bag  Hylas  the  youth     not       been  sung,  and     Latonian      Delos, 

que   Hippodame,    que   Pelops    insignis    eburno   humero, 

and          Hippodame,         and        Pelops      remarkable  for  his  ivory     shoulder, 

acer  equis  ?    via    est    tentanda       qua    possim 

bold  and  victorious  with  horses  ?  the  way  is  to  be  attempted  by  which       I  may* 

tollere     me      quoque         humo,         que       victor, 

raise          myself          also          from  the  ground,     and      a  conqueror  byfamt 

voliiare     per       ora      virum.   Ego  primue,  rediens     .fl 

fly  through  the  mouths   of  men.          1  first,        returning       lu 

A.onio  vertice,  deducam  Musas  mecum  in       patriam, 

from  th«  Aonian  mount,        will  lead   the  Mums  with  me    into  my      country 


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(modo  vita    supersit)  primus     referam     Idumaeas    palma* 

(if  life          remain)        first         I  will  restore    the  Idumean          palms 

tibi,  Mantua,   et   in   viridi   campo,    ponam    templum   de 

to  thee,  O  Mantua,  and   on    the  green      plain,     I  will  place     a  temple         ol 

marmore  propter  aquam,  ubi  ingens  Mincius   errat    tardis 

marble  near       the  water,  where  great        Mincius     wanders   in  slow 

flexibus,   et   praetexit     ripas        tcnerii        arundine.      In 

windings,      and     has  lined     its  banks    with  the  tender  reed.  la 

medio     erit    mihi  Caesar,  que     tenebit     templum.         Illi 

the  midst  shall  be      my      Cisar,       and    he  shall  hold    the  temple.      To  him 

ego,     victor,      et    conspectus    in    Tyrio    ostro,    agitabo 

I,          a  conqueror,    and     conspicuous       in       Tyrian      purple,      will  dive 

centum     quadrijugos    currus    ad    flumina.     Mihi    cuncta 

au  hundred       four  horsed       chariots      by       the  rivera.      For  me  all 

Graecia,  linquens  Alpheum,  que     lucos    Molorchi,     decer- 

Greece,  leaving         Alpheua,       and  the  groves  of  Molorchus,   shall  con- 

2~     net      cursibus    et  crudo  caestu.     Ipse,  ornatus 

tend    in  race-courses  and  the  raw  gauntlet,    /myself,  having  adorned 

caput    foliis     tonsae     olivae,    feram   dona.     Jam  nunc 

my     head    with  leaves  of  shorn       olive,     will  bear     gifts.  Even  now 

juvat  ducere  solennes  pompas  ad  delubra,  que  videre 

it  delights  me     to  lead       solemn         pomps       to    the  temples,  and       to  sea 

caesos  juvencos  ;  vel  ut    scena    discedat   frontibus    versis, 

slain  bullocks ;       or     as   the  scene    withdraws    with  fronts      inverted, 

que   ut      intexti     Britanni   tollant   purpurea   aulxa.       In 

and       as  the  interwoven    Britons          raise         the  purple     curtains.     Upon 

foribus,    faciam,     ex     auro  que  solido  elephanto,  pugnam 

the  doon,     I  will  form,  from       gold    and       solid  ivory,  the  battle 

Gangaridum,    que     arma     victoris    Quirini ;     atque    hie 

of  the  Giants,  and     the  arms   of  victorious    duirinus;         and        here 

Niluni,    undantem     bello,      que    magnum    fluentem,   ac 

the  Nile,  waving         with  war,      and        majestic  flowing,      and 

columnas  surgentes    navali   aere.      Addam   domitas   urbes 

the  columns        rising       with  naval  brass.        I  will  add  the  conquered  cities 

„„     Asiae,  que  pulsum  Niphatem,  que  Parthum  fidentem 

""      of  Asia,  and     beaten         Niphates,       and   the  Parthian       trusting 

fug&       que       versis       sagittis ;     et     duo    tropaea,    rapta 

in  flight       and     his  inverted       arrows ;         and      two       trophies,  snatcheti 

manu         ex     diverso     hoste,  que  gentes   bis  triumphatas 

by  the  band  from     a  different         foe,       and    nations   twice   triumphed  over 

ab     utroque  litore.  Et  Parii  lapides  stabunt          spirantia 

from       each         shore.    And  Parian      marbles  shall  stand    as  if     breathing 

fiigna,    proles     Assaraci,  que  nomina   gentis    demissae   ab 

statues,  the  offspring  of  Assaracus,  and  the  names  of  the  nation  descended  from 

Jove,  que  Tros   parens,  et  Cynthius  auctor 

Jove,      both   Tros     the  parent   of  Rome,  and     Cynthian    Jlpollo   the  founder 

Trojae.      Infelix    invidia    metuet     Furias,   que    severum 

of  Troy        Wretched        envy        shall  fear    the  Furies,    and          the  crud 


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Cocyti,       que      tortos    angues     Ixionis,     quc 

fiver  of  Cocytua,         and    the  wreathed  snakes         of  Ixion.          and 

unman  em       rotam     et       saxum        non       exsuperabile. 

the  dreadful  wheel        and      the  atone          not          to  be  surmounted. 

Interea  sequamur       silvas        Dryadum,      que 

In  the  mean  time    let  us  follow       the  woods       of  the  Dryads,        and         ^ 

Baltus       intactos:  tua  baud  mollia    jussa,          Maecenas. 

the  lawns     untouched      thy       not       gentle    commands,        O       Meecenaa. 

Mens     inchoat     nil     ahum      sine      te :     en,         age, 

My  mind          attempts    nothing   exalted     without    thee-      lo.       come  on, 

rumpe         segnes  moras ;  Cithaeron  vocat  ingenti  clamore, 

break  through  slothful    delays ;       Cithteion    calls  you  with  great  cry, 

que   canes   Taygeti,  que  Epidaurus    domitrix     equorum ; 

and     the  dogs  of  Taygetus,  and       Epidaurus       the  subduer  of  horses , 

et       vox       ingeminata      assensu      nemorum       remugit. 

and     a  voice        redoubling         by  the  assent    of  the  groves          re-echoes. 

Tamen     mox         accingar       dicere       ardentes      pugnas 

Vet  presently    I  shall  be  prepared  losing        the  glowing  battles 

Caesaris,    et    t'erre    fama        nomen    per        tot    annos, 

of  Csesar.       and   to  carry  by  fame    Ai*     name     through  -so  many       yeare, 

quot  Caesar    abest    ab   prima   origine     Tithoni.         Seu 

as          Cffisar     is  distant  from  the  first       origin       ofTithonus.      Wbcthci 

quis,     miratus    praemia  Olympiacae    palmae,  pascit  equos, 

anyone,  admiring  the  rewards  of  the  Olympic       palm.          feeds        horses, 

seu  quis  fortes     juvencos      ad       aratra,     ^n 

whether     any  one    feeds      strong          bullocks  for    the  plough,      "" 

legal          praecipue    corpora    matrum.      Forma        bovis 

let  him  choose  especially       the  bodies    of  mothers.       The  form  of  the  heile» 

optima    cui    caput   turpe,     cui    cervix     plurima,   et 

is  best       whose     bead      is  rough,    whose      neck  is  large,      and  vhose 

palearia  pendent   a   mento    tcnus    crurum ;  turn       nullus 

dewlaps          hang       from  her  chin    down  to       her  legs ;     then  there  is       no 

modus     longo     lateri;  omnia        magna;       .pes     etiam, 

measure    to  her  long     side,          all    things   arc  (urge;       her  foot          even, 

et       hirtae       aures        sub         camuns      cornibus.      Nee 

and    her  rough        ears          beneath        her  crooked  horns.  Nor 

vacca          insigms     maculis     et     albo,    displiceat  mihi, 

let  the  heifer  distinguished    for  spots       and     white,       displease  me, 

aut   detrectans  juga,    que  mterdum    aspera      cornu,      et 

or          refusing       the  yoke,  and     sometimes         rude      with  her  horn,  and 

faciem     propior    tauro,    que    quae      tota     ardua,    et    gra- 
in her  face      nearer      to  a  bull,   and    which  is  entirely     high,      and    walk- 

diens       verrit       vestigia         ima         caudii.      JEtas     -^ 

ing  she  sweeps     her  footsteps    with  the  end  of  her  tail      The  age 

pati         Lucmam    que    justos    Hymenaeos     desinit     ante 

to  endure       Lucina          and        just          marriage  rites         ends         before 

decem,   incipit    post    quatuor    annos ;    caetera  nee 

ten,  begins       after         four  years,       tne  other  age  u  nciihef 


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habilis    feturae,    nee    fortis      aratris.  Interea      dum 

fit  for  breeding,  nor      strong    for  the  ploughs.    In  the  mean  time  while 

laeta  juventus   superat   gregibus,     solve     mares ;    primus 

ioyful      youth          abounds     in  the  flocks,    let  loose    the  males;  first 

mitte     pecuaria  in  Venerem,  et  suffice  aliam  prolem    ex 

send  forth  your  cattle  to       Love.         and   supply        one       offspring    from, 

alia      generando.     Quaeque  optima  dies  revi   pnma  fugit 

another   by  breeding.  Each  beat         day    of  life      first  flies 

miseris      mortalibus ;     morbi,     que    tristis    senectus,    et 

from  wretched    mortals;  diseases,       and         sad  old  age,        and 

labor,    subeunt ;    et   inclementia    durae    mortis          rapit. 

labour,       succeed ;       and       the  cruelty        of  hard      death    bean  them  off 

Erunt        semper       quarum  corpora     malis  mutari 

There  will  be  always  those    whose  bodies  you  may  wish  to  be  Chang 

,yft     enim    semper  refice,        ac,  ne    post  requirae 

therefore    always     repair  them,  and,  leat  afterwards    you  should  seek. 

amissa   anteveni,    et     sortire    sobolem      armento 

them  w hen      lost        anticipate,      and   choose  out   an  offspring  from  the  hert 

quotannis.     Necnon  et  idem    delectus  est   equino   pecori 

yearly.  Likewise    the  same     choice        is    to  the  horse        flock. 

Tu     modo  impende    praecipuum   laborem    jam  inde      21 

Do  you    now  pay  especial  attention      even    thence  front 

teneris  quos  statues       submittere  in    spen> 

their  tender  yean  to  those  which  you  shall  determine  to  bring  up   for  the  hopu 

gentis.         Continuo   pullus     generosi   pecoris   ingreditui 

of  the  race.      Immediately     the  colt    of  a  generous       flock  walkii 

altius  in    arvis,   et  reponit     mollia    crura ;  primus  aude* 

higher    in  the  fields,  and   replaces       his  pliant      legs ;  first       he  dares 

et    ire   viam,   et   tentare    minaces    fluvios,  et  committert,1 

also  to  go  the  way.  and  to  attempt  the  threatening  rivers,    and  to  trust 

sese  ignoto      ponti ;     nee     horret      vanos.strepitus. 

himself   to  an  unknown   bridge;        nor  does  he  dread     vain  noise*.*. 

Illi         ardua  cervix,  que  argutum  caput,  brevis  alvus,  que 

To  him  is  a  lofty       neck,       and       sharp         head,       short       belly,      ano 

fift     obesa  terga ;  que     animosum  pectus   luxunat      toris. 

°         fat          back ;       and  his       bold  breast      swells  out  with  folds. 

Spadices    que     glauci         honesti ;     deternmus     color 

The  brown       and     dark  grey       are  becoming;       the  worst  colour   t« 

albis,          et    gilvo.     Turn  si  qua  arma    dedere    sonum 

to  the  white,  and  to  the  dun.     Then     if    any     arma     have  given     a  sound 

procul,      nescit      stare         loco,         micat  auribus, 

afar  off,     he  knows  not  to  stand    in  his  place,  he  moves  quickly  with  his  ears, 

et    tremit     artus,      que  premens  collectum  ignem,  volvit 

and  trembles  in  his  joints,  and    restraining  the  collected       fire,       he  rolls  it 

*ub     naribus.        Juba    densa,  et     jactata,     recumbit   in 

under    his  nostrils.     His  mane   is  thick,  and  thrown  about,      -rests      upon 

dextro      armo.     At    duplex    spina    agitur    per    lumbos, 

Bis  right      shoulder     But      a  double       spine         runs       along       his  loiw. 


que    ungula    cavat    tellurem,    et  graviter  sonat      solido 

and       his  hoof  hollows  out  the  earth,      and     heavily      sounds    with  solid 

corau.     Talis  fuit  Cyllarus,  domitus    habems     Amy-    ^ 

horn.  Such     was     Cyllarus.       subdued     by  the  reins  of  Amy-      *'" 

claei  Pollucis,  et  bijuges    equi    Martis,   quorum      Graii 

clzan       Pollux.       and  the  yoked    horses     of  Mars.        whom    the  Grecian 

poetae   meminere,     et       currus         magni  Achillis.    Talis 

poets       commemorate,     and  the  chariot  horses  of  great    Achilles.  Such 

et  pernix  Saturnus   ipse   effudit  jubam  equin& 

also   swift         Saturn       himself    spread  his  mane      on  his   horse-assumed 

cervice,    adventu      conjugis,    et  fugiens,  implevit  a]  turn 

nock.          at  the  coming     of  his  wife,    and     flying,  filled  lofty 

Pelion     acuto       hinnitu.     Abde  hunc      domo,      quoque 

Pelion       with  sharp      neighing.        Shut       him       in  the  stable,  also 

ubi    aut    gravis    morbo,    aut  jam   segnior     annis  deficit, 

when  either    heavy     by  sickness,    or      now  more  slothful  by  years  he  fails, 

ignosce  senectee  nee  turpi.       Senior    frigidus  in  Venerem, 

pardon         old  age       not  degraded.   Being  older  he  is  cold     in  love, 

que  fruslra    trahit      ingratum  laborem ;   et,    si      quando 

and      in  vain  he  prolongs   the  thankless       toil ;  and,     if    at  any  time 

est  ventum   ad   prcelia,   ut    quondam  magnus  ignis    sine 

he  comes  to  the  contest,  aa          when  a  great        fire    without 

viribus,  in    stipulis ;  furit    incassum.         Ergo 

strength,    rages    in     the  stubble ,      so  lie    rages       powerless.         Therefore 

notabis  animos     que  aevum  praecipue ;       hinc     ,«Q 

you  will  mark  their  courage   and      age         especially;     afterward      AUU 

alias    artes,   que  prolem  parentum,   et    quis  dolor 

ether    qualities,  and     the  race     of  their    parents,        and    what  sorrow  i» 

cuique        victo,       quae    gloria     palmae.      Nonne  vides? 

to  each  when  conquered,  what       glory        of  victory  Do  you  not  see  1 

cum,  praecipiti  certamine,  currus  corripuere  campum,  que 

when,     in  swift  strife,  chariots     have  seized       the  plain,      and 

ruunt     effusi      carcere ;    cum    spes     juvenum     arrectae, 

rush    pouring  forth  from  the  goal ;  when  the  hopes  of  the  youth       are  raised, 

que  pulsans  pavor  haurit   exsultantia   corda;    illi  instant 

and      panting        fear     exhausts    their  exulting      hearts;      they     urge  on 

torto  verbere,    et        proni,          dant      lora;       axis 

with  the  twisted    lash,         and  bending  forward,  they  give  the  reins ;  the  axle 

fervidus       vi         volat;  que  jam  humiles,  que  jam    elati 

glowing    with  violence     flies;     and     now         low,  and     now     raised 

sublime,   videntur       ferri       per      vacuum    aera,    atque 

high,  they  seem      to  be  borne  through    the  vacant       air,  and 

assurgere  in  auras.    Nee  mora  nee  requies  ;  , ,« 

to  rise  to  the  skies.   Neither  delay    nor      rest  is  granted  than ; 

at   nimbus   fulvae   arenae  tollitur;  humescunt  spumis  que 

cut     a  cloud   of  yellow     sand       is  raised ;    they  are  moist  with  foam     and 

flatu  sequentflm ;     tantus      amor    laudum,    victoria 

the  breathing  of  those  following,  so  great  is  the  love      of  praise,          victory 


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est    tantae    curae.       Euchthonius    primus    ausus    jungere 
Is       so  great     a  care.  Enchthonius  first  dared  to  joia 

r.urrus   et   quatuor  equos,  que     victor     insistcre      rapidia 

chariots   and        four.       horses,    and     victorious      to  real  on        the  rapid 

rotis.        Pelethronii    Lapithae,     impositi     dorso, 

wheels.       The  Pelelhronian     La  pi  the,       placed  upon    the  back  of  the  konet, 

dedere    fraena    que  gvros»      atque     docuere 

applied       the  reins     and     taught  him  his    turnings,          and  instructed 

equitem        sub     armis    insultare      solo,      et    glomerare 

the  horseman     under       arms       to  leap  over  the  ground,  and      to  gather  up 

superbos  gressus.     Uterque   labor  est    acquus ;     magistri 

his  proud  steps.  Each         labour       is          equal ;       the  master! 

I2ft     aeque   exquirunt  que  juvenem,    que    calidum 

**^      equally       seek  out     a  hone  both       youthful,        and          warmed 

animis;         et      acrem    cursibus ;  quamvis  ille 

with  courage,    and         swift        in  the  course  ;  not  an  old  one,    although       be 

saepe    egerit    hostes     versos     fugft,    et    referat    Epirum 

often     has  driven  the  foes        turned      in  flight,    and   may  boast          Epirua 

patriam,       que    fortes     Mycenas,    que    deducat    gentem 

for  his  country,  and       brave          Mycenas,        and         derive  bis  race 

origine         Neptuni  ipsa.         His      animadversis,  instant 

from  the  origin  of  Neptune    itself.      These  things   being  observed,  they  atteud 

sub    tempus,  et  impendunt   curas         distendere 

about     the  time  of  generation,  and     they  direct   their  cares     to  swell  Aim  out 

denso        pingui,  quern          legere          ducem,    et 

with  firm  fat        flesh,        whom      they  have  chosen       a  leader,     and 

dixere         maritum    pecori ;    que  secant   pubenles  herbas, 

have  declared  the  husband  to  the  herd ;    and  they  cut  up       young  herbs, 

que  ministrant  ilu vios,  que     farra ;     ne  nequeat  superesse 

and          supply  water.      and     provender;  lest    he  cannot  survive 

blando         labori,  que  invalidi     nati        referant      jejunia 

the  pieasant        toil,       and     the  weak  offspring  should  resemble  the  leanness 

patrum.       Autem   volentes     tenuant      armenta  ipsa 

of  their  sires.         But    they  who  wish  it  make  lean  the  breed  mares  themselves 

,of)     macie.  Atque,     ubi     jam       nota       voluptas 

*""      by  abstinence.       And,         when       now     the  known          pleasure 

solicitat  primes  concubilus,  que    negant  frondes,   et 

invites         the  first     connexion,       both     they  deny    to  them     leaves,      and 

arcent  fontibus ;      saepe  etiam  quatiunt  cursu, 

drive       them  from  the  fountains ;  often     also       they  drive    them  in  the  race. 

et     fatigant  sole,       cum       area       gemit     graviter 

and         weary       then  in  the  sun,     when  the  barn-floor  groans  heavily 

tunsis       frugibus,  et  cum   inanes   paleae     jactantur      ad 

with  beaten       fruits,       and  when   the  empty    straw  *  is  thrown  about      to 

surgentem  Zephyrum.     Faciunt   hoc,   ne      nimio       luxu 

the  rising  west  wind.  They  do       this,      lest  by  too  much    luxury 

eit  obtusior     usus    genitali     arvo,    et         oblimel 

there  may  be     a  too  weak       use      in  the  genital    soil,      and       it  make  luL1 


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inertes     sulcos  ;  sed  sitiens   rapiat  Venerem,  que  recondat 

the  sluggish  passages ;    but     eager     may  seize  enjoyment,    and  store  it 

intcnus.      Rursus,  cura  patrum  cadere,   et  matrum 

within.  Again,     the  care   of  sires     begins    to  fall  off,  and  of  mother* 

succedere,  cum    errant     gravidae,  mensibus  exactis.     Non 

to  succeed.        when  they  wander    teeming,     the  months  being  passed.  Let  not 

quisquam  passus  sit   illas    ducere    juga     gravibus     ,.~ 

any  one  suffer  them      to  drag     the  yokes      in  heavy       "" 

plaustris,  non  superare  viam    saltu,     et    carpere          prata 

wagons.         nor  to  pass  over  the  way  by  leaping,  and  to  run  over  the  meadow* 

acri     fuga,  que     innare     rapaces    fluvios.       Pascant     in 

in  swift  flight,    and  to  swim  over  the  rapid       rivers.          Let  them  feed     in 

vacuis    saltibus,  et  secundum  plena  flumina,  ubi      muscus, 

.he  vacant     lawns,     and         near  to      the  full     rivers,     where  there  is  moss, 

et   ripa    viridissima  gramine,   que  speluncae   tegant 

and  a  bank      most  green     with  grass,     and          caves       may  protect    tkem 

et   umbra   saxea      procubet.       Est,  circa    lucos      Silari, 

and  the  shade  of  a  rock  may  lie  over  tkem.  There  is,  about  the  groves  of  Silarus, 

que  Alburnum,  virentem     ilicibus,         plurimus     volitans, 

and        Alburnus,        verdant     with  holm  trees,  a  very  abundant          flying 

cui     asylo  est  Romanum  nomen,     Graii     vocantes 

insect,    to  which  asylua     is     the  Roman        name,     the  Greeks          naming 

vertere  cestron,  asper,  sonans,  acerba,      quo 

have  translated   it    osstron,    a  creature  rough,      noisy,        harsh,     by  which 

tola  armenta  exterrita,  diffugiunt  silvis,  aether  con-     ,-Q 

whole        herds       terrified,          fly  from      the  woods,  the  air 

cussus      mugitibus    furit,  que     silvae,     et    ripa        sicci 

Khaken    by  their  bellowing    rages,     and     the  woods,  and  the  bank  of  the  dry 

Tanagri.     Juno,    meditata      pestem       Inachiae     juvencae, 

Tanagrus.  Juno,     meditating      destruction   to  the  Inachian  heifer, 

quondam  exercuit  horribiles  iras   hoc    monstro.       Arcebia 

formerly          executed        direful      anger  on  this     monster      You  will  drive 

hunc     quoque       gravido      pecori    (nam     acrior        instat 

this  likewise    from  the  teeming     flock        (for     more  fierce  it  threaten! 

mediis     fervoribus),  que      pasces      armenta,   sole   recens 

in  the  midst  of  the  heat),      and     you  will  feed      the  herds,    the  sun      newly 

orto,  aut  astris  ducentibus  noetem.      Post  par  turn, 

having  arisen,    or     the  stars       leading  on       the  night.       After      the  birth, 

omnis    cura    traducitur   in   vitulos ;  que  continuo  murunt 

all  the  care    is  transferred  to    the  calves ;     and     forthwith  they  brand 

notas   et  nomina  gentis  ;    et          quos          nialint 

tn  them  the  marks  and     names     of  the  race;   and  those  which   they  may  wish 

aut     submittere     habendo     pecori       aut    servare    sacros 

cither  to  keep  for  breed  for  preserving    the  flock          or        to  keep          sacred 

aris,  aut  scindere  terram,  et.invertere  campum     ,,,« 

for  the  altars,  or       to  cut  up   the  earth,  and  to  upturn         the  plain 

horrentem   fractis   glebis  ;  caetera  armenta  pascuntur      per 

nuch  with  broken     clods;    the  other       herds  feed          through 


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virides  herbas.     Jam    hortare     vitulos,  quos  tu   formabis 

the  green     grata.  Now    encourage     the  calves,  which     you      will  form 

ad  studium  atque  agrestem  usum,  que  insists  viam  domandi 

for       labour       and         rustic          use.       and  enter  on  the  way  of  taming 

dum      animi      juvenum     faciles,     Ndum  actas 

them       while  the  dispositions  of  the  young  are  tender,     while       their        age 

mobilis.     Ac  primum  subnecte     cervici     laxos  circulos  do 

is  plastic.       And         first  bind         to  their  neck     loose       collars       of 

tenui    vimine  :  dehinc  ubi     colla  libera         assuerint 

the  tender    vine :  then    when  their  necks  before  free  shall  have  been  used 

servitio,         junge    pares    juvencos    aptos     e      torquibus 

to  servitude,         unite       in  pairs  your  bullocks     fitted     from        the  chain* 

ipsis,         et    coge  conferre       gradum ;      atque  jam 

hemselves,   and   compel  them   to  lift  together     their  step;  and        now 

,_ft     saepe   inanes  rotae  ducantur    illis     per    terram,    et 

A'"      often     let  empty  wheels   be  drawn     by  them  along  the  ground,  and 

signent  vestigia        summo        pulvere.  Post 

l«t  them  stamp        their  footsteps   on  the  surface     of  the  sand.        Afterward! 

faginus  axis,       nitens        sub  valido       pondere, 

let  the  beechen      axle,        struggling     beneath       the  powerful  weight, 

instrepat,    et       sereus       temo      trahat      junctos      orbes. 

creak,  and     let  the  brazen    beam  drag  the  united       wheels. 

Interea  carpes     non  gramina  tantum  indomitae   pubi, 

In  the  mean  time  you  will  pluck  not         grass         alone  for  the  unbroken  young 

nec    vescas     frondes  salicum,  que  palustrem  ulvam, 

bullock,    nor   the  esculent     leaves     of  willows,   and     the  mar.=hy   sea  gran, 

sed     sata    frumenta,      manu :         nec        fetae         vaccae, 

but     springing        corn,        with  your  hand :      nor  will  the  teeming    heifers, 

more  patrum,       implebunt      tibi     nivea     mulo- 

in  the  manner       of  your  fathers,  fill  for  you  the  snowy       in  ilk- 

tralia,    sed    consument  tota     ubera    in     dulces       natos. 

pails,          but  expend  all     their  udders  upon  their  fond     offspring. 

Sin  studium        magis  ad  bellum,  que  feroces  turmas, 

But  if  your      desire        is     rather   for       war,       and       fierce  troops, 

,ftn     aut  praelabi      Alphea    flumina     Pisae       rotis,      et 

^"^      or        to  glide   bytheAlphean    streams        of  Pisa  with  wheels,  and 

agitare  volantes  currus   in    luco       Jovis  >      primus   labor 

to  drive         flying       chariots     in   the  grove   of  Jupiter;     the  first  toil 

equi        est   videre     animos     atque   arma   bellantum,  que 

of  the  horse  is     to  behold  the  animation   and       weapons    of  warriors,      and 

pati        lituos,      que      ferre      rotam    gementem      tractu, 

to  endure  trumpets,       and    to  sustain    the  wheel      groaning     in  the  space, 

et   audire   sonantes   fraenos     stabulo ;     turn   magis   atque 

and     hear     the  sounding      reins        in  the  stable;    then       more  and 

magis  gaudere         blandis      laudibus  migistri,  et     amare 

more     to  be  pleased  with  the  flattering    praises    of  his  mas*°r,  and  to  delight 

sonitum  plausae         cervicis.       Atque     audiat       haec 

in  the  sound        of  the  patted  neck.  And       let  him  hear 


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jam        primo  depulsus  ab  ubere      matris,   que  in  vicem 

now  when     first         weaned      from  the  udder  of  his  mother,  and   in         turn, 

det  ora      mollibus  capistris       invalidus,  que  etiam 

let  him  yield  bis  mouth  to  the  pliant  bead-stalls  yet  being  weak,      and        even 

tremens,  etiam    mscms  aevi.       At    ubi 

trembling,        also      unconscious  from  the  inexperience  of  his  age.     But    when 

quarta    aestas  accesserit,    tribus      exactis,         mox     |Qft 

Hie  fourth  summer  has  advanced,      three  being  completed,  presently         "" 

incipiat       carpere  gyrum,  que  sonare  compositis  gradibus, 

let  him  begin      to  take     the  ring,     and    to  beat     in  measured  steps. 

que     sinuet    alterna    volumina  crurum ;    que   sit  similis 

and  let  him  bend  the  alternate     joints        of  his  legs;      and      be-  like 

laboranti.        Turn      provocet      auras   cursibus ;  ac  volans 

to  one  labouring.  Then  let  him  challenge  the  winds  in  swiftness;  and       flying 

per      aperta   aequora^  ceu  liber      habenis,     vix         ponat 

through  the  open      plains,        as      free     from  the  reins,  hardly  let  him  place 

vestigia       summa     arena.  Qualis  cum    densus       Aquilo 

his  footsteps  on  the  surface  of  the  sand.    As       when  the  continual  north  wind 

incubuit       ab     Hyperboreis    oris,     que    difFert    hieriies 

has  come  over   from       the  nortnern       coasts,      and       scatters    the  storms 

Scythiae    atque    arida    nubila ;    turn    alias    segetes,    que 

of  Scythia       and        the  dry     clouds ;        then    the  high  corn-fields,       and 

natantes  campi,  horrescunt  lenibus   flabris,  que   summae 

waving  plains,          shudder        from  gentle    blasts,        and    the  tops  of 

silvae       dant    sonorem,  que     longi     fluctus  urgent    9n~ 

the  woods  give  forth  a  sound,       and  the  extended  waves       hasten      *"" 

ad   litora.     Ille    volat    verrens         simul          arva,        si- 

to    the  shores.     He        flies        sweeping    at  the  same  time  the  fields,  at  the 

mul          aequora       fuga.        Hie     vel    ad     metas         et 

same  time     the  seas      in  his  flight.         He      either     at  the  boundaries   and 

maxima  spatia         Elei         campi       sudabit,       et 

the  most  extended  race-grounds  of  the  Elean        plain  will  sweat,      and 

aget    cruentas    spumas         ore,         vel    melius  feret 

force         bloody  foam       from  his  mouth,    or    more  kindly     will  draw 

Belgica     esseda      molli      collo.      Turn     demum    sinito 

the  Belgic       chariot      by  his  soft       neck.  Tfien        at  length       permit 

magnum  corpus  crescere  jam    domitis,  crassa 

a  great  body         to  grow    to  them     aow        tamed,        from  thickening 

farragine ;  namque  ante  domandum,         tollcnt 

provender;  for     if  fattened  before  they  are   subdued,       they  will  exert 

ingentes  animos,  que         prensi  negabunt    pati         lenta 

too    great         courage,     and   when  reined      will  refuse  to  endure  the  slender 

verbera,  et   parere   duris  lupatis.     Sed  non  ulla  industria 

lash,  and    to  obey    the  hard      bits.  But     not      any        attention 

magis     firmat          vires,     quam     avertere    Venerem,    et 

more       establishes  their  strength,      than         to  prevent          luat,  and 

etimulos  caeci     amoris,    sive     usus     bourn,     „., 

thr;  ?rovxat  res    of  blinding       love,     whether  the  care    of  oxen,      ^••" 


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sive  equorum  est      gratior        cui.      Atque  ideo        rele- 

or          of  horses     is     more  grateful  to  any  one.     And        thus      they  Bend 

gant     tauros     procul,     atque    in     sola      pascua,    post 

away       the  built          afar.  even       into  the  lonely   pasture*,     behind 

oppositum     roontem,   et  trans  lata  flumina,  aut  servant 

an  intervening     mountain,    and  across   broad       rivers.       or       keep   tftcm 

clauses  intus  ad    fiatura    praesepia :  enim  femina    carpit 

shut  up      within    at  the  fattening       stalls  for     the  female  consume* 

vires        paulatim,  que-    urit    videndo,  nee  patitur 

his  strength  by  degrees,     aud  burns  him  by  seeing,     nor  does  she  permit  him 

memmisse  nemorura    nee   herbae.     Ilia   quidem   dulcibus 

to  remember      the  groves        nor     the  grass      She        indeed          by  bland 

illecebris      et    saepe  subigit  superbos    am  antes  decernere 

allurements     even   often      compels      her  proud          lovers  to  fight 

inter       se         cornibus.     Formosa  juvenca  pascitur       in 

among  themselves  with  their  horns.    A  fair  heifer          is  fed       within 

22ft     magn^     silva ;  illi  alternantes  multa         vi, 

an  extensive  forest ;  they,  i.e.  the  bulls,  alternately  with  great  violence, 

miscent  proelia  crebris    vulneribus :     ater     sanguis    lavit 

join  battle    with  frequent     wounds :       blackening    blood       bathes 

corpora;      que      cornua       versa,         urgentur      in     ob- 

their  bodies ;       and     their  horns    being  inclined,     are  driven   against  their 

nixos          cum   vasto   gemitu ;     que     silvae    et  magnus 

«triving/0e*      with      great      groaning;       and     the  woods  and  great 

Olympus  reboant.     Nee        mos       stabulare   bellantes 

Olympus         resound.          Nor  is  it  the  custom    to  stable     the  warring  bulls 

una;         sed      alter     victus      abit,     que    exsulat    longe 

together;       but       the  one   conquered    departs,     and    goes  to  exile    far  oil' 

ignotis        ons,    multa  gemens  ignominiam,  que    plagas 

to  unknown     coasts,      much      lamenting    his  degradation,     and    the  blow* 

superbi        victoris,    turn     amores  quos   inultus      amisit; 

of  his  haughty   conqueror,      as  also  the  loves    which  unavenged  he  has  lost ; 

et      aspectans     stabula,     excessit  avitis  regnis. 

and       beholding        the  stables,     be  departs     from  his  ancestral       realms. 

Ergo       exercet      vires     omni     cura,    et    pernox    jacet 

Therefore    he  exerts  his  strength  with  all      care,      and     by  night      he  lies 

instrato         cubili  inter  dura  saxa,  pastus   hirsutis 

on  an  unspread  couch    amidst    hard    rocks,  having  fed    on  rough 

frondibus   et  acuta   carice ;    et    tentat   sese,    atque   discit 

leaves  and  prickly      sedge ;       and   he  tries  himself,      and          learns 

irasci  in     cornua,      obnixus        trunco  arbons ;  que 

to  be  angry    against   bis  horns,    striving  against   the  trunk     of  a  tree,     and 

lacessit  ventos   ictibus,   et   prolu'dit  ad  pugnam        sparsa 

assail*       the  winds  with  blows,  and   flourishes    to     the  fight  with  sprinkled 

arena.        Post,     ubi      robur      collectum,     que       vires 

•and.  Afterward*,  when  bis  strength      is  collected,          and  his  power* 

reeeptae,        movet        eigna,      que    praeceps    fertur     in 

are  recovered,   be  advance*   the  standard,    and       headlong      is  borne   upoo 


oblitum     hostem;    ut    fluctus    cum     coepit    albesrcre    in 

Jus  forgetful        foe;  as      a  wave       when  it  has  begun  to  whiten       in 

medio     ponto,    traliit  sinum  longius,  que  ex    alto    que  ut 

the  midst  of  the  sea,  draws    a  train      farther,       and   from  the  deep  and    as 

volutus  ad  terras,   sonat  immane     per      saxa,  nee  minor 

rolled  to    the  land,    sounds  wonderfully  through  the  rocks,  nor  less 

monte  ipso    procumbit;     at    ima    unda    exaestuat 

than  a  mountain     itself  falls ;  but  the  low   wave  boils 

vorticibus,      que    subjectat    nigram   arenam    alte. 

in  whirlpools,         and  raises         the  black        sand      on  high.      *'*0 

A.deo  omne  genus  in   terris,   que  hominum  que     ferarum, 

Thus      every       kind      on  the  earth,  both       of  men         and  of  wild  beasts, 

et  aequoreum  genus,  pecudes,  que   pictae  volucres,  ruunt 

and    the  watery        race,        the  flocks,     and     painted        birds,  rush 

in      furias    que  ignem :          idem  amor    omnibus.     Non 

into  the  madness  and       fire    of  love :  the  same    love    is      to  all.  Not 

alio  tempore      leaena,       oblita    catulorum,      saevior 

at  any  other      time        has  the  lioness,    forgetful    of  her  whelps,  more  savage 

erravit    in    agris ;    nee    informes     ursi    dedere        vulgo 

wandered    in    the  fields;     nor    have  deformed   bears       caused    everywhere 

tarn  multa  funera  que      stragem     per     silvas :  turn    aper 

so        many     deaths     and  such  slaughter    through  the  woods:  then  the  boar 

saevus,    turn     tigris          pessima.      Heu !      turn      male 

is    fierce,       then     the  tiger   is  most  ravenous.       Alas  1         then     unsafely 

erratur  in     solis     agris     Libyae.       Nonne   vides,    ut 

men   •  wander    in   the  lonely    fields        of  Libya.       Do  you  not      see,      how 

tremor      pertentet       tota    corpora     equorum,     si     2_~ 

trembling    thrills  through       all        the  bodies      of  the  horses,       if  ** 

(an turn   odor     attulit         notas       auras  ?     Ac  jam  .  neque 

only  smell   has  brought  the  well  known    air?          And  "now       neither 

fraena   virum,  neque  saeva  verbera,  non  scopuli  que   cavje 

the  reins  of  men,       nor         cruel       lashes,       nor       clifls        and     hollow 

rupes,   atque   objecta    flumina,    torquentia      monies    cor- 

rocks,         and      intervening     streams,       twisting  down     mountains    borne 

reptos       unda      retardant     eos.       Sabellicus     sus     ipse 

away       by  the  wave        retard  them.       The  Sabellian      boar  himsel! 

ruit,       que  exacuit  denies,  et  prosubigit  terram          pede, 

rushes  out,  and   sharpens    his  teeth,  and     tears  up       the  earth  with  his  foot, 

fricat    costas    arbore,  atque  durat    humeros     hinc   atque 

he  rubs     his  ribs  with  a  tree,    and     hardens  his  shoulders  on  this  side    and 

illinc     ad   vulnera.  Quid       juvenis      cui      durus     amor 

on  that      to       wounds.      What  does  the  youth      on  whom    cruel  love 

versat    magnum    ignem  in  ossibus  ?  nempe  serus      caecd 

exercises   its  powerful        fire       in     his  bones?  why  indeed  late  in 'he  dark 

noete    natat       freta,     turbata    abruptis     procellis,    super 

night     he  swims  the  straits,  disturbed     by  bursting        storms,  over 

quern      ingens     porta      coeli     tonat,     et     aequora 

whom        the  great       gate     of  heaven  thunders,   and        the  seas 


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illisa  scopulis    reclamant :     nee    possum       misen 

dashed  against          rocks  resound  •  nor          can       his  miserable 

parentes  revocare,          nee      virgo      moritura          super 

parents  recall  Aim,     nor       the  maid       about  to  die  on  account  o. 

crudeli  funere.    Quid         variae   lynccs  Bacchi,   et       acre 

his  cruel       death.       What    do  the  spotted  lynxes   of  Bacchus,  and  the  fierco 

genus  luporum  atque  canum  ?         quid  cervi,    quae  proelia 

race        of  wolves        and        of  dogs     dot     what  the  stags,  what   contest! 

imbelles          dant?  Scilicet    ante      omnes   furor   equarum 

dothey  being  weak  give?    Truly  in  comparison  of  all    the  madness    of  mare* 

est    insignis :    et  Venus  ipsa     dedit          mentem,      quo 

is       distinguished:  and    Venus    herself  has  given  this  disposition,  at  what 

tempore  Potniades  quadrigae  absumpsere  membra     Glauci 

time  the  Potnian         marcs  consumed         the  limbs      ofGlaucua 

malis.  Amor  ducit  illas  trans  Gargara,  que  trans  sonan- 

wi th  their  jaws.      Love    leads   them  across    Gargarua,    and    over       there- 

tern      Ascanium :  superant      monies,     et     tranant 

founding    Ascanius:    they  bound  over  the  mountains,  and  swim  over 

flumina;  que    continue    ubi  ilamma       subdita  avidis 

the  rivers;      and    immediately  when    the  flame    is  conveyed  to  their  greedy 

medullis,    magis       vere       (quia     calor     redit        ossibus 

marrow,  rather   in  the  spring  (because   the  heat     returns  to  their  bones 

vere)  omnes  illae    versae    in    Zephyrum  ore, 

in  the  spring)       all       they      turning     to     the  west  wind  with  their  mouth. 

stant      altis     rupibus,   que  exceptant     leves     auras ;    et 

stand    on  the  high     rocks,          and  await        the  gentle       gales;,  and 

saepe      sine       ullis    conjugiis  gravidae  vento, 

often       without        any       cohabitation       becoming  pregnant   by  the  wind. 

mirabile     dictu,     diffugiunt    per    saxa    et    scopulos,    et 

wonderful       to  be  told,         they  fly        over    rocks     and          dills,        and 

depressas   convalles ;    non    tuos,  Eure,    neque    ad 

sunken  valleys;  not     to  thy  domains,  O  Eurus,         nor  to 

ortus        Solis,     in       Boream       que   Caurum, '  aut   unde 

the  rising   of  the  sun,   to     the  north  wind     and      west  wiad,      or     whence 

nigerrimus    Auster    nascitur,  et  contristat  ccelum    pluvio 

the  darkest       south  wind         arises,       and       saddens       the  sky  with  rainy 

OCA     frigore.       Hinc     demum      lentum      virus,     quod 

*  cold.  Hence        at  length         a  ductile       poison,       which. 

pastores  dicunt  hippomanes     vero     nomine,  destillat      ab 

shepherds       call  hippomanes      by  its  true       name,        distils          from 

inguine,    hippomanes,  quodseepe  malae  novercae        legere 

their  groin,        hippomanes,      which  often    wicked  stepmothers  have  gathered 

que    miscuerunt  herbas     et     non    innoxia    verba. 

and  mingled  among        herbs       and       not        harmless        words. 

Sed         interea        tempus  fugit,   fugit   irreparabile,   duo» 

But       in  the  mean  while       time         flies,      it  flies     irrecoverably,       while 

capti        am  ore    vectamur   circum     singula.  Hoc 

cu  pawled     by  love     we  are  born*       around        particular  tubject$.       This 


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satis      armentis.  Altera  pars   curse    superat,  agitarc 

is  enough     for  herds.      Another   part  of  our  care  exceeds  it,  namely,  to  manage 

lanigeros       greges,    que    hirtas   capellas.      Hie       labor: 

the  wool-bearing    flocks,        and       rough          goats.  This   is     labour 

fortos         coloni     sperate   laudem       hinc.          Nee    sum 

0  hardy       husbandmen      expect         praise         from  hence.         Nor        ami 

dubius  animi,  quam  magnum  sit       vincere    ea 

doubtful    intnmd,     how        great         a  task   ilia         to  excel     these  themes 

verbis,   et   addere   hunc  honorem   angustis    rebus. 

in  words,  and     \o  add        this       ornament        to  mean      subjects.      *»U 

Sed  dulcis  amor  raptat  me    per    ardua    deserta  Parnassi ; 

But       sweet     love     hurries    me   through  the  high      deserts     of  Parnassus; 

juvat          ire          jugis,         qua  nulla  orbita         priorum 

it  delights  me  to  go  through  the  heights,  where  no         path  of  my  predecessors 

divertitur    molli     clivo       Castaliam.  Nunc   Pales 

turns  by  gentle  declension    to  the  Castalian   stream.       Now      O  Pales 

veneranda,  nunc       sonandum      magno       ore.     Incipiens, 

\o  be  revered,      now  to  be  sung        in  a  great     strain.        Beginning 

edico         oves     carpere  herbam  in  mollibus  stabulis,  dum 

1  command  ihe  sheep     to  eat  grass       in          soft  stables,       until 

mox    frondosa    sestas      redueitur ;       et     sternere    duram 

presently  the  leafy       summer        is  restored ;          and       to  spread      the  hard 

humum     multa     slipula,  que     manipulis      filicum  subter, 

ground        with  much       straw,      and       with  bundles        of  fern  under 

no    frigida  glacies     laedat     molle    pecus,  que     ferat 

them,   lest      the  cold        ice       may  injure  the  gentle     flock,     and     produce 

scabieru  que  turpes  podagras.        Post,         digressus     „„„ 

the  SCJ.D       and      filthy         gouts.          Afterwards,  having  departed      """ 

hinc,  jubeo       sufficere  frondentia  arbuta      capris. 

from  t  ji   matter,  I  command       to  supply        leafy  arbutes  to  the  goals, 

et    ^7?ebere  recentes  fluvios,  et  opponere       stabula 

and  .  M-  furnish  to  them        fresh       streams,     and      to  build        their  stables 

a        ventis,         hiberno   Soli  conversa     ad     medium 

soft  txom      the  winds,       to  the  winter   sun        turned         toward     the  mid- 

diev  ;  cum  jam  olim  frigidus         Aquarius  cadit, 

day     (i  e  the  south);  when    now  at  last   the  cold     sign     Aquarius        sets, 

qvy-  irrorat     extremo       anno.      Has  quoque  tuendae 

an-*     bedews   the  extremity   of  the  year.    These       also        are  to  be  guarded 

n<7-  is   non   leviore  cura  ;  nee  erit    usus  minor ; 

by  .s     with  no     lighter      care    than  the  sheep ;   nor    will   their  use    be  less, 

c  amvis  Milesia  vellera,  incocta  Tyrios  rubores,  mutentur 

»    nough       Milesian     fleeces,       steeped    in  Tyrian       red,       should  be  sold 

y^agno.  Soboles  hinc  densior, 

lor  a  greatprjce.    The  offspring  (i.  e.from  the  goats')  from  hence  more  numerous, 

hinc  copia         largi     lactis.     Quammagis    mulctra  spuma- 

hence  a  supply    of  abundant    milk.  The  more        the  milk  pail        shall 

verit         exhausto       ubere,  laeta  flumina  magis  manabunt 

foam      from  their  exhausted   udder,  joyous     streams    the  more       shall  flow 


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pressis  mammis.      Nee  minus  interea 

from  their  pressed        dugs.  Nevertheless     in  the  mean  tima 

tondent  barbas,    que    incana    menta   que   comantes-selas 

they  shear    the  beards,    and         hoary         chins         and         flowing     bristles 

Cinyphii         hirci,    in    usura     castrorum,    et      velamina 

of  the  Cinyphian     goat,       for    the  use  of  camps,        and  coverings 

miseris          nautis.     Pascuntur  vero     silvas,      et  siunma 

for  the  wretched    Bailors.       They  are  fed    indeed  in  the  woods,  and  lofty 

Lycaei,     que   horrentes    lubos,  et  dumos   amanles 

keights  of  Lycceus,     and       on  rough       brambles,  and     bushes  loving 

ardua.  Atque  ipsae,  memores,  redeunt   in          tecta, 

high         places.         And       they,        mindful,          return        to  their  shelters, 

que  ducunt  suos,  et  vix      superant      limen  gra- 

and      lead  out     their  young,  and  hardly     do  they  pass  the  entrance  with  thcii 

vido  ubere.      Ergo       avertes      glaciem  que  nivales  ventos 

heavy    udder.       Therefore  you  will  keep  off  the  ice       and    snowy         winds 

omni          studio,    quo  minus      est    illis     egestas  mortalis 

with  every        care,  inasmuch  as     there  is  to  them     a  want      of  human 

~yn     curae :    -que    laetus         feres         victum,   et   virgea 

*"       attention :   and       gladly      will  you  bring         food,       and        osier 

pabula,  nee   claudes  foenilia         tota        bruma. 

fodder,          nor      shut  out     from  them    hayracks  through  the  whole    winter. 

At    vero,    cum    laeta    aestas,  Zephyris    vocantibus, 

But     indeed,    when  the  joyful  summer  arrives,  the  west  winds  invoking, 

mittes    utrumque    gregem    in    sallus    atque   in    pascua ; 

do  you  send         each  flock         to     the  lawns     and         to  the  pastures ; 

cum   primo   sidere  Luciferi,    carpamus   frigida   rura  dum 

with      the  first       star       of  Lucifer,      let  us  graze     the  cold      fields     while 

mane         novum,  dnm  gramina  canent,  et  ros,  gratissimus 

the  morning     is  fresh,    'while    the  grass    is  white,  and  the  dew,  most  grateful 

pecori,       est  in  tenera  herba.     Inde,   ubi     quarta    hora 

to  the  flock,     is      on  the  tender   plant.  Then,    when    the  fourth      hour 

cceli  collegerit          sitim,   et     querulae      cica- 

of  the  orb  of  heaven  shall  have  brought  on    thirst,     and  the  complaining  grass- 

dae     rumpent  arbusta       cantu  ;       jubeto  greges  ad  puteos, 

hoppers  shall  burst  the  groves  with  their  song ;  command  the  herds  to  the  wells, 

««n     aut  ad  alta  stagna,  potare  undam  currentem     ilignis 

"«*"      or      to  the  deep  pools,     to  drink     water          running      in  wooden 

canalibus ;  at     mediis      aestibus          exquirere  umbrosam 

troughs;  but  in  the  meridian     heats    command  to  seek  out  a  shady 

vallern,      sicubi     magna  quercus     Jovis,     antique  robore, 

vale,  wherever     the  great        oak         of  Jupiter,    of  ancient    firmness, 

tendat  ingentes  ramos,  aut  sicubi   nemus,  nigrum    crebris 

extends     its  great     branches,    or     wherever    a  grove,       black       with  thick 

ilicibus,  accubet    sacra,     umbra ;   turn  dare  tenues  aquas 

holm  oaks,  hangs  over  with  sacred     shade;        then    to  give    shallow     waters 

rursus,     et    pascere    rursus    ad    occasum      Solis,      cum 

again,          and  to  feed  them     again       at       the  setting     of  the  sun,     when 


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fitgidus  Vesper  temperat  aera,  et  jam  roscida  Luna  reficit 

Che  cola       evening       tempers      the  air,  and  now    the  dewy  moon  refreshed 

saltus,      que    litora     resonant      halcyonem,     et         dumi 

the  lawns,    and    the  shores      resound      to      the  halcyon        and    the  bushes 

acanthida.     Quid      prosequar       tibi     versu,      pastores 

to  the  nightingale.      Why     should  I  describe    to  you    in  song,    the  shepherds 

Libyae,     quid      pascua,     et     mapalia      habitata         raris 

of  Libya,       why      the  pastures,    and       cottages          inhabited  in  scattered 

tectis  ?      Saepe       pecus  pascitur  diem  que  noctem,     34Q 

dwellings?    Often  their  flock          is  fed         day       and  night, 

et     totum     mensem   ex  ordine,  itque     in   longa  deserta 

and  the  whole        month          in      order,       and  goes  into  the  long      deserts 

sine    ullis    hospitiis ;    tantum    campi     jacet.  Afer 

without  any  places  of  shelter;  so  much  of  the  plain  lies  around.    The  African 

armentarius  agit  omnia    secum,    que  tectum   que         La- 

herdsman  bears  all  things    with  him,     both    hip  bouse     and   his  house- 

rem,       que    arma  que  Amyclaeum    canem,  que   Cressam 

hold  god,    and    his  arms  and      his  Amycliau          dog,         and       bis  Cretan 

pharetram ;    non     secus    ac     acer    Romanus,    in     patriis 

quiver;  not     otherwise  than  the  bold        Roman,          in    his  native 

armis,  cum   carpit    viam     sub       injusto    fasce,  et   castris 

arms,      when    he  take?  his  way  beneath  an  unequal      load,     and  his  camp 

positis       ante  exspectatum  hosti,    stat     in   agmine.  At 

being  pitched  before    he  is  expected  by  the  foe,  stands  before  his  troop.    But  it  is 

non   qua    Scythiae    gentes    que  Maeotica  unda,  et     Ister 

not  so  where  the  Scythian  nations  are  and   the  Maeotic     wave,   and  the  Ister 

turbidus,    et  torquens   flaventes    arenas ;    que    qua       ~,.~ 

troubled,         and    turning         its  yellow       sands ;          and  where         «>OU 

Rhodope    porrecta      sub      medium     axem     redit:     illic 

fthodope  stretching      beneath      the  middle        axis        returns:      there 

tenent    armenta  clausa  stabulis ;    neque      aut  ullae  herbae 

they  hold  their  herds     shut  up    in  stables ;    neither  does  either  any         grass 

apparent  campo,    aut  frondes         arbore ;      sed  terra  jacet 

appear       on  the  plain,  or  do  leaves  appear  on  the  trees ;    but  the  earth      lies 

late  informis    niveis-   aggeribus,    et    alto    gelu,    que 

far  around     deformed    with  snowy      mounds,         and     deep      frast,         and 

assurgit  in  septem  ulnas.   Semper  hiems,  semper         Cauri 

rises  to     seven         ells.    It  is  always     winter,    always  the  west  winds 

spirantes    frigora.     Turn     Sol       baud  unquam    discutit 

•re  breathing         cold.  Then     the  sun      does  not       ever  scatter 

pallentes  umbras  ;  nee  cum  invectus    equis,     petit     altum 

the  pale  shades;    neither  when      borne        by  horses,  he  goes  to  the  lofty 

aethera ;     nee    cum      lavit      praecipitem      currum      rubro 

*ky;  nor      when    he  bathes         his  swift  chariot     in  the  red 

aequore  Oceani.     Subitae   cnistae  concrescunt  in      currenti 

surface    of  the  ocean.      Sudden       crusts  harden  on      the  running 

flumine :     jamque     unda    sustinet    ferratos    orbes     ^R(. 

•tream :  and  now    the  wave      upholds  iron          wheels      "Oil 


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iergo,  ilia        hospita    prius    patulis  puppibus,  nune 

on  its  surface,    that  wave    friendly       before      to  broad          ships,  no* 

plaustris.     Que        aera         dissiliunt      vulgo,     que  vestcs 

to  wagons.         And     brass  vessels   burst  asunder  everywhere,    and      dressei 

imlutec  rigescunt,  que      cacdunt         humida  vina  securibus, 

put  on         grow  stiff,      and  men  cut  up    the  once  liquid      wine        with  axes, 

et  totae    lacunae    vertere    in  solidam  glaciem,  que  horrida 

and   all     the  ditches  have  turned  to        solid  ice,          and    the  rough 

stiria      induruit         impexis     barbis.        Interea        ningit 

icicle      has  grown  hard     on  uncombed     beard*.    In  the  mean  time  it  snow* 

non  secius          toto        ae're  ;    pecudes  intereunt ;   magna 

not        less     through  the  whole  sky;  flocks  die;  great 

corpora   bourn   slant  circumfusa  pruinis ;    que  cervi  con- 
bodies         of  cattle    stand     surrounded        by  frost;       and      stags        in  a 

ferto     agmine,  torpent  nova  mole   et    vix     exstant 

crowded      band,    are  benumbed  under  the  new  load     and  hardly    stand  out 

«>7ft     summis       cornibus.  Non  agitant  hos  canibus 

"'"      with  the  tops  of  their  horns.    Jlfen  do  not     chase     these   with  dogs 

immissis,    non     ullis    cassibus,     ve     pavidos    formidine 

let  loose,  nor     with  any       nets,  or       frightened  by  dread 

puniceae     pennoe :  sed  cominus  obtruncant  ferro 

of  the  crimson  feather:      but      forthwith      they  butcher  them  with  the  sword 

frustra   trudentes    oppositum   montem  pectore  ; 

in  vain      pushing  on       the  opposing      mountain  of  snow   with  their  breast; 

que  caedunt        rudentes  graviter ;  et  lasti   reportant 

and      they  kill  them      braying     grievously;  and  joyful     they  bear  them   off 

magno     clamore.  Ipsi      agunt   secura     otia  in 

with  a  great   outcry.     The  Scythians  themselves  spend  undisturbed  leisure  in 

defossis  specubus  sub      alta  terrft,  advolvere  que  congests 

excavated       caves     beneath  the  deep  earth,  they  have  rolled  both       collected 

robora  que  totas  ulmos     focis      que  dedere          igni :     hie 

oaks         and    whole   elms  to  the  hearths,  and  committed  them  to  the  fire:  here 

ducunt    noctem   ludo ;    et    laeti     imitantur  pocula      vitea 

they  spend    the  night    in  sport    and   joyful     they  imitate    potions    of    wine 

_Rn     fermento  atque   acidis      sorbis.      Talis       efTroena 

oOU      with  beer         and          sour     service-berries.      Such  an  ungoverned 

gens      viriim,      subjecta      Hyperboreo  septemtrioni, 

race  of  men,        lying  under         the  northern    constellation  of  the  bears, 

tunditur     Riphaeo         Euro,    et     corpora    velantur       fill- 
is  beaten    by  the  Riphxan   east  wind,  and    their  bodies   are  clothed  with  the 

vis    setis  pecudum.     Si      lanicium         tibi  curae,  primum 

tawny  hair       of  cattle.  If  cloth  manufacture  is  ya>ir  care,  first 

aspera         silva,  que    lappae     que  tribuli      absint;       fuge 

let  the  rough    wood,     and         burs        and     thistles      be  far  away ;      avoid 

la?ta   pabula ;    que    continuo   lege    albos   greges  mollibus 

rich         fodder;         and         nt  first        select      white       flocks          \vihsnfi 

vulis.     Autem  quamvis    aries  '  ipse   sit    candidus,    rejice 

fleece*.  But         although     the  ram  himself  be  white.  reject 


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:llura,    cui    tantum  nigra  lingua  subest     udo    palalo,  ne 

turn,       to  whom    only        a  black    tongue  lies  under  his  moist  •  palate,     lest 

infuscet         vellera     nascentfim  pullis  maculis,  que 

be  should  stain  the  fleeces       of  the  young  lambs  with  dark      spots,          and 

circumspice     alium         pleno     campo..     Sic    Pan     oqft 

look  about  for  another      in  the  full       field.  Thus      Pan      **yU 

Deus  Arcadiae  fefellit  te,   Luna,  captam  •  niveo   munere 

the  god  of  Arcadia   deceived   thee,  O  moon,  captivated  by  the  snowy  offering 

lanae  (si  est  dignum  credere),  vocans         in  alta  nemora ; 

of  wool  (if  it  is     worthy       to  believe),   inviting  thee    to  the  deep      groves; 

nec    tu     aspernata    vocanlem.      At  ipse       cui        amor 

nor  didst  thou    despise    Aim    invoking  thee.  But  let  him  to  whom  is  the  love 

lactis,  ferat  cytisum  que      lotos       frequentes,  que  salsas 

of  milk,  bring       cytisus       and    water-lilies   in  great  plenty,   and       salted 

herbas  praesepibus.         Hinc         et   amant    fluvios  magis, 

herbs  to  the  stalls.      From  this  cause  both  they  love  the  rivers       more, 

et  magis  tendunt    ubera,     et  referunt    occultum  saporem 

and  more       extend      their  udders,  and  bring  back      the  secret  taste 

salis  in  lacte.  Jam  multi  prohibent  excretos  hffidos  a  matri- 

of  salt  in  the  milk    Now    many    keep  away    the  grown        kids  from    their 

bus,    que  praefiguntprima      ora          capistris          ferratis. 

mothers,  and  they  fasten  thefroutof  their  mouths  with  muzzles  armed  with  iron. 

Quod      mulsere         die  surgente  que         horis 

That  which   they  have  milked  the  day   arising        and   in  the  hours 

diurnis  premunt     nocte :        quod  jam  tenebris, 

of  day    they  coagulate  at  night,  that  which     now  they  milk  in  the  darkness, 

et      sole       cadente,     pastor    exportans      calathis       sub 

and   the  sun          setting,    the  shepherd  bearing  it  off   in  milk  vessels    about 

lucem,    adit   oppida  ;  aut  contingunt  parco  sale, 

daylight,   goes  to  the  towns ;    or     they  season  it  with  a  small  portion  of  salt, 

que  reponunt   hiemi.      Nec    cura  canum  fuerit  postrema 

and       lay  it  up    for  winter.    Nor  let  the  care  of  dogs        be  last 

tibi ;    sed  una  pasce  veloces  catulos  Spartae,  que    acrem 

to  you;    but  at  once     feed       the  swift     whelps     of  Sparta,    and  the  strong 

Molossum      pingui     sero.     Nunquam,   illis     custodibus, 

Moloesian    dog    with  rich     whey.  Never,  they  being  your  guards, 

horrebis        nocturnum     furem      stabulis,    que     incursus 

shall  you  dread     the  nightly  thief       in  the  stables,    and      the  ravages 

luporum  ;  aut  impacatos  Iberos  a  tergo.     Ssepe 

of  wolves;        or         restless       Spaniards  attacking  you,    behind.  Often 

etiam     agitabis         timidos     onagros     cursu,     et  leporem 

also      you  shall  pursue     the  cowardly  wild  asses  in  the  chase,  And      the  hare 

canibus,     venabere     daraas     canibus.     Saepe    tur- 

with  dogs,     you  shall  hunt  the  hinds      with  dogs.        Often        you 

babis  latratu  apros       pulsos      silvestribus 

thall  disturb    with  the  barking  of  dogs  boars          banished        from  their  wild 

volutabris,  agens,       que   per    altos    montes  premes 

dens,  'driving  them,  and  through  the  lofty  mountains  you  shall  pursue 


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uigentem  cervum  ad  retia     clamore.        Disce    et  accen- 

the  huge  stag       to  the  toils  with  a  shout.          Learn      aiso  to 

deie    odoratam    cedrum     stabulis,      que     agitare     graves 

Uurn        the  odorous        cedar       in  the  stables,     and     to  drive  off   offensive 

chelydros         nidore  Galbaneo.        Saepe        sub 

wa'.er-snakes     with  the  scent     of  gum     Galbanum.  Often      beneath 

immotis       praesepibus,   aut    vipera,   mala       tactu,      deli- 

the  permanent         BtalU,  either    the  viper,  injurious  by  its  touch,      has 

tuit,       que  exterrita,  fugit  coelum ;    aut    coluber 

Iain  hid,     and     frightened,      fled     the  light  of  heaven;         or       the  snake 

aeerba   pestis   bourn,  assuetus  succedere    tecto    et  umbrae, 

the  cruel     plague    of  cattle,  accustomed  to  approach  the  house  and       shade, 

que  aspergere   virus     pecori,       fovit     humum.       Pastor. 

and        scatter          poison  In  the  flock,  lies  close  to  the  ground.     O  shepherd, 

420     caPe  saxa      manu,      caperobora;  que   dejice 

*^"      take    stones   in  your  hand,    seize       clubs;       and      strike       Aim 

tollentem  minus,     et    tumentem  sibila      colla ; 

down      raising    himself  in    his  anger,    and         swelling    his  hissing        neck ; 

jamque  fuga    abdidit  timidum  caput  alte,  cum  medii 

and  now    Inflight  he  has  hid   his  fearful     head  deeply,  when  his  intermediate 

nexus  que     agmina      extremae      caudae     solvuntur,    que 

joints       and     the  windings  of  the  extremity  of  his  tail    are  uncoiled,         and 

ultimus     sinus  trahit  tardos  orbes.    Est  etiam  ille     mains 

the  farthest  curvature  drags    his  slow  spires.    There  is    also     that  pernicious 

anguis   in    Calabris    saltibus,    convolvens   squamea  terga 

snake        in   the  Calabrian       forests,  rolling  its  sc.aly          back 

sublato     pectore,  atque  maculosus  lohgam  alvum  grandibus 

with  uplifted    breast,       and  spotted  as  to  its  long      belly        with  large 

notis ;    qui,     dum  ulli   amnes  rumpuntur  fomibus, 

marks;      which,    while    any      brooka  burst  from  their  fountains. 

et     dum    terrae    madeht        udo         vere     ac   pluvialibus 

and"  while   the  lands     are  wet     by  the  moist      spring     and  the  rainy 

Austris,     colit     stagna,    que  habitans    ripis,  hie  rnprobus 

south  winds,  dwells   in  the  pools,  and    inhabiting  the  hanks,  he  .greedy 

explet    atram    ingluviem    piscibus    que   loquacibus 

*""      fills          his  black          maw  with  fish       and  noisy 

ranis.     Postquam     palus     exhausta  que   terrae    dehiscunt 

frogs.  After  the  marsh  is  drained      and     the  lands       gape  wide 

ardore,  exsilit       in         siccum,         et  torquens  flam- 

with  drought,    he  darts  out    upon      the  dry  ground,     and     rolling  hi* 

mantia  lumina,  ssevit        agris,  que  asper     siti,     atque 

fiery  eyes,       rages     through  the  fields,  both     mad    with  thirst,      and 

exterritus     aestu.       Turn         ne         libeat*  mihi    carpere 

frightened      by  the  heat.       Then        let  it  not       please        me  to  enjoy 

molles   somnos      sub  dio,       neu    jacuisse         doiso 

gentle        slumbers       beneath     the  open  air,    nor        to  lie  at  the  edgo 

nemoris   per   herbas,   cum     novus,    exuviis  positis, 

of  a  grove,     on     the  grass,     when  he  renewed,   ins  stem       oeing  laid  a«u<J« 


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que    nitidus    juven'JL,   relinquens   aut   catulos    aut      ova 

and        ehiniag       in  youth,         leaving        either  young  ones    or          egga 

tectis,         volvitur     arduus  ad  solera,    et    micat        trisul- 

in  his  den,   *  he  rolls  on      rising      to   the  sun,     and  brandishes     bis  three- 

cis        Jinguis         ore.  Docebo        te    quoque 

forked        tongue       in  his  mouth.    1  will  instruct     you     '        also 

causas         et    signa    morborum.      Turpis    ecabies    tental 

in  the  causes   and     signs          of  diseases.          The  foul  scab  taint* 

oves,      ubi   frigidus  imber     persedit    altius  ad  vivum,   et 

the  sheep,  when     the  cold    shower  has  penetrated  deeply   to   the  quick,  and 

bruma    horrida      cano     gelu ;    vel   cum   sudor       illotus 

the  winter    rough       with  hoary     frost;       or      when  the  sweat     unwashed 

adhaesit  tonsis,        et    hirsuli    vepres      eecuerunt 

cleaves        to  them  being  sheared,     and    the  rude       briars       have  lacerated 

corpora.       Llcirco,       mai'istri       perfundunt      omne 

their       bodies.  Therefore,  the  chief  shepherds         bathe  the  entire 

pecus  dulcibus  fluviis,  que     aries         udis     villis  mersatur 

flock       in  the  sweet    rivers,     and     the  ram      "with  moist  fleece     is  plunged 

in  gurgite,  ,que     missus         defluit       secundo     amni ;  aut 

in     the  pool,    and   being  sent  away  floats  down    the  favouring    stream;     or 

conlingunt    tonsum   corpus     tristi     amurca,    et     miscent 

they  smear  the  shorn        body     with  bitter  lees  of  oil,     and  intermingle 

spumas  argenti  que   viva  sulphura,   que   Idaeas   pices,    el 

litharge  and      fresh      sulphur,        and       Idean       pitch,    and 

ceras     pingues      unguine,      que     scillam,       que     ,-~ 

wax  rich  in  ointment, .      and      the  sea  leak          and 

graves   helleboros,  que    nigrum    bitumen.      Tamen    noil 

offensive       hellebore,        and          black  bitumen.  Yet       neither 

est       ulla  magis  praesens  fortuna         laborum,         quam    si 

is  there   any     more         ready          relief        of  their  sufferings,        than       if 

quis     potuit  rescindere  summum     os      u^ceris         Ferro : 

anyone   could  '        cutoff  the  outward  opening  of  the  ulcer  witha  knife: 

vitiura       alitur      que  vivit       tegendo,         dum        pastor 

the  disorder  is  nourished  and  grow's  by  being  concealed,    while    the  shepherd 

abnegat  adhibere,  medicas  manus  ad  vulnera,  et         sedet 

refuses         to  apply        his  healing     hands     to  the  wounds,' and     jpjlsdown 

poscens       Deos       omnia     meliora.  Quin   etiam 

asking          of  the  Gods  all  better        things.  But  even 

cum     dolor      lapsus    ad       ima       ossa     balantum, 

when    the  disease     gliding       to     the  inmost    bones    of  the  bleating    sheep, 

furit,    atque    arida     febris    depascitur     artus,  profuit 

rages,       and       a  burning    fever        feeds  upon      'their  limba,  it  has  availed 

avertere    incensos  eestus,   et  ferire  venam   salientem   san- 

lo  drive  out  the  kindling    heat,      also  to  strike  a  vein          spouting        with 

guine  inter     ima  pedis ;      quo      more  Bi-     ,fio 

blood     between  the  lowest  parts  of  the  foot ,  by  which    method   the      *°1' 

saltae        solent,  que    acer  Gelonus,  cum  fugit  in 

liiealtie  were  accustomed  tc  bleed,  ami  the  brave   Geloniua     when  he  flnei  tu 


104 
Rhodopen  atque  in  Uescrta  Getarum,  et  potat  lac  concrelum 

Rhodupe  and     to  the  deserts  of  the €eta:,  and  drinks  milk         thickened 

cum    equino    sanguine.         Quam  videris,        aul 

with        horses'  blood.  Whatever   sheep   you  should  BCO,  either 

succedere  saepius    molli     umbrae   aut  carpentem    summas 

to  withdraw   ofiener     to  the  soft      shade        or          cropping  the  tojis 

herbas        ignavius,       que    extremam    sequi,  aul 

of  the  grass   more  slothfully,      and         the  last          to  follow     the  flock,      or 

pascentem  procumbere      medio      campo,      et   solam 

hf.n        feeding  to  lie  down       in  the  midst   of  the  plain,  and      alone 

decedere  serae    nocti,   continue  compesce  culpam 

to  depart        late      at  night,     forthwith       restrain        the  fault       (mischief) 

ferro  priusquam     dira     contagia    serpant     per     in- 

with  the  steel  before         the  dread    contagion        creeps       through    the 

._,.     cautum    vulgus.          Turbo,         agens       hiemem, 

*^       unguarded      flock.  A  whirlwind,        driving          on  a  storm, 

non      ruit  tarn  creber   aequore,    quam  multae  pestes 

does  not  rush     so    frequent  from  the  sea,     aa      there  art     many     plagues 

pecudutn.     Nee    morbi  corripiunt  singula  corpora,        sed 

of  cattle.  Nor   do  diseases    seize  upon      single        bodies     only,    but 

tola    sestiva    repente,  que  spem  que  gregem  simul 

entire  summer  folds  suddenly,  and  the  hope  (i.e.  tke  lambs)  and  the  nock   atones 

que  cunctam  gentem  ab     origine.      Turn     sciat 

and  all  the  race  from  the  first  breed.    Then  he  may  know  thelruthtf 

si  quis  nunc  quoque,  tanto  post, 

this  if  Any  one  even  now     also,    at  so  great  appaceof  time  since  the  laying  waste, 

videat          aerias    Alpes,   et    Norica  castella  in 

should  view      the  airy        Alps,     and   the  Noric   (Bavarian)     castles        on 

tumulis,   et    arva    lapidis     Timavi,  que   deserta      regna 

the  hills,       and  the  fields  of  lapidian    Timavus,      and  the  deserted  kingdoms 

pastorum,       et  saltus      vacantes       longe  que  late.     Hie 

of  the  shepherds,  and  the  lawns     made  vacant          far       and     wide.       Here 

quondam       tempestas  miseranda       coorta    est, 

formerly  a  storm        In  its  effect*   to  be  dreaded  arose. 

morbo  cceli,    que       incanduit  toto         aestu 

from  the  corruption  of  the  air,  and     became  inflamed  through  the  whole     heat 

autumni ;  et  dedit  omne  genus  pecudum,  omne 

.of  autumn;   and  gave     every       kind        of  cattle,       every      kind 

ferarum    .  neci,    que  corrupit    lacus,         infecit    pabula 

of  wild  beast  to  death,    and     corrupted     the  lakes,  and    tainted     the  fodder 

tabo.  Nee    erat      via     mortis     simplex ;    sed    ubi 

with  poison.        Nor      waa      the  way    of  death     uncomplicated ;  but    when 

ignea    sitis,      acta      omnibus      venis,     adduxerat    mise- 

the  fiery  thirst,  driven  through       all  their  veins,  had  contracted       their 

ros        artus,  rursus  fluidus  liquor  abundabat ;  que  trahebat 

wretched  limbs,     again       a  fluid     moisture     abounded ;       and        reduced 

omnia     ossa     collapsa    morbo    minutatim   in  se.       Ssepe 

all         their  bones    fallen          by  disease       piecemeal     together.          Often 


105 
in   medio       lionore      Deum,      hostia     stans     ad    aram 

in    the  midst  of  the  worship  of  the  Gods,   the  victim   standing     at  the  altar 

dum    lanea    infula  circumdatur  nivea  vitta, 

while  the  woollen   fillet      is  bound  about  its  temples  with  a  snowy  head-band, 

cecidit,    moribunda     inter     ounctantes     ministros.       Aut 

has  fallen,     ready  to  die      between      the  delaying          sacrificers.  Or 

si     sacerdos     mactaverat     quam  ante,  inde 

if        the  priest  had  slain  any     victim    before  it  had  fallen,    then 

neque      altaria       ardent,      fibris  impositis,      ,g~ 

neither     do  the  altars         burn,         its  fibres  being  placed  on  them,      *a" 

nec  potest  vates,     consultus,  reddere  responsa ;  ac      cultri 

nor       can    the  prophet,, being  consulted,  utter         replies;        and  the  knivea 

suppositi,       vix     tinguntur  sanguine,  que  sumraa     arena 

being  laid  aside,  hardly     are  tinged      with  blood,      and     the  top   of  the  sand 

infuscatur      jejuna       sanguine.       Hinc      vituli        vulgo 

is  stained  with  sickly  blood.  Hence     the  calves  everywhere 

moriuntur  in      laetis       herbis,  et  reddunt  dulces  animas 

die  upon  the  abundant    grass,      and      yield      their  sweet        lives 

ad  plena  praesepia.     Hinc  rabies     venit    blandis  canibus, 

at     the  full       stalls.  Hence  madness      conies   to  the  kindly          dogs, 

et     anhela     tussis    quatit    aegros    sues,     ac     angit 

and    a  panting      cough       shakes    the  sickly   swine,      and     tortures    them 

obesis         faucibus.     Equus,  victor,    labitur  infelix, 

with  swelled     throats.          The  horse,  once  a  conqueror,      falls        unhappy 

immemor     studiorum    atque      herbae ;     que          avertitur 

unmindful         of  his  laboars       and       of  the  grass;     and    he  is  averse  from 

fontes,  et   crebra    ferit      terrain       pede ;          aures 

the  fountains,    and      often       strikes      the  earth     with  his  foot ;       his  ears 

demissae,         incertus         sudor     ibidem,     et     ille     ,.„» 

are  let  down,     an  intermitting        sweat    is    there,         and     that      "IP" 

quidem   frigidus          morituris ;  pellis      aret     et        dura 

indeed     is     cold    on  horses  about  to  die ;     his  skin   is  parched  and  being  hard 

ad  tactum,  resistit  tractanti.      Dant     haec   signa      primis 

to    the  touch,      resists  one  feeling  it.    They  offer    these  symptoms  in  the  first 

diebus  ante  exitium.     Sin   in     processu          morbus 

days  of  sickness  before      death.         Bat  if  in         progress  of  time  the  disease 

coepit      crudescere,   turn     vero     oculi       ardentes,   atque 

has  begun  to  grow  worse,     then      indeed     their  eyea  are    inflamed,         and 

spiritus,     attractus     ab     alto,  interdum  gravis 

their  breath,  being  drawn    from  the  depth  of  their  breast,  is  sometimes      loaded 

gemitu,       que     ima       ilia  tendunt  \ongo  singultu, 

with  groaning,  and  theirinmost  entrails  distend  themselves  with  a  long          sob, 

ater  sanguis      it          naribus,       et    aspera  lingua  premit 

black      blood       proceeds  from  their  nostrils,  and  their  rough  tongue      presses 

obsessas     fauces.    Profuit  infundere  Lenaeos 

their  straitened  jaws.      It  profited  at  first     to  pour  into   theirmouth.    Lensan 

latices  inserto     cornu,  ea      visa      una    salus     .,* 

liquors  (wine)  by  an  insurte  1    horn,     this     seemed    the  only  safety      Olv 


106 
morienlibus :  mox    hoc          ipsum   erat        exitio ;     que 

to  the  dying:        presently    l\\is  remedy    itself         was    their  destruction  ;  and 

refecti  ardebant         furiis,         que    ipsi,    jam      sub 

being  refreshed    they  burned     with  madness,       and      they,  even  now  under 

icgr;i     morte,    laniabant   suos   artus,  discissos  nudis 

painful       death,  tore  their       limbs,          rent     with  their  naked 

dentibus.         Di  meliora  piis,        que     ilium 

teeth.  May  the  gods  grant    belter    things    to  the  pious,    and  that 

errorem   hostibus  !  Autem  ecce,  taurus  fumans  sub     duro 

misfortune   to  our  foes  I         But          lot      the  ox     smoking   before  the  hard 

vomere    concidit,  et      vomit      cruorem  mistum     spumis 

ploughshare      falls,       and       vomits  blood          mingled       with  foam 

ore,  que  ciet  extremes  gemilus.     Tristis        arator 

from  his  mouth,  and    utters     his  last  groans.     The  sorrowful  ploughman 

it,    abjungens  juvencum  mosrentem   fraterna   morte,  atque 

goes,      unyoking      the  bullock       mourning      his  brother's    death,  and 

relinquit    defixa    aratra  in    medio     opere.      Non  umbrae 

leaves        his  fastened    plough     in    the  midst  of  Ms  labour.    Not    the  phadea 

-2ft     altorum     nembrum,     non     mollia     prata    possunt 

"**'      of  lofty  groves,  not        the  soft    meadows  can 

movere     animum,    non    amnis,    qui     volutus    per    saxa 

influence       his  feelings,      not      the  river,   which  having  rolled  over       rocks 

purior  electro,  petit   campum :    at     ima    latera  polvuntur, 

clearer  than  amber,  seeks       the  plain  :      but  his  inmost  sides        are  relaxed, 

atque  stupor     urget         inertes  oculos  ;  que  cervix  fluit  ad 
and        dimness  presses  down  his  sluggish    eyes ;        and    his  neck     falls  to 

terram    devexo       pondere.  Quid     labor,  aut 

the  earth  with  its  bending  weight.     What  does  the  labour  of  ozen  avail  them,  or 

benefacta  juvant  ?     quid       invertisse     graves  terras 

tekat  do  then  good  deeds  avail  them?  what  to  have  turned  np  the  heavy    landi 

vomere  ?        atqui    non     Massica    munera    Baechi,   non 

with  the  plough?   but      neither     the  Massic          gifts        of  Bacchus,       nor 

epulae    repositae    nocuere     iltis.     Pascuntur  frondibus   et 

feasts    laid  up  in  store  have  injured  them.          They  feed        on  leaves      and 

victu         sirnplicis    herbae,    pocula    sunt    liquidi    fontes, 

the  produce     of  simple          grass,     their  bowls     are         Cowing     fountains, 

atque    flumina     exercita     cursu ;      nee     cura     abrumpit 

and  rivers  exercised  with  running;    nor      does  care  break 

,_.,     salubres    somnos.  DLcunt,  boves  quaestias  non  alio 

""      their  healthful  sleep.        They  say,  that  oxen  were  sought  at  no  other 

tempore  illis  regionibus  ad    sacra    Junonis,  et  cur- 

time  in  those    regions         for  the  sacrifices  of  Juno,     and   that  Aer  cha- 

rus    ductos    ad    alia   donaria  imparibus    uris.       Ergo 

riots  were  drawn  to  her  lofty  shrines     by  unmatched  buffaloes.  Therefore  tht 

aegre     rimantur    terram       rastris,    et  infodiunt 

tiLibatdmen  with  difficulty  tear  the  earth  with  harrows,  and  plant 

frugei?     unguibus      ipsis ;    que  trahunt  stridentia  plaustra 

xhe  corn  with  th^ir  nails  themselves;  and       dra^        the  creaking        wngnna 


107 
content;!      oervice  per    altos    monies.    Lupus  non  explo- 

with  outstretched  neck   through  the  high  mountains.  The  wolf  does  not   inedi- 

rat     insidias   circum     ovilia,     nee    nocturnus   obambulat 

late  a  lying  in  wait  around  the  sheepfolds,  nor     does  he  nightly      walkabout 

gregibus ;     acrior     cura  domat  ilium.      Timidi        damae 

the  flocks;     a  more  active   care       rules       him.       The  cowardly  fellow  deer 

que  fugaces  cervi  nunc  vagantur  inter  canes  et  cire.um  tec- 

and       flying      stags    now       wander     among    dogs   'and    about         tho 

ta.          Jam  fluctus     proluit      prolem         immensi     _4n 

dwellings.   Now  the  wave  washes  over  the  offspring  of  the  immense      O1*" 

maris,  et  omne  genus  natantum  in  extremo 

sea,        and  every      kind    of  swimming  creatures  upou  the  farthest  part  of  the 

litore,  ecu  naufraga  corpora ;  phocae,  insolitae,       fugiunt  in 

shore,       as    shipwrecked      bodies;          seals,        unused      to  it,       fly        to 

flumina.  Et  vipera  moritur,  frustra  defensa  curvis  latebris, 

the  rivers.    And  the  viper      dies,         in  vain     defended  bv  crooked    retreats, 

et       hydri          attoniti,   squamis  astantibus.    Aer  est  non 

and  water-snakes  are  astonished,  their  scales  standing  out.    The  air  is      not 

aequus       avibus     ipsis,     et  ills,        pufccipites,  relinquunt 

wholesome  to  the  birds  themselves,  and  ihey  falling,  headlong,  leave 

vitam     sub     alta  nube.     Praeterea,     nee    jam  refert 

their  life  beneath  a  high  cloud.  Besides,        neither  now  is  it  expedient 

pabula          mutari,  que  artes  quaesitae  nocent ;  ma- 

that  the  fodder  be  changed,  and  the  arts  of  healing  sought  for  are  hurtful ;     the 

gistri  Phillyrides,    Chiron,  que  Amythaonius,  Me- 

masterso/metftcinethesonofPhiUyra,  Chiron,     and     Amythaon's  son,     Me- 

lampus,    cessere.       Et  pallida  Tisiphone,  emissa     __ft 

lampus,    have  withdrawn.  And      pale  Tisiphone,        sent  out 

Stygiis      tenebris  in  lucem,  szevit ;     agit    morbos  que  me- 

from  Stygian  darkness    to   the  light,    rages ;   she  spreads  sickness   and 

turn  ante,       que  surgens  in   dies,  effert  avidum  caput  altius. 

dread  before  her,  and       rising     to  the  day,  raises  her  greedy   head      higher. 

Amnes       que  arentes  ripae,    que     supini      colics,  sonant 

The  rivers       and       the  dry      banks,      and   the  inclining       bills,      resound 

balatu  pecorum,  et  crebris  mugitibus  ;  jamque       dat 

with  the  bleating  of  sheep,     and  frequent  bellowings ;       and  now  she  gives 

stragem     catervatim,    atque     in     stabulis     ipsis     aggerat 

destruction       in  droves,  and          in     the  stables  themselves    heaps  up 

cadavera  dilapsa     turpi      tabo,    donee   discant        tegere 

dead  bodies  fallen  away  by  the  foul  contagion,    until    they  learn  to  bury  them 

humo,        ac  abscondere          foveis.     Nam  neque       era* 

In, the  ground,  and       to  hide        them  in  ditches.       For      neither  was  there 

usus      coriis,      nee  quisquam  potest  aut    obolere     »firt 

profit   from  the  skins,  nor       is  any  one       able    either  -to  cleanse      OOll 

viscera        undis,     aut  vincere        flammft, ;  nee    qnidem 

the  entrails    with  water,    or          purge     them  by  flame;      .nor  indeed 

possunt  tondere  vellera  peresa    morbo    qu<    illuvie,   nee 
cac  they         shear      the  fleeces  corroded  by  disease     and      filth.  na? 


108 
attingcre  putres  telas,  verum  etiam  si  quis  tentarat  inviscxi 

touch          the  rotten  web*         but        even     if  any  one  had  tried  the  hatclul 

amictus,  ardentes   papulae  atque   immundus   sudor   seque- 

dresses,          burning         blotches       and  filthy  sau.it          over- 

batur      olentia      membra ;     deinde       sacer  ignis     edebat 

spread     his  offensive          limbs;  then  the  erysipelas    consumed 

comactos   artus         moranti  nee    longo  tempore. 

the  infected   numbers      of  him  delaying,    and  not  for  long        time,       to  lay 
tncm  aside. 


BOOK  IV. 


PROTINVS-     exsequar      coelestia    dona     aerii      mcllis. 

FORTHWITH       I  will  sing  of     the  celestial      gifts       of  aerial          honey- 

Aspice,  etiam,  hanc  partem,  Maecenas.        Dicam 

Regard,         also,       this        part        of  my  labours,  O  Maecenas.        I  will  sing 

spectacula    leviumrerum  admiranda  tibi ;    que  magnanimos 

a  representation  of  light  concerns  to  be  admired  by  you  ;    both  the  high-minded 

duces,        que   mores     totius  gentis,  ordine,  et         studia, 

leaders  of  bees,  and  the  manners    of  all    the  race,    in  order,  and  their  pursuits, 

et  populos,   et  proelia.      Labor  in    tenui  !  at 

and       kinds,       and   conflicts.  Toil     bestowed  on    a  trifling  svl>jectt  but 

gloria        non  tenuis,  si        ,laeva         numina  sinunt    quern 

the  renown  is  not    trifling,    if    the  unpropitious     deities       allow      any  ona 

que  Apollo  vocatus  audit.        Principio, 

to   accomplish   the    task     and     Apollo     invoked    attends.    In  the  first  place-, 

sedes  petenda,        que         static        apibus,      quo    neque 

a  seat  is  to  be  sought,        and        a  settlement    for  the  bees,   where     neither 

sit  aditus      ventis      (nam     venti     prohibent   ferre 

can  there  be   access     for  the  winds     (for       the  winds     forbid  them  to  bear 

0    pabula  domum),  neque    oves    que  petulci  hcedi 

their       food          home),  nor         eheep       and    frisking        kids 

insnltent        floribus,  aut  bncula,  errans     campo,       decu- 

can  tread  down  the  flowers,    or    the  heifer,  wandering  on  the  plain,  can  shake 

tiat  rorem,   et   atterat   surgentes  herbas:      Et          lacerti, 

off     the  dew,   and     bruise       the  rising        plants.         And     let  the  lizards, 

picti     squalentia    terga,  absint    a    pinguibus  stabulis,  que 

painted    on  their  scaly   backs,     be  far     from       the  rich  hives,         and 

meropes     que   alias  volucres,  et  Progne   signata        pectus 

woodpeckers    and     other         birds,       and   Progne         marked   on  her  breast 

cruentis  manibus.     Nam  vastant   omnia  late,       quo 

with.bloody     hands.  For   they  waste       all        things  far  around,    and 


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109 

ferunt    volantes  ipsas  ore,          dulccm    cscam 

bear  off     the  flying   bees    themselves     in  their  mouth,     pleasant  food 

immitibus     nidis.     At    liquid!     fontes,     et  stagna   viren- 

for  their  pitiless  young.      But  let  the  clear  fountain!),   and      pools  made 

tia       musco,   et     tenuis    rivus     fugiens       per     gramina, 

green     by  moss,     and  the  shallow  rivulet   swift  running  through      the  grass, 

adsint ;      que     palma     aut  ingens  oleaster  obumbret    „. 

be  at  hand  ;     and  lei  the  palm     or    the  great  wild  olive  overshadow      *" 

vestibulum;  ut,  cum   novi   reges   ducent   prima  examina 

the  entrance,      that,  when    the  new  kings     lead  forth   the  first         swarms 

suo  vere,    que    juventus  emissa         favis          ludet, 

in  their  own  spring,     and       the  youth      let  loose  from  the  honeycombs  sport, 

vicina  ripa    invitet          decedere     calon,     que     ob- 

the  neighbouring  bank  may  invite  them  to  withdraw  from  the  heat,  and  the  in- 

vfa         arbos         teneat      frondentibus  hospitiis.     Conjice 

tervening   tree       may  detain  them     by  its  leafy        protection.  Cast 

salices  transversas  et  grandia  saxa  in  medium,  seu 

willows    placed  across    and     large     rocks  in    the  midst  of  the  water,  whether 

humor    stabit     iners,  seu  profluet,  ut  possint  consistere 

the  water  shall  stand  inactive,  or     shall  flow,  that  they  may       stand         on 

crebris  pontibus,  et  pandere   alas   ad  aestivum  solera  ; 

them  at  on  many      bridges,      and     open    their  wings  to  the  summer          sun; 

si    forte    praeceps       Eurus      sparserit    morantes,         aut 

if  by  chance  the  violent       east  wind    has  scattered     the  loitering    bees,     or 

immerserit  Neptuno.     Circum  haec          virides     ™ 

plunged  them     in  the  sea.          Around   these  places  let  green      " 

casiae  et  serpylla  olentia    late     et  copia  thymbrae  spirantis 

cassia  and     thyme      scenting  far  around  and  plenty     of  savory         smelling 

graviter  floreat;   que      violaria    bibaut  irriguum    fontem, 

strongly        blossom;     and     let  violet  beds      drink     the  flowing     fountains 

Autem    alvearia       ipsa,        seu  fuerint  suta 

But       let  the  bee-hives  themselves,  whether  they  may  have  been  fastened  togb- 

tibi      cavatis     corticibus,  seu  texta       lento       vimine,. 

ther  by  you  from  hollowed       barks,        or    woven  from  the  slender         vine. 

habeant    angustos    aditus  ;     nam    hiems     cogit        melb 

have  narrow        entrances ;       for     the  winter   hardens    the  honey 

frigore,   que     calor    remittit    eadem    liquefacta:    utraque 

by  cold,        and     the  heat     relaxes        the  same      dissolved :  eacU 

via     pariter    metuenda      apibus ;  neque  illae  nequicquarn 

power   equally     is  to  be  dreaded    by  the  bees;  neither  do  they  in  vain 

certatim  linunt  tenuia  spiramenta    cera     in    tectis,    que 

earnestly       anoint   the  narrow     openings       with  wax   in  their  hives,    and 

expleut      oras         fuco      et   floribus ;    que   servant     ,ft 

All  the  borders   with  mews  and     flowers ;         and     they  keep 

gluten,   collectum   ad  haec   ipsa  munera,      lentius        e? 

the  glue,        collected        for   these     very       purposes,     mere  adhesive  evetr 

visco,  et      pice      Phrygiae     Idae.       Saepe     etiam 

than  birdlime,      and    the  pitch       of  Phrygian       Ida.          Often  also 


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fodSre  larem        sub      tenrft,  latebris     effbssis     (si 

they  have  dug  adwelling-placc  beneath  the  earth,  retreats   being  excavated    (\t 

fama     est  vera),  que  penitus         repertse  quo     cavis 

the  leport  is       true),       and      deeply     have  tliey  been  found     both  in  hollow 

pumicibus,    que    antro     exesae    arboris.     Taraen    tu     ot 

pumice-stones,     and    the  cavity  of  a  rotten         tree.  Yet     do  you  also 

unge     rimosa     cubilia  circum     levi  '  limo,     fovens, 

smear  .   their  chinky      hives        around    with  light   mud,      cherishing  them, 

et  superinjice  raras  frondes  ;  neu  sine     laxum 

and    throw  over  their  hives  scattered    leaves,       nor  permit  a  yew  tree  to  stand 

propius       tectis,       neve    ure    rubentes    cancros        foco, 

near  to  their  hives,      nor        burn     reddening          crabs         in  the  fire, 

neu  crede  allae    paludi,  aut  ubi     odor    coeni     gravis, 

nor    trust     a  Hive  to  the  deep    marsh,    or  where  the  stench  of  mud  inoffensive, 

aut  ubi  concava  saxa  sonant      pulsu,     que  imago        vocis 

or    where  the  hollow  rocks     resound  at  the  striking,  and  the  echo  of  the  voice 

_„     offensa     result  at.        Quod    superest,      ubi     aureus 

^      obstructed    reverberates.         What         remains,         when    the  bright 

sol        egit       hiemem  pulsam     sub     terras,   que   reclusit 

sun    has  banished  the  winter      driven      beneath    the  earth,    and      laid  open 

coelum      festivjl     luce  ;  continue  illse  peragrant  saltus   que 

the  heaven  with  summer  light;      forthwith  they     pass  over     the  lawns    and 

silvas,  que  metunt  purpureos  flores,  et  leves  libant   summa 

•woods,     and       euck          the  purple      flowers,  and  light    they  sip  the  surface 

flumina.  Hinc  nescio     qua    dulcedine    laetae, 

of  the  streams.    From  these  sources  I  know  not  by  what       delight       rejoiced, 

fovent          progeniem  que         nidos ;         hinc      excudunt 

they  feed  their        offspring         and    their    hives,    from  these  sources  they  form 

recenles  ceras  arte,  et  fingunt  tenacia  mella.      Hinc     ubi 

fresh  wax     by  art,  and    make        adhesive     honey     Henceforth  when 

jam     susp'exeris      agrnen    emissum      caveis,       nare    ad 

now       you  shall  behold     a  swarm       let  loose     from  their  hires,  to  fly       to 

sidera     coeli      per      liquidam    aestatem,      que   obscuram 

the  stars  of  heaven  through       the  clear       atmosphere,       and  the  dark 

fift     nubem  trahi    vento,     contemplator    semper 

"^      cloud        of  them  to  be  wafted  by  the  wind,        observe       how      always 

petunt  dulces  aquas  et  frondea  tecta  :  tu 

they  seek  sweet     waters  and      leafy      retreats    where  they  may  settle .  do  you 

asperge    jussos    sapores  hue,  trita  melisphylla,  et  ignobile 

scatter     the  prescribed     juices      here,  pounded          balm,  and  the  mean 

gramen     cerinthae :     que    cie      tinnitus,     et   quate    cym- 

plant         of  the  honey  wort .   and     excite  rising  sounda,  and    strike  ^hf 

bala         matris  circum.  Ipsae  consident          modi 

•ymbals  of  the  mother  of  the  Qods  around.      They        will  light       on  the  niedi 

catis   sedibus ;    ipsae  condent         sese  '      in  mtima 

cated        seats;          they    will  conceal    themselves   within  the  inmost  purls 

cunabula        suo         more.      Autem  sin         exierint       ad 

of  the  hive    ID  their  own      manner.          But          if     they  should  go  out    to 


Itr 

pugnam     (nam   saspe    discordia   incessit    duobus    regibua 

battle  (for       often  discord      has  come  upon    two  kings 

magno      motu),     continue      licet  praesciscere  longe 

with  great  commotion),  immediately    you  may       foreknow       long  beforehand 

que     aniinos        vulgi,        et          corda  trepidantia  bello ; 

both     the  tempers   of  the  crowd,     and   their  hearts  eager  for  war; 

namque  ille  Martius    canor      rauci        aeris    increpat     «« 

for  that    martial       sound     of  the  hoarse  trumpet       arouses 

morantes,      et     vox,     imitata     fractos     sonitus    tubarum, 

the  delaying,     even     a  buz,     imitating       broken         sounds      of  trumpets, 

auditur.       Turn    trepidae      coeunt      inter        se,         que 

is  heard  Then       trembling    they  assemble  among     themselves,      and 

coruscant        pennis,       que  exacuunt  spicula  rostris, 

shake  in  their  wings,     and       sharpen    their  stings  with  their  beaks, 

que  aptant  lacertos,  et     densae     miscentur  circa       regem, 

and     prepare  their  claws,  and    condensed      they  muster  around  their        king, 

atque    ad  praetoria       ipsa,       que       vocant      hostem 

even          at      his       pavilion  itself,  and         they  call      the  enemy 

magnis  clamoribus.     Ergo,    ubi        nactae        sudum     ver, 

with  great  cries.  Therefore,  when  they  have  gained  the  serene  spring, 

que  patentes  campos,  erumpunt       portis,         concurritur, 

and      the  open         plains,      they  rush  out  from  the  gates,   they  run  together; 

sonitus      fit      m     alto    aBthere ;    mistae     glomerantur  in 

a  sound      is  made    in    the  lofty      .sky;       commingled      they  gather          in 

magnum  orbem,  que  cadunt  praecipites :  non    densior    R(. 

a  great  cluster,     and       fall  headlong-          not     more  thick 

grando       acre,    nee    tantum  glandis  pluit   de  concuss^ 

docs  hail  fall  from  the  air,  nor  does  so  much     mast       rain     from    the  shaken 

ilice.  Ipsi  per   medias  acies,      insignibus 

oak      Tke  kings,  themselves  flying  through  the  midst  of  troops,  with  remarkable 

alis,    versant  ingentes  animos   in   angusto  pectore ;  usque 

wings,     stir  up         great  courage      in     a  narrow       breast;  even 

adeo    obnixi    non   cedere,   dum     gravis      victor    subegit 

thus         striving      not      to  yield,    while     the  fierce      conqueror       compels 

aut    hos  aut  hos  dare       terga    versa     fuga.      Hi  motus 

either  these   or    those    tagive    their  backs  turned     in  flight.    These  motion* 

animorum,  atque  haec  tanta  certamina,  compressa          jactu 

of  their  minds,  and      these  great     contests,         constrained  by  the  throwing 

exigui  pulveris,  quiescent.    Verum  ubi  revocaveris 

of  a  little     sand,  will  cease.  But      when  you  shall  have  called  back 

ambos  ductores     acie,     dede    eum     qui     visus     deterior 

both  leaders     from  battle,  give       him       who  has  seemed  the  weaker 

neci,    ne  prodigus     obsit;      sine         melior     regnet     «„ 

lo  death,  lest     prodigal     ne  do  injury ;  permit  tHa.:  the  better  may  reign 

in    aula    vacua.  Alter    erit  ardens  maculis  squa- 

in    the  hall       free   from  a  rival.  The  one  will  be  glowing    with  spots 

lentibus    auro    (nam    sunt  duo  genera) ;  hie  melior, 

covered       with  gold      (for    there  are  two     kinds);      this  is  the  more  valuable, 


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et    insignia  ore,          et  clarus     rutilis  squamis  :  Ule 

both  remarkable  for  his  countenance,  find  bright  with  glowing    scale*          the 

alter  horridus  desidia,  que   inglorius  trahens  latam  alvum. 

other    '   hairy         for  Moth,     and    disgracefully   dragging    a  broad        belly. 

Ut  facies     regum    binae,  ita       corpora    genus.    Namque 

As  the  forms  of  the  kings  are  two,  so  are  the  bodies  of  the  people.  For 

alias       horrent,         turpes  ceu  cum  aridus  viator  venit   ab 

some  bees    are  ugly,    being    filthy      as   when  the  thirsty  traveller  cornea  from 

alto       pulvere,    et    spuit   terram       sicco      ore;         aliae 

the  deep       duet,         and      spits       the  dirt     from  his  dry  mouth  ,  the  other* 

elucen',     et      comscant     fulgore,      ardentes      auro,     et 

•tune.  and  glitter       with  brightness,     glowing       with  gold,  and 

inn     corPora  lita      paribus  guttis.     Haec   soboles 

"^       their  bodies    are     marked    with  equal     spota.  This  breed 

potior;      hinc,     premes     dulcia    mella     certo     tempore 

10  the  better,  hence,  you  may  press  the  s'weet     honey    at  a  certain  time 

coeli ;          nee  tantum  dulcia  quantum  et  liquida,  et  domi- 

of  the  season ;  nor    so  much      sweet  as  also     clear,      and      about 

tura         durum     saporem  •  Bacchi.       At     cum    examina 

to  subdue    the  harsh          taste  of  the  wine       But      when     the  swarms 

volant    incerta,     que    ludunt      coelo,      que     contemnunt 

fly  irregularly,      and       sport     along  the  sky,    and  disregard 

favos,         et    relinquunt     tecta        frigida,          prohibebis 

their  combs,  and        abandon         their  hives     to  the  cold,    you  will  constrain 

instabiles        animos         inam       ludo.       Nee         magnus 

their  wavering   dispositions   from  the  vain     sport.  Nor    is  it  a        great 

labor      prohibere,  tu     eripe     alas       regibus ;      non 

task  to  constrain   them,  do  you    tear    the  wings  from  the  kings;        no 

quisquam    audebit   ire  ahum     her  illis  cunctantibus, 

any  one  will  dare    to  go   a  long   journey  while    they  are  delaying, 

aut  vellere        signa  castris.         Horti     halantcs 

or       to  tear  up    the  standards  from  their  camps.         Let  gardens       smelling 

croceis    floribus  invitent,        et       tutela        Hellespontiaci 

of  eaf.'ron      flowers       invite    tkcm.    and  the  guardianship       of  Hellespontic 

..0       Priapi,      custos      furum  atque  avium,  cum  saligna 

A"         Priapus.  the  watchman  of  thieves   and     of  birds,   with  his  willow 

falce,  servet.  Ipse     cui      talia  cura  ferens 

sickle,    prokerve  those  gardens.    He     to  whom  such  things  are  a  care  'bearing 

thymurn  que  pinos   de     altis     montibus,         serat         late 

thyme  a/id     pines    from  the  lofty     mountains,      may  plant  them      far 

circum  tecu       Ipse  teratmanum     duro     labore, 

around    the  hX-«:s.    Let  him  wear  his  hand  with  the  bard  labour  of  planting 

ipse    figat    feraces    plantas      humo,      et    irriget   amicos 

let  him  place    the  fruitful      plants      in  the  ground,   and     diffuse        friendly 

imbres.  Atque  equidem,    ni    jam  sub  extreme  fine 

showers     around  them.    And         indeed,      unless    now  about     the  last     end 

laborum,         traham      vela,   et  festinem  advertere  proram 

of  w)  labours,  I  hould  take  in  my  sails,  and     hasten  to  turn         the  piov* 


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terris ;       forsitan   et   canerem,    quae  cura    colendi    orna* 

to  the  land;     perhaps     also  I  might  sing,    what     care    of  rultivating  ahouU 

ret     pingues  hortos,  que   rosaria      Paesti,  bi/eri ; 

adorn     the  rich     gardens,    and  the  rose-beds  of  PIES  turn,  bearing  twice  a  year; 

que  quo     modo    intyba,    et  ripae  virides          apio,     ,2ft 

and  in  what  manner  the  endives,  and  banks     green     with  parsley, 

gauderent,      rivis       potis,        que   cucumis     tortus       per 

should  rejoice,  the  streams  beingdrunkup,  and  the  cucumber  winding  through 

herbam,  cresceret  in        ventrem,      nee  tacuis- 

the  grass,     should  grow  into   a  ventriform  shape,  nor  would  I  have  passed  in  si- 

sem  Narcissum  comantem  sera,  aut  vimen      flexi      acanthi, 

lence    the  daffodil       flowering       late,    or    the  vine  of  the  yielding  acanthus, 

que  pallentes  hederas,  et  myrtos  amantes   litora.  Nam    sub 

and       the  pale-        ivies,      and  myrtles       loving     the  shores.    For  beneath 

aids    turribus   (Ebaliae,    qua .  niger  Galesus  humectat 

the  high    towers     of  Tarentum,  where  the  dark  stream  Galesus          moistens 

flaventia  culta,  memini      me    vidisse  Corycium  se- 

ihe  yellow  cultivated  fields,  I  call  to  mind   that  I  have  seen     a  Corycian     old 

nem,    cui    erant  pauca  jugera     relicti       ruris :  ilia  seges 

man.    to  whom  were     a  few      acres       of  un tilled        land:      that        land 

nec  fertilis     juvencis,     nee    opportuna    pecori,    nee 

neither  mas        fit  for  bullocks,      nor  proper         for  flocks,       nor 

commoda  Baccho.     Tamen  hie,  premens  olus     rarum      in 

convenient     for  wine.  Yet        here,     planting    salad    far  apart  among 

dumis,    que  alba  lilia   circum,    que   verbenas,  que     .„„ 

the  bushes,  and   white  lilies       around,       and        vervain,       and       AoU 

vescum     papaver,     aequabat    opes     regum    animis ;     que 

the  esculent       poppy,         he  levelled  the  wealth  of  kings  to  his  thoughts;  and 

revertens  domum    sera  nocte,  onerabat    mensas     inemptis 

returning          home          late  at  night,      he  loaded    his  tables  with  unbought 

dapibus  ;  primus  carpere  rosam     vere,     atque  poma 

food ;  he  was     the  first     to  pluck    the  rose   in  spring,       and        fruits 

autumno,    et    cum     tristis     hiems    etiam  nunc  rumperet 

in  autumn,      and    when  saddening      winter  still  bursted 

saxa      frigore,   et  fraenaret    cursus     aquarum  glacie,  ille 

the  rocks   with  cold,  and    restrained    the  flowing   of  waters      by  ice,        he 

jam    turn    tondebat    comam    mollis    acanthi,  increpitans 

even       then         plucked       the  foliage  of  the  soft   acanthus,  blaming 

seram  sestatem  que  morantes  Zephyros.         Ergo,       idem 

the  late     summer      and       delaying     west  winds.  Therefore,   the  same 

primus  abundare    fetis    apibus,  atque         multo     .  ,ft 

teas    the  first     to  abound  in  teeming     bees,        and       an  abundant      "" 

examine,  et  cogere  spumantia  mella     pressis      favis:     illi 

B  warm,         and  to  gather     foaming       honey  from  the  pressed  combs :  for  him 

tiliae     atque      uberrima      pinus ;  que     quot     ppmis  ferti- 

lime  trees  and    the  most  productive   pine;      and  with  so  many  fruits     a?  the 

Us         arbos  induerat    se  in  novo   flore,  tenebal      totidem 

productive  bad  clothed  itself  in  the  new  flower,  it  retained  just  so  many 


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malura    autumno.       Illc  etiam  distulit        aeras        ulmos 

ripened        in  autumn.          He      also       set  out        late  growing  elms 

in    versnm,    que  eduram  pyrum,  et  spinos  jam  ferentes 

in     exact  order,     and    the  hardy       pear,      and  thorn  trees  now          hearing 

pruna,  que  platanum  jam  ministrantem  umbras  potantibus. 

plums,       and    the  plane  tree  now        supplying  shades          to  drinker* 

Verum   equidem   ipse,  exclusus   iniquis   spatiis,  praetereo 

But  indeed  I,        excluded      by  unequal     space,          pass  over 

haec,  atque    relinquo  memoranda      post  me 

these     subjects,     and  leave        them    to  be  commemorated    after      me 

aliis.     Nunc  age,  expediam   quas   naturas   Jupiter      ipse 

by  others.  Now    come,    I  will  unfold    what   dispositions    Jupiter      himself 

150     addidit     apibus  ;  pro  qui  mercede,    secutae  canoros 

has  bestowed  on  bees ;     for  which    reward,  they  pursuing  the  tuneful 

sonitus    Curetum  que  crepitantia  aera,  pavere  regem     coeli 

sounds      ofthcCuretes  and     the  rattling   brass,       fed     the  king  of  heaven 

aub      Dictaeo    antro.  Solae  habent  natos 

beneath  the  Dictzan     cave.        They   alone   ofallanimals       have      children 

communes,   eonsortia     tecta     urbis,   que   agitant     apvum 

in  common,  common        dwellings    of  a  city,    and         pass        their  life 

sub      magnis   legibus ;  et  solae         novere         patriam    et 

beneath  important       laws;       and  alone   they  have  known  their  country  and 

certos     penates ;    que   memores   hiemis    venturae,   expe- 

a  certain     habitation;     and        mindful       of  winter   about  to  come,     they 

riuntur    laborem     aestate,     et  reponunt  quacsita    in 

undergo          labour       in  summer,    and        lay  up        their       gains          in 

medium.  Namque    alias       invigilant        victu,      et 

a  common  stock.          For  some     watch  diligently       for  food,     and 

pacto       fnedere       exercentur          agris ;          pars,     intra 

by  a  fixed    agreement        are  occupied  in  the  fields;         apart,     within 

.  R~     septa  domorum,   ponunt  lacrymam     Narcissi, 

^^      the  enclosures  01'  their  dwellings,  lay  up       the  tear    of  the  Narcissus, 

et      lentum      gluten      de      cortice,      prima     fundamina 

and  the  clammy        glue          from       the  bark,     for  the  first       foundations 

favis,  deinde     suspendunt    tenaces    ceras ;     alice 

for  the  honeycombs,    then        they  hang  around  the  adhesive     wax;       others 

educunt   adultos    fetus,     spem       gentis  ;    alias  stipant  pu- 

Irad  out       the  grown   young,     the  hope     of  the  race ;    others  compress   the 

rissima     mella,     et     distendunt    cellas     liquido    nectare. 

clearest          honey,      and         swell  out         the  cells    with  liquid         nectar. 

Sunt  quibus     cnstodia     ad     portas    cecidit    sorti; 

There  are  ethers  to  whom     guardianship     at      the  gates       falls          by  lot , 

inque     vicem    speculantur   aquas   et  nubila.    coeli ;      aut 

and  in          turn         they  watch     the  waters  and    clouds     of  the  sky;        01 

accipiunt.  onera     venientumt     aut     agmine  facto. 

receive  the  loads    of  those  coming,      or          a  band  being  formed, 

arcent         fucos,  ignavum  pecus,  a     praesepibus.       Opus 

t  hey  drive  off  the  drones,  a  slothful       race,     from       the  hives.         The  iv...h 


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fervet ;  que  fragrantia  mella    redolent    thymo.     Ac  veluti. 

(lows:         and    the  fragrant  honey    smells  strongly  of  thyme.     And          at, 

cum  Cyclopes  properant  fulmina       lentis     massis,     ._ft 

when     the  Cyclops  forge  in  haste  thunderbolts  from  ductile      masses,      •*•'" 

alii   accipiunt   que   reddimt  auras   taurinis    follibus ;    alii 

some       receive        and      give  back     the  air   in  bull  skin     bellows ;    others 

tingunt  stridentia  sera      lacu.  ^Etna  gemit,  incudibus 

dip  the  hissing   brass   in  the  water.         ./Etna      groans,     their  anvila 

impositis ;    illi,    inter       sese,       tollunt    brachia     magna 

being  placed;      they,    among     themselves,        raise       their  arms  with  great 

vi         in    numerum,    que    versant    ferrum  tenaci 

strength  in  order,  and          turn         the  iron      with  the  grasping 

forcipe :    non   aliter,    si      licet      componere   parva 

tongs:  not    otherwise,  if  it  is  allowed     to  compare          Email    things 

magnis,   innatus  amor    habendi     urget     Cecro.pias     apes, 

with  great,  the  inborn     love   of  possessing  encourages  the  Athenian      .bees, 

quamque       suo        munere.         Oppida          curae      gran- 
each  one         in  his  own          office.  The  hives    are    a  care        to  the 

daevis,     et    munire     favos,    et    fingere     Daedala      tecta. 

aged,         both    to  fortify   the  combs,  and     to  form        artificial  apartments. 

At      minores         fessae        referunt  se  niultft     .ftrt 

But     the  younger         fatigued  return        in  the  advanced      *°^ 

nocte,  plenae        «rura         thymo;     pascuntur  et      arbuta 

night,         full         as  to  their  legs    with  thyme ;       they  feed     also  on  arbutes 

passim,     et  glaucas   salices,   que    casiam,   que   rubentem 

every  where,  and  green          willows,      and        cassia,       and      the  blushing 

crocum,   et  pinguem    tiliam,   et  ferrugineos   hyacinthos. 

crocus,          and      the  rich       lime  tree,  and        dark  red  hyacinth?. 

Quies  operum        una      omnibus,  labor        unus 

Rest       from  fatigue  of  labours  is  the  same         to  all,        labour  is  the  same 

omnibus.         Mane        ruunt      portis,  nusquam 

to  all.  In  the  morning  they  rush  from  their  gates,  there  is         nowhere 

mora.      Rursus,    ubi   Vesper    admonuit    easdem    tandem 

delay.  Again,       when     evening   has  admonished  the  same  at  last 

decedere     campis         e     pastu,  turn  petunt    tecta,     turn 

to  depart      from  the  fields     from  feeding,   then    they  seek  their  hives,     then 

curant          corpora;    sonitus     fit,     quo   mussant    circum 

they  provide  for  their  bodies ;    a  noise     is  made,  and      they  buzz         around 

oras         et    limina.  Post       tibi  jam  compo- 

tbe  borders  and    thresholds  of  their  hives.     Afterwards  when    now    they  have 

suere       se  thalamis,          siletur    in  noctem,     ,~q~ 

settled  themselves  in  their  apartments,  there  is  silence  for  the  night,  ^ 

que     suus     sopor    occupat      fessos      artus.      Nee    vero 

and    their  own     sleep        occupies   their  wearied      limbs.          Nor     indeed 

pluvia      impendente,     recedunt     longius     a        stabulis 

the  rain  threatening,       do  they  retreat          far       from  their  dwellings, 

aut  credunt     coelo,         Euris      adventantibus ;  sed,   tulae 

9i  trust        to  the  sky,   the  east  winds       approaching;         but.         safe 


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sub       mcenibus     urbis,      aquantur       circum,  que  tentant 

oeneath  the  ramparts  of  their  city,  they  draw  water      around,      and     aitumpi 

breves   excursus  :   et  saepe   tollunt      lapillos,   ut  instabiles 

short  excursions:      and  often  they  take  up  little  stones,  as       tottering 

cymbae     saburram,       fluctu     jaclante :     librant  sese 

boats  have  ballast,       the  wave        tossing :        they  poise    themselves 

his  per      inania  nubila.      Mirabere        ilium  morem 

with  these  through  the  empty    clouds.       You  will  wonder   that  that     custom 

placuisse  apibus    adeo,  quod   nee     indulgent    concubitu, 

has  pleased    the  bees    so  much,     that  neither  do  they  indulge     in  marriage, 

nec  segnes     solvunt       corpora     in  Venerem,  aut    edunt 

nor       slothful     do  they  relax    their  bodies      in         love,  or       produce 

2«~     fetus         nixibus.     Verum  ipsae  legunt    natos        e 

their  young   by  travail.         But         they      gather  their  young  from 

foliis    et    suavibus    herbis  ore :  ipsae    sufficiunt 

leaves     and        sweet  herbs       with  their  mouth :    they  supply 

regem  que  parvos  Quirites  ;  que  refingunt  aulas   et 

a  king      and       little        citizens;       and        rebuild        for  them    halls   ana 

cerea  regna.      Saepe  etiam      attrivere        alas          errando 

waxen  kingdoms.      .  Often      also     have  they  worn  their  wings  in  wandering 

in  duris  cotibus,  que    ultro     dedere  animam  sub         fasce  : 

over  hard       cliffs,       and  voluntarily  yielded    their'life  under  their  burden: 

tantus     amor    florum,  et   gloria  generandi  mellis.       Ergo 

so  great  is  their  love  of  flowers,  and  the  glory  of  producing     honey.     Therefore 

quamvis    terminus    angusti     aevi     excipiat    ipsas    (enim 

although        the  boundary  of  a  narrow     life  limit  them  (for 

neque  plus         septima   aestas     ducitur),     at  genus  manet 

more  than  the  seventh  summer  is  passed  over),  yet  the  race  remains 

immortale,  que  fortuna    domus       stat      per  multos  annos, 

immortal,  and  the  fortune  of  the  house  continues  through  many       years, 

et          avi  avorum       numefantur.       Praeterea     non 

and     grandfathers    of  grandfathers       are  numbered.  Besides  not 

oin     -<Egyptus,  et  ingens  Lydia,  nec  populi     Parthorum, 

*•*•"      Egypt,  and     great     Lydia,     nor  the  people  of  the  Parthiaiis, 

aut    Medius   Hydaspes,    sic  observant    regem.  Rege 

or  Median         Hydaspes,       are  so  obedient  to    their  king.      Their  king 

incolumi,  est  una   mens    omnibus  ;  amisso,  rupere 

being  safe,  there  is  one  disposition        to  all ;     he  being  lost,  they  have  broken 

fidem  ;     que  ipsae    diripuere    constructa  mella,  et  solvcre 

their  faith;   and    they  have  torn  down  theirfabricated  honey,  and    loosened 

crates  favorum.     Ille     custos     operum ;  admiran- 

the  wattled  texture  of  their  combs.    He  is  the  keeper  of  their  labours  ;    thoy  ad- 

tur    ilium ;  et  omnes  circumstant      denso       fremitu,  que 

mire       him;      and       all          stand  around    with  frequent     Luz/.ing,      and 

frequentes    stipant,         et  saepe      attollunt  humoris, 

in  great  numbers    guard     him,  and  often  they      raise  Aim  on  '}v>ir  shoulder? 

«t   objectant    corpora  bello,    que    petur*   pulchratn 

and       expose       their  bodies  to  death  in  war.      and         seek  a  glorious 


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mortem      per    vulnera.       Quidem,  his      signis, 

death  through     wounds.  Some,         induced    by  these        signs, 

atque    secuti     haec  exempla,  •       dixere,         parlera 

and       reflecting  on  these    examples  of  prudence,  have  declared,  that  a  portion 

divinae       mentis,   et  aethereos    haustus,    esse    api- 

of  the  divine     mind,        and     celestial      emanations,    belong       to 

bus  ;  namque    Deum     ire       per     omnes,  que  terras,  que 

bees;  for          that  God    passes  through        all,         both  the  earth,    and 

tractus     marls,    que  profundum  coelum.        Hinc     pecu 

the  regions  of  the  sea,     and    the  exalted  sky.         That  from  him 

des,   armenta,  viros,  omne  genus  feranm,  quemque 

flocks,       herds,         men,       every     kind  of  wild  beasts,  and  every  individual 

nascentem,  arcessere     tenues   vitas         sibi.          Sci- 

coming  into  the  world      attract      their  delicate  lives     to  themselves.    Foras- 

licet  deinde       omnia     reddi,     ac       resoluta 

much  as  they  have  said  that  afterwards  all  things  are  restored,  and  being  dissolved 

referri  hue ;         nee  esse       locum      morti ;       sed 

are  brought  back      here,     and  that  there  is  not    a  state    ol  annihilation  ;    but 

viva       volare         in  numerum  sideris,  atque  succedere   alto 

that  alive  they  fly  each  into  the  order     of  his  star,    and  lodge        in  high 

coelo.     Si  quando         relines         angustam  sedem, 

heaven.      If  ai  any  time  you  will  break  open  the  narrow     dwelling  of  the  beet, 

que  mella   servata     thesauris,     prius  fovd  ore 

and  plunder  the  honey    stored     in  their  treasuries,  first     bold  in  your  mouth 

haustus    aquarum,       sparsus,       que      praetende          not) 

draughts          of  water,       sprinkling  them,    and       carry  before  you      "d" 

tnanu  fumos  sequaces.  Bis  cogunt 

with  your  hand     smoke        pursuing    them.      Twice    they  who  keep  beet  collect 

gravidos  fetus  :  duo  tempora     messis ;     simul  Tay- 

their  heavy  produce    there  are  two      times   of  honey-harvest ;  as  soon  as    Tay- 

gete,  Pleias,     ostendit  honestum   os     terris,      et  reppulit 

gete,    the  Pleiad,    has  shown    her  beautiful  face  lu  the  earth,  and  driven  back 

spretos     amnes  Oceani       pede ;      aut  ubi  eadem,  Fugiens 

the  spurned    waters   of  the  ocean  xvith  her  foot ;  or  when  the  game,  yielding  to 

sidiis  aquosi    piscis,  descendit     tristior  ccelo 

the  constellation  of  the  watery     fish          descends          more  sad    from  tho  sky 

in     hibernas  undas.         Est       illis    ira  supra  modurn,  que 

^nto   the  wintery  waters.         There  is  to  them  rage  above     measure,      and 

iansae       inspirant       venenum       morsibus,       .et,        affixae 

wounded      they  dart  in  poison  by  stinging,  and,         fastened 

venis,  relinquunt       caeca      spicula,      que        ponunt 

to  the  veins,          they  leave       their  hidden     stings,  and  lay  down 

animas  in  vulnere.       Sin       metues        duram      hiemem, 

their  lives    in  the  wound        But  if   you  shall  dread  the  pinching  winter, 

que    parces      futuro,       que  miserabere      contusos     94ft 

and     will  spare  for  the  future,      and          will  pity        then  drooping      *4U 

animos,    et    fractas    res,    at    quis        dubitet  sum* re 

courage,        and    impaired     state,    yet      who         can  hesitate         to  perfume 


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thymo,     et    recldere      inanes     ceras  ?     nam    saepe 

Mrm    with  thyme,    and     to  cut  off        the  empty       wax  1  for          often 

ignotus       stellio   adedit        favos,  cubilia      congesta 

a  skulking         lizard     consumes   the  honeycomb*,  and  their  cells       arc  filled 

blattis  lucifugis ;      que     fucus  immunis          sedens 

with  moths     avoiding  the  light ;    and     the  drone    free  from    labour     sitting 

ad    aliena    pabula,     aut    asper    crabro    imparibus    armis 

at      another's      honey,          or     the  cruel     hornet       with  unequal         arms 

immiscuit  se,  aut  durum  genus     tineae  ;  aut   aranea, 

has  joined  himself  in  battle,  or  the  direful     race    of  tin?  moth;    or    the  spider, 

invisa  Minervae,  suspendit  laxos  casses  in  foribus.  Quo 

hateful  to  Minerva,        hangs       his  loose    nets      on  the  doors.  By  how  much 

magis         fuerint          exhaustae,      hoc         acrius     omnes 

the  more  they  shall  have  been    exhausted,  by  so  much  the  more  actively        all 

incumbent  sarcire  ruinas     lapsi     generis,  que  complebunt 

will  strive        to  supply  the  ruins  of  the  fallen     race,       and         they  will  fill 

2K0       foros,      et      texent    horrea      floribus.      Si    vero 

"         the  cells,    and      will  build       combs        from  flowers.       If     indeed 

(quoniam    vita          tulit  nostros         casus         apibus 

(since  life       has  introduced  our  misfortunes    to  the  bees 

quoque)    corpora    languebunt    tristi    morbo,    quod     jam 

also)  their  bodies       shall  faint      with  sad     disease,        this  now 

poteris  cognoscere  non  dubiis  signis  :       continuo  est 

you  may          know  by  undoubted      signs.       in  the  first  place     thei a  in 

asgris     alius  color  ;  horrida  macies  deformat          vultuni ; 

to  the  sick  another  colour,    dreadful     leanness      deforms   their  countenance ; 

turn    exportant    corpora    carentum     luce      tectis,  «t 

then       they  bear  off    the  bodies  of  those  deprived  of  life   from  the  hives,    and 

ducunt  tristia  funera  ;  aut  ilia?,  connexae  pedibus,  pendent 

lead  out       sad       funerals,     or     they.       united        by  the  feet,  hang 

ad    limina,    aut    omnes    cunctantur    intus    in         clausis 

at      the  doors,       or          all  stay  within     in       their  closed 

eedibus,     que      ignavae         fame,  et     pigrae   frigore 

dwellings,       both        slothful       through  hunger,        and        dull  cold 

contracto.        Turn     gravior     sonus   auditur,    que 

being  caught.  Then         a  deeper        sound        is  heard,       and 

susurrant       tractim,      ut      quondam    frigidtfs          Auster 

they  buzz  continually,       as  when  the  cool  south  wind 

immurmurat     silvis;     ut   mare   solicitum   stridet,     undis 

rustles  in  the  woods,    as     the  sea      agitated          roars,      the  waves 

refluentibus ;     ut        rapidus         ignis      aestuat        clausis 

flowing   back;          as    the  rapidly  spreading    fire  rages   in  the  enclosed 

fornacibus.     Hie  jam     suadebo          incendere    galbaneos 

furnaces.  Here,    now     I  will  advise  you       to  burn  galbanian 

Adores,  que  inferre  mella          arundineis  canalibus,      ultro 

odours,       and    to  bring    honey    to  them  ,  in  reedy          troughs,    voluntarily 

bortantem,  et  vocantem         fessas  ad     nola    pabula.       Et 

encouraging,    and       calling      them  languid    to  the  known      food.  And 


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proderil     admiscere     tunsum  saporem   gallap.,  que  arentes 

it  will  profit  to  intermingle  the  expressed      juice        of  a  gall,    and          dritJ 

rosas,   aut    defruta  pinguia  multo   igrfi,   vel  passes 

roses,        or       boiled  wine  made         rich       by  much     fire,        or  dried 

racemos          de       Psythia,    vite,  que  Cecropium  thymuin. 

clusters  of  grapes  from     the  Psythian     vine,  and       Cecropian  thyme, 

et     grave   olentia  centaurea.       Est   etiam        flos     „_ . 

and  the  strong    scented        centaury.        There  is     also    the  flower      *"** 

in        pratis,         ciii       amello      agricolas     fecere 

star-wort     in      the  meadows,     to  which     star-wort      the  farmers  have  given 

nomen ;    herba     facilis     quaerentibus ;        namque      tollit 

its  name,       a  plant         plain         to  those  seeking    it;          for  it  rears 

ingentem     silvam       de    uno  cespite,    ipse  aureus ; 

a  great         number  of  stalks  from    one    bushy  root,    itself  of  a  golden  colour; 

sed     in     foliis,     quae         plurima          funduntur   circum, 

but          in    its  leaves,     which    in  great  abundance      are  spread  around, 

purpura       nigrae      violse      sublucet.  Saepe  arae 

the  purple       of  the  dark      violet  shines.  Often         the  altara 

Deum  ornatae      torquibus        nexis.  Sapor 

of  the  Gods   are    ornamented    with  wreaths  woven  from  it.      The  taste 

asper      in        ore;        pastores     legunt      ilium     in     ton- 
is  bitter       in     the  mouth ;    the  shepherds     gather  it  in          the 

sis  vallibus,     et      prope       curva      flumina    Mellae. 

new-mowed    valleys,         and       near        the  winding     streams       ofMella. 

Incoque     radices     hujus       odorato      Baccho,     que    ap- 

Boii  the  roots        of  it         with  fragrant        wine,  and 

pone,  pabula,  plenis     canistris     2ft0 

place      them,    as  nourishment     for  the  bees,     in  full          baskets 

in      foribus.     Sed    si   omnis       proles       subito    defecerit 

before  the  doors.         But     if          all  the  stock       suddenly        shall  fail 

quern,     nee  habebit  unde  genus    novas    stirpis 

any  one,  and  he  shall  not  have   the  means  whence  the  race   of  a  new        stock 

revocetur ;  tempus       et      pandere     memoranda 

may  be  restored ;    it  will  be       time  even      to  lay  open        the  memorable 

inventa        Arcadii        magistri,        quoque       modo      jam 

discoveries    of  the  Arcadian       master,  and  by  what      method        now 

insincerus   cruor   saepe      tulerit      apes     caesis    juvencis ; 

putrid  blood       often        has  bred         bees    from  slain         bullocks, 

expediam       omnem       famam     altius,     repetens  ab 

I  will  trace  the  whole  report        at  large,       rehearsing      it     front 

prima  origine.     Nam  qua   fortunata    gens     Pellaei  Cano- 

its  first      original.          For    where     the  happy      nation    ofPellcean     Cano- 

pi  accolit     Nilum,       stagnantem  effuso 

pus    dwells    near  the  Nile,  laying  under  water  the  country  with  an  overflowing 

flumine,  et  vehitur  circum    sua    rura    pictis     phaselis ; 

stream,       and       sails          around    its  own    fields   in  painted  galleys 

que  qua        vicinia       pharetratae   Persidis     urget,     ^an 

and    where  the  neighbourhood    of  quivered        Persia      is  hard  by      *"W 


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et  fec-undat  uiridem  ^Egyptum    nigra    arentk,   et 

that  nation,  and    enriches       verdant  Egypt         with  black      mud,      and 

amnis,    devexus   usque     a    coloratis    Indis,    ruens,    dis- 

the  river,  poured  down      even     from    the  tawny        Indians,    rushing,     tuns 

currit   in   septem    diversa      ora ;      omms      regio      jacit 

out          into     seven          different'      mouths,         all         the  country    places 

certain    salutem    in    hac    arte.     Pnmum   exiguus    locus 

•ure  relief  in       this       art.  First  a  small  placr 

eligitur,  atque  contractus  ad  ipsos    usus  ;     premunt   hunc 

is  selected,    and  procured       for     these     purposes ;    they  enclose        this 

locum  imbrice,  que  angusti  tecti,  que     arctis     panetibus ; 

place      with  the  tile,  both  of  a  narrow  roof,      and    with  closed  walls; 

et  addunt  quatuor  fenestras       obliqua       luce     a     quatuor 

and  they  add        four         windows      with  transverse    light    from        the  four 

ventis.      Turn  vitulus,    jam    curvans    cornua          fronte, 

winds.  Then        a  steer,       now       bending       bis  horivs  in  bis  forehead, 

biina  quaeritur :        gemmae        nares,  et 

two  years  old       is  sought  out  both  his  nostrils    are  closed,   and 

spiritus       oris       obstruitur  huic   reluctant!  multa, 

the  breath  of  his  mouth    is  obstructed    to  him     struggling         much. 

que  vicera,   tunsa    per    integram    pellem,  solvuntur 

and   his  entrails,  beaten  through    bis  unbroken      skin,         are  burst     witkim 

perempto  plagis.     Linquunt        positum  sic  in      clauso, 

Aim       killed       by  blows.       They  leave    Aim     iaid  out    thus  in    an  enclosed 

et    subjiciunt  costis   ramea  fragmenta,          thymum, 

place,  and  place  beneath  his  ribs    branchy       fragments    of  trees,          thyme. 

que  recentes  casias.     Hoc   geritur       Zephyris       primum 

and        fresh          cassia.        This       is  done        the  west  winds  first 

impellentibus   undas,   antequam      prata      rubeant    novis 

driving  the  waves,        before    .    the  meadows         blush     with  new 

coloribus,    antequam    garrula    hirundo    suspendat   nidum 

colours,  before         the  chattering  swallow  hangs  his  nr«t 

tignis.  Interea         tepefactus  humor  in     teneris 

from  the  rafters.       In  the  mean  time        the  warm    moisture  in     his  tender 

ossibus  aestuat ;   et  animalia    visenda       miscentur      miris 

bones         ferments;   and    animals    to  be  wondered  at  are  mustered  in  strange 

o,ft     modis,  trunca   pedum   primo,  et     mox     stridentia 

"'•V      ways,          short     in  their  feet  at  first,  and    soon  after          buzzing 

pennis,      magis  que  magis  carpunt  tenuem  aera ;  donee,  ut 

with  wings,      mote     and     more  they  enjoy     the  light       air;       until,     as 

imber  effusus     aestivis     nubibus,        erupere ;        aut  ut 

•  shower  poured  out  from  summer      clouds,      they  have  burst  forth;     or      a* 

sagittae       pulsante       nervo,  si     quando      leves        Parthi 

arrows      from  the  impelling    string,     if     at  any  time    the  light       Parthians 

ineunt   prima  praelia.      Musae,   quis,   quis   Deus   extudit 

enter  on  their  first  contests        Ye  Muses,    what,     what       God       invented 

hanc  artem  nobis  ?  unde        nova     experientia  hominum 

this          art        for  us?     whence  doe*  this  new       eiperience  of  men 


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cepit  ingressus  ?          Pastor        Aristaeus,    fugiens    Penela 

take         its  origin?  The  shepherd        Aristaeus.     flying  from     Peneian 

Tempe,   apibus     amissis,    que     morbo     que     fame,    ut 

Tenipe,          his  bees       being  lost,      both     by  disease       and     by  hunger,  as 

fama,       astitit   Iristis  ad    sacrum    caput    extremi    arnnis, 

the  report  is,  stood   mournful    by    thesacred    fountain  of  the  rising        river. 

querens  multa :  atque       affatus       parentem       hac     ~2ft 

complaining  much-       and       having  accosted  his  mother  with  this      " 

voce:     -Maler     Cyrene,     mater,     quae      tenes  ima 

address:      O  mother        Cyrene.        O  mother,      who      inhabited  the  depths 

hujus  gurgitis,  quid     genuisti     me,  invisum      fatis,     prae- 

of  this        pool,          why      did  you  bear     me,     hateful      to  the  fates,     from 

clara  stirpe  Deorum,  si   modo  Thymbraeus    Apollo, 

the  renowned      race       of  the  gods,  if       now          Thymbrian  Apollo, 

quern  perhibes,  est  pater?  aut  quo  est  amor  nostri 

whom    you  declare  my  father,  is  my  father?    or    whither    is  the  love       of  us 

pulsus      tibi  ?       quid         jubebas       me  sperare     coelum  ? 

banished     from  you?      why     did  you  command     me     to  hope     for  heaven? 

En,      te       matre,    relinquo  hunc  honorem  ipsum  mortalis 

Lo,  you  being  my  mother,     I  yield          this        honour       itself        of  mortal 

vitae,  quern      solers       custodia  frugum  et  pecudum       vix 

life,        which     the  diligent         care  of  fruits  and       cattle        scarcely 

extuderat  tentanti   omnia.  Quin      age,      et 

had  struck  out  for  me   attempting       all       things.       But       come  on,  and 

ipsa      erue         felices     silvas         inarm;         fer  inimieum 

do  you     tear  up      these  happy    groves     with  your  hand;     bear  hostile 

ignem     stabulis,     atque    interfice       messes ;     ure     «,„/% 

to  my  ox-stalls,      and  destroy         my  ripe  corn ,  burn       «»" 

sata,  et  molire   validam  bipennem      in        vites : 

my  standing  corn,  and     wield       the  strong  axe          against  my  vines, 

si   tanta    taedia    meae   laudis   ceperunt    te.      At        mater 

if    so  great    neglect     of  my      praise       has  seized     you.       But   his   mother 

sensit  sonitum    sub       thalamo         alti     fiuminis :  circum 

heard       the  sound    beneath    the  chamber    of  the  deep      river.  around 

earn  nymphae   carpebant   Milesia  vell'era,  fucata         saturo 

her      the  nymphs     were  carding    Milesian      fleeces,        dyed       with  the  rich 

colore     hyali :     que  Drymo,  que  Xanlho,  que  Ligea,  que 

lolour     of  sea-green:   both     Drymo,     and       Xantho,     and       Ligea,     and 

Phyllodoce,    effusaB         nitidam       caesariem   per    Candida 

Phyllodoce,          disheveling       their  shining          hair  over    their  while 

colla;  Nesaee  que  Spio,  que  Thalia  que  Cymodoce,   que 

necks:       Nessee     and       Spio,     and       Thalia      and       Cymodoce,         and 

Cydippe,  et     flava     Lycorias ;   altera   virgo,   altera    turn 

Cydippe,       and   beautiful        Lycorias,       the  one    a  maid,  the  other     then 

experta  primos  labores    Lucina? ,    que   Clio,     ,4ft 

having  experienced  the  first     labours       of  Lucina         and        Clio       "'*' 

et  Beroe  soror,  ambae     Oceamtides,     amba?  auro, 

also  Beroe     her  sister,      both    daughters  of  Ocnanus     b.Uli    adornod  with  gold. 


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ambae   incinctae       pictis       pellibus  ;  atque  Ephyre,  atque 

both  girt  with  painted        skins ,  and          Ephyre,          and 

Opis,   et  Asia  Dei'opeia,   et  velox    Arethusa,        sagittis 

Opis.       and    Asia        Deiopeia,     and     swift          Arethusa,     ktr      arrows 

tandem  positis :          inter     quas   Clymene     narrabat 

•t  length        being  laid  aside :         among     whom       Crymene      was  relating 

inanem  curam   Vulcani,   que    dolos    Martis,  et       dulcia 

the  vain        care         of  Vulcan,     and  the  deceits    of  Mars,   and  bis  pleasant 

furta,      que      numerabat        densos        amores        Divftm 

thefts,          and      was  enumerating       the  many  loves  of  the  gods 

Chao :         dum     captae      quo   carmine  devolvunt     mollia 

from   Chaos,    whilst      delighted    by  this        song      they  wind  off    their  soft 

pensa          fusis,  luctus        Aristae!     iteruin     impulit 

tasks       from  their  spindles,  the  complaint  of  ArisUeus       again  struck 

„-«     maternas   aures,    que   omnes       vitreis       sedilibus 

**""       his  mother's     ears,         and          all          in  their  glassy  seats 

obstupuere:  sed  ante    alias    sorores,"  Arethusa  prospiciens, 

were  amazed          but  before  the  other     sisters,        Arethusa  looking  out, 

extulit    flavum     caput       summa,  unda;     et  procul, 

raised       her  beautiful     head      from  the  surface     of  the  water ;  and     afar  off, 

O  soror  Gyrene,  non  frustra  externta     tanto     gemitu, 

said-    O    sister     Cyrene,       not    in  vain      alarmed     by  so  great  mourning, 

Aristaeus   ipse,   tua  maxima  cura,  tnstis,    stat    lacrymans 

Aristcus       himself,    thy      greatest      care,        sad,       stands  weeping 

tibi,  ad       undam       genitoris  Penei,  et  dicit  te  crudelem 

to  you,  at  the  fountain  bead  of  your  father  Pencils,  and  calls   you  cruel 

nomine.        Mater,    percussa    mentem     nova,    formidine, 

by  name.          The  mother,       struck         in  her  mind  by  sudden  fear, 

ait  huic  :  Age,  due,  due         ad  nos  ;       fas        illi     tangere 

said  to  her-   Come,    lead,    lead  him    to     us,    it  is  allowed  for  him     to  reach 

limina      Divum.  Simul  jubet       aha      flumina 

the  courts   of  the  gods.        At  the  same  time   she  orders     the  deep  rivers 

«fift     discedere      late,       quajuvenis  inferred  gressus.  At 

""u      to  withdraw  on  either  side,  where  the  youth  should  direct  bis  steps.   But 

unda,      curvata    in  faciem   montis,  circumstetit  ilium,  que 

the  water,  being  arched  into  the  form  of  a  mountain,   surrounded       him,      and 

accepit  vasto      sinu,   que     misit  sub     amnein. 

received       Kim  in  its  vast    bosom,     and    conveyed    Aim  beneath     the  river. 

Jamque     ibat    mirans     domum     genetricis,    et    humida 

And  now    he  went    admiring       the  palace     of  his  mother,     and     the  liquid 

regna,  que   lacus    clauses  speluncis,   que    sonantes   lucos, 

realms,     and' the  lakes    enclosed      in  caverns,     and    the  sounding     groves, 

et,   stupefaclus      ingenti        motu        aquarum,     spectabat 

and,     astonished          at  the  great     commotion     of  the  waters,  beheld 

omnia    flumina    labentia      sub       magni    terra,      diversa 

•Jl  the  rivers        gliding       beneath      the  great      earth,  distinguished 

locis ;  que    Phasim    que    Lycum,     et  caput, 

ID  their  places        both        Fhasis        and        Lycus         and     the  fountain 


unde    Enipeus    pnnium    emmpit      se,        unde      pater 

whence       Enipeus  first  bursts  itself,         whence        father 

Tiberinus,     et      unde     Aniena    fluenta,     que     Hypanis 

Tiber,  and     whence         Anio's          stream,        and  Hypanis 

sonans         saxosum,         que    Mysus     Caicus,      et     «,«e 

roaring  among  the  rocks,        and      Mysian          Caicus,       and  *•* 

Eridanus,       taurino  vultu,     auratus     gemina  cornua< 

Eridanus,         with  his  bull-like  countenance,     gilded  as  10  his  two         horns, 

quo  non   alius   amnis    influit        violentior  per 

than  which     not        any       .river        flows  more  violently         through 

pinguia     culta  in    purpureum    mare.       Postquam 

fruitful        cultivated  fields   into        the  purple  sea.  After 

perventum  est     in       tecta       thalami      pendentia        pu- 

he  had  come  to       the  roof       of  her  grot          hanging         with  pu- 

mice,  et    Cyrene     cognovit     inanes     fletus         nati, 

mice  stones,     and      Cyrene         had  known     the  vain  complaints  of  her  son, 

germanae     dant     liquidos    foqtes     manibus,   ordine,   que 

her  sisters          pour  pure  waters      on  his  hands,   in  order,       and 

ferunt   mantilia   tonsis   villis.        Pars      onerant     mensad 

bring  towels        with  soil      nap.  A  part  load  the  table* 

epulis,         et  reponunt  plena  pocula.         Arae      adolescunt 

with  feasts,     and     replace      the  full     bowls.          The  altars  blazo 

Panohaeis          ignibus*      Et    mater    ait ;    cape    carchesia 

with  Panchaean  fires.  Also  the  mother  says ;      take  goblets 

Maeonii   Bacchi,       libemus  Oceano.       Simul     OQ/> 

ofMieonion     wine,    let  us  make  a  libation  to  Ocean  us.        At  once      "O"  - 

ipsa  precatur  que  Oceanum,   patrem   rerum,   que   sorores 

she  prays       both     Oceanus,      the  parent   of  things,     and     the  sister 

nymphas,    quae  centum    silvas,    quae         servant 

nymphs,  who     rule  over    an  hundred    woods,        who        preside  over 

centum     flumina.       Ter       perfudit      ardentem    Vestanx 

an  hundred     streams.        .  Thrice     she  sprinkled         glowing  Vesta 

liquido        nectare;      ter     flamma  subjecta  ad  summum 

with  pure  nectar ;        thrice     the  flame  being  roused  to  the  top 

tecti         reluxit :         quo      omine    firmans   animum,    ipsa 

of  the  roof  shone  forth:      by  which       omen     confirming     her  mind,         she 

sic  incipit :  In     Carpathio     gurgite  Neptuni,   est       vates, 

thus    began;       In     the  Carpathian       gulf        of  Neptune,     is       a  prophet, 

caeruleus  Proteus,  qui   metitur  magnum   aequor    piscibus, 

azure  Proteus,      who    measures       the  great          sea         with  fishes, 

et  juncto    curru    bipedum    equorum.     Hie    nunc     »0ft 

and  a  yoked     chariot   of  two-footed        horses.  He  now      «"" 

revisit     portus     Emathiae,  que  patriam  Pallenen  :    et 

revisits    the  harbours   ofEmatliia,    and   his  country     Pallene:        and      tct 

nymphae,   et  grandaevus  Nereus    ipse,    veneramur   hunc ; 

nymphs,          and        the  aged         Nereus      himself,         worship  him ; 

namque     vates     novit  omnia         quae  sint,  quae        fucrint, 

fur  the  prophet   knows       all     things  which   are,   which       have  been. 


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quae         trahantur,       mox          ventura  -.          quippe     lU 

which         are  continued,     presently   about  to  come  to  pass :       for          Ihui 

visum  est       Neptuno,   cujus  immania  armeftta   et    turpes 

it  seemed  good      to  Neptune,     whose         huge  herds        and  shapeless 

phocas  pascit    sub    gurgite.     Nate,  hie  prius     capiendus 

seals  he  feeds  beneath    the  pool.        O  son,    he       first       is  to  be  taken 

tibi     vinclis,  m    expediat    omnem  causam     morbi,    que 

by  you  in  chains,  that  he  may  unfold       all          the  cause  of  the  disease,  and 

secundet  eventus.     Nam      non     dabit  ulla  praccepta    sine 

favour          the  event.         For     he  will  not    give     any     commands  without 

vi,       neque        flectes         ilium     orando ;     tende     duram 

violence,   nor      can  you  influence       him       by  entreaty ;      apply  severo 

40ft     vim    et    vincula        capto:         doli      circum    haec 

^"      force    and       chains         to  him  taken:  his  frauds      about        these 

inanes  demum   frangentur.     Ego  ipsa,    cum       sol 

becoming     vain        at  last      will  be  destroyed.        I       myself,    when  the  sun 

accenderit    medios      aestus,  cum    herbae    sitiunt,    et  jam 

has  kindled      his  meridian       beat,      when    the  grass     dries  up,    and    now 

umbra    est      gratior      pecori,   ducam   te     in          secreta 

the  shade     is     more  grateful  to  the  flock,  will  lead  thee  into   the  retirement 

senis,  quo    fessus      recipit        se      ab      undis,   ut 

of  the  old  man,    whither  wearied  he  withdraws  himself  from  the  wavea,  that 

facile      aggrediare      jacentem  somno.     Verum  ubi   tene- 

easily    you  may  attack  him     reclining       in  sleep.  But       when        you 

bis.  correptum  manibus,  que  vinclis,  turn  variae 

•hall  hold  him    seized         with  your   hands,        and      chains,      then     varied 

species  atque       ora         ferarum     illudent.      Enim  subito 

forms          and    countenances  of  wild  beasts  will  deceive  you.    For     suddenly 

fiet  horridus   sus,   que    atra  tigris,   que  squamosus 

he  will  become   a  rough      bear,     and     black     tiger,       and  a  scaly 

draco,  et  leaena   fulva   cervice ;  aut  dabit    acrem  sonitum 

dragon,   and  a  lioness  of  yellow     neck;         or    will  give  the  violent       sound 

.lft     flammae,  atque  ita  excidet    vinclis;    aut  dilapsus  in 

'*!"      of  flame,        and     thus  will  escape  from  chains;    or      Aiding     into 

tenues  aquas      abibit.      Sed    quanto    magis  ille      vertet 

the  light    waters  he  shall  escape.    But  by  how  much  the  more   he  shall  change 

ge         in  omnes  formas,  tanto  magis,  nate,  contende  tena- 

himself  into      all          shapes,    so  much  the  more,  O  son,      stretch  the  grasp 

cia  vincla,   donee     erit      talis,  corpore    mutato,    qualem 

ing     chains,        until     be  shall  be   such,      bis  body    being  changed,  as 

videris  cum   tegeret  lumina,  somno       incepto. 

you  may  have  seen  him  when  he  covered    his  eyes,       sleep       having  begun 

Ait         haec,  et       diffudit      liquidum 

to  mtrpower  him.  She  said       these  Mngt,     and  poured  around          the  liquid 

odorem     ambrosias,      quo         perduxit       totum      corpus 

odour  of  ambrosia,  with  which     she  anointed       the  entire  body 

nati ;       at     dulcis     aura  spiravit    illi      crinibus     compo- 

«f  her  son;  but  the  pleasant   gale    breathed   on  him  from  his  locks     disposed 


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sitis,     atqne   habilis    vigor  venit  membris.      Est  ingens 

til  order,    and      a  vigorous   strength    came     to  his  limbs.    There  IB     a  great 

specus  in   latere         exesi          mentis,    quo  plurima 

den  in   the  side    of  an  excavated    mountain,  where  in  great  abundance 

unda         cogitur       vento,     que    scindit    sese     in     ,„« 

the  water      is  collected   by  the  wind,    and       divides       itself   into      4.6  J 

reductos  sinus  ;  olim   tutissima  statio  nautis  deprensis. 

retired  bays;     formerly  a  very  safe  station  for  sailors  caught  in  a,  storm. 

Proteus     tegit        se  objice         vasti      saxi.       Hie 

Proteus         conceals      himself   by  the  projection  of  a  great     rock.          Here 

nympha  collocat  juvenem    aversura      a    lumine,  in  late- 

the  nymph      places        the  youth      turned  away    from   the  light,     in     dark. 

bris,  ipsa    resistit    procul  obscura  nebulis.     Jam  rapidus 

ness,      she     stands  back    afar  off    darkened     by  mists.         Now     the  rapid 

Sirius,  torrens  sitientes  Indos,  ardebat    coelo,     et  igneus 

dog-star,    burning     the  thirsty    Indians,      glowed     in  the  sky,  and  the  fiery 

sol     hauserat    medium  orbem ;     herbae   arebant,  et    radii 

Eun     had  finished         half      bis  circuit;    the  grass     dried  up,     and  the  rays 

coquebant    cava     flumina    tepefacta  faucibus 

of  the  sun        boiled       the  hollow    streams          warmed       in  their  channels 

siccis  ad  limum  ;  cum   Proteus   ibat    e    fluctibus   petens 

dried       to        clay ;          when      Proteus      went   from   the  waves      seeking 

consueta       antra.     Humida     gens      vasti      ponti,     .„„ 

hit!  accustomed    cave.       The  watery     nation    of  the  vast          sea,      '*«" 

exsultans  circum  eum,  dispergit  amarum  rorem.     Phocae 

exulting  around      him,       scattered       the  briny       dew.  Seals 

sternunt      se,       diversse    in     litore.     Ipse,    velut    olim 

stretch        themselves,    scattered    along  the  shore.      He,  as          when 

custos       stabuli      in      montibus,      ubi      vesper      reducit 

the  keeper    of  a  stall     upon    the  mountains,     when   the  evening  brings  back 

vitulos     e     pastu    ad     tecta,    que    agni    acuunt     lupos, 

the  calves  from   pasture      to       shelter,     and  the  lambs  provoke  the  wolves, 

balatibus       auditis,      considit      medius       scopulo,      que 

their  bleatings  being  heard,  sits          in  the  midst        on  a  rock,  and 

recenset     nnmerum.  Cujus,       quoniam 

counts  up         the  number   of  his  flock.     Of  confining  whom,  because 

facultas      oblata  est     AnstaeO ;       vix        passus         scnem 

opportunity      was  offered      to  Aristtcus ;       hardly  did  he  suffer    the  old  man 

componere      defessa       membra,       ruit       cum       magno 

to  rest  his  wearied  limbs,         he  rushes  on    with  a  great 

clamore,  que   occupat  jacentem  manicis.         Contra,    ille, 

cry,  and     seizes  him     reclining       in  chains.    On  the  other  hand,  he, 

non    immemor    suae   artis,    transformat    sese  ,.„ 

not         unmindful      of  his      art,  converts          himself   into      44U 

omnia  miracula  rerum,  que  ignem  que  horribilem 

«11          the  wonders  of  strange  things,      both       fire         and  a  dreadful 

feram,     que  liquentem  fluvium.     Verum  ubi  nulla  fallacia 

wild  beast,  and       a  flowirg          river.  But       when    no      deception 


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repent  fugam,    victus,        redit        in     sese,   atque    tan 

provided     escape,     overcome,      he  returned      to     himself,     and  a 

dem  locutus        ore        hominis :  Quisnam      jussit        te 

ength    spoke     with  the  voice    of  a  man :          Who       has  commanded  you 

confidentissime      juvenum,       adire         nostras      domos  j 

most  confident  of  youth,       to  approach  our  dwellings! 

quidve     petis     hinc  ?  inquit.     At  ille  ait :  Proteu,       scis, 

or  what   do  you  seen   here  7      he  said.       But   he    said :     Proteus,  you  know, 

ipse   scis,  neque  est  cuiquam  fallere    te ;    sed  tu   desine 

you      know,      nor        is  it  for  any  one  .to  deceive  you  ;     but  do  you      cease 

velle :         secuti     praecepta    Deum,     venimus     hue  quae- 

to  desire  it:    pursuing    the  commands  of  the  gods,  we  have  come  hither          to 

.en    situm   oracula  lapsis   rebus.     Effatus  tantum, 

"     question  the  oracles  about  our  fallen   affairs.      Having  said         only 

ad  haec       denique    vates     intorsit    oculos,    ardentes 

tfiis,    at     these  words  finally     the  prophet    turned         his  eyes,          glowing 

glauco     lumine ;     et       frendens      graviter,    sic    resolvit 

with  azure     light;          and  gnashing  his  teeth  violently,      thus     he  opened 

ora  fatis :       Irae    non  nullius          numinis  exercent 

his  mouth  to  the  fates :  The  rage     of  no        subordinate  deity         persecute* 

te;         luis        magna     commissa:    Orpheus,  miserahilis, 

you ;       you  suffer     for  great  offences :  Orpheus,  wretched, 

haudquaquam         ob  meritum,    suscitat       tibi       has 

by  no  means  on  account  of  his     desert,  excites     against  you  these 

pcenas,        ni       fata         resistant;       et      saevit     graviter 

punishments,  unless  the  fat ea      should  oppose;      and      'rages  fic'rccly 

Kro  conjuge  rapttl.  Ilia   puella,  quidem,   moritura, 

r        bis  wife      stolen  from  him.    The       maid,          indeed,       about  to  die, 

dum  praeceps   fugeret  te    per    flumina,     non    vidit,  ante 

while      headlong       she  fled    thee  along     the  rivers,     did  not      see,    '  before 

pedes    in     altsl    herba,  immanem   hydrum    servantem 

her  feet     among  the  high   grass,        a  dreadful      water-snake  guarding 

,fin    ripas.       At  chorus  Dryadum,   aequalis,  implcrunt 

*"U      the  banks.    But    the  band       of  Dryads,    her  associates,  filled 

supremos  montes  clamore :  Rhodope'iae  arces  flerunt, 

the  loftiest  mountains   with  their    cry :        the  Rhodnpeian   rocks          wept, 

que  alta  Pangaea,  et    Mavortia  tellus    Rhesi,  atque  Geta, 

and    lofty    Pangtea,     and    the  martial      land     of  Rhesus,   and    the  Gets, 

atque  Hebrus,  atque  Actias  Orythyia.   Ipse  solans     aegrum 

•nd          Hebrus,      and       Atiic        Orythia.          He   assuaging  Ai*    pining 

amorem     cava,      testudine,  te  dulcis  conjux,    secum 

love       with  his  hollow        shell,    tang  of  thee  O  sweet     wife,     by  himself 

in     solo    litore,  te    die     veniente,    canebat       te 

on    the  lonely  shore,  he  sang  of  thee  the  day  approaching,       he  sang    of  thee 

decedente.     Ingressus    Taenarias   fauces,    alta    ostia 

th«  day    departing.       Having  entered  the  Tsnarian    straits,    the  high    gales 

Ditis,   et    lucum  caligantem    nigra     formidine,          adiit 

of  Pluto,  and    the  grove        dark        with  gloomy       horror,       he  approached 


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que   Manes,  que  tremendum   regem,  que  corda        nescia 

both    the  rnanes,   and        the  dreaded          king,       and    hearts       not  known 

niansuescere    humanis  precibus.    At  tenues  umbrae,      ,_,* 

to  become  softened  by  human       prayers.        But  the  light       shades,      **'  " 

commotai     cantu,     que  simulacra     carentum     luce,    ibant 

being  moved  by  his  song,    and     the  ghosts   of  those  deprived  of  life,        went 

de      imis     sedibus     Erebi ;    quam   multa    millia    avium 

from  the  lowest  mansions     of  Erebus;      •   as        many      thousands   of  bird* 

condunt         se         in   silvis,   ubi     vesper     aut    hibernus 

conceal          themselves     in  the  woods,  when      evening        or  a  wintry 

imber   agit          de       montibus ;    matres   atque   viri,   que 

rain         drives   them  from     the  mountains ;    mothers        and   husbands,  and 

corpora    magnanimum    heroum     defuncta     vita,      pueri, 

the  bodies       of  high-minded          heroes  deprived        of  life,  boys, 

que         innuptae         puellae ;         que      juvenes      impositi 

and  unmarried  maids;  and  youth  placed 

rogis.  ante     ora        parentum         quos       niger 

on    funeral   piles       before  the  faces     of  their  parents        whom      the  dark 

Hmus,  et   deformis    arundo  Cocyti,   que    inamabilis  palus, 

clay,        and    mishapen          reed      of  Cocytus,    and        the  unlovely       lake, 

tarda  undal,  circum  alligat,  et  Styx   novies   inter- 

with  slow   moving   wave,      around     hems  in,   and  Styx    nine  times  flowing 

fusa      coercet.        Quin     domus        ipsae,        atque      .ftft 

between    restrains.  But    the  mansions  themselves,  and      4oU 

intima      Tartara  lethi,      que    Eumenides    implexaa 

the  inmost   Tartarean   depths  of  death,     and          the  Furies      intertwining 

caeruleos   angues     crinibus,     obstupuere ;    que   Cerberus 

azure  snakes        in  Weir  hair,     were  astounded ;      and          Cerberus 

inhians        tenuit      tria        ora ;      atque        rota      Ixionii 

gaping  wide     restrained  his  three     mouths;       and     the  whirling  oflxion's 

orbis      constitit      cantu.        Jamque       referens       pedera, 

wheel         was  stayed    by  his  song.       And  now        withdrawing        his  foot, 

evaserat  omnes        casus ;        que    Eurydice    reddita 

be  had  escaped  all  casualties ;  and         Eiindice          restored 

veniebat    ad     superas    auras,     sequens     pone ;    namque 

approached       to        the  upper        air,          following        behind;  for 

Proserpina    dederat     hanc    legem ;  cum  subita  dementia 

Proserpine  bad  given       this       condition ;    when     sudden        madness 

cepit         incautum      amantem,     ignoscenda     quidem,    si 

seized       the  inconsiderate  lover,  pardonable  indeed,          if 

Manes        scirent      ignoscere.      Restitit,    que    immemor, 

be  Shades'     knew  how          to  pardon.         He  stepped,      both       thoughtless 

neu  !  que  victus  animi,         respexit         suam  Ery-     ,q~ 

alas!       and  overcome  in  mind,    be  looked  buck  upon      his         Ery- 

dicen  jam         sub          luce  ipsa :  ibi  omnis  labor  efFusns, 

dice       now  on  the  verge  of  the  light  itself:    there    all     his  labour  was  lost, 

atque     fcedera         immitis     tyranni      rupta,      que    fragor 

and        the  conditions  of  the  merciless   tyrant    were  broken,      and      a  noise 


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ter     audilus         Avernis       stagnis.     Ilia  inquit, 

thrice  was  hoard      in  the  Averninn       pools.  She      said,      CnAappy  A«*. 

Quis    perdidit    et  me,  miseram,  et      tc,     Orpheu 

band!      who       has  ruined    both,  me,    wreulied,     and    yourself,  O  Orphcii*! 

quis  tantus    furor  ?  En  iterum   crudelia   F-xta  vocant 

what     great       madness  is  this  1    Lo      again      the  pitiless    Fates  call 

me  retro,  qne  somnus  condit    natantia    lumina       Jamque 

me     back,     and       Bleep         closes       my  flowing       eyes.  And  now 

vale  :         feror         circumdata  ingenti    nocte  ;  que  tendens 

farewell- 1  am  borne  away    surrounded  by  extensive    night;      and    *t  retching 

invalidas   palmas    tibi,   heu  !    non       tua.  Dixit : 

my       powerless       hands        to  you,    alas  I        not      your  own.        She  said : 

et     subito    fugit        diversa         ex      oculis,    cen    fumus 

and     suddenly     flod        a  different  way       from      his  eyes,       as          smoke 

_~~     commixtus  in  tenues  auras  ;  neque  praeterea       vidit 

commingled      in    the  thin      air;          nor          more      did  she  see 

ilium,    prensantem    umbras     nequicquam,     et     volentem 

him,  grasping  the  shades  in  vain,  and  wishing 

dicere       multa;       nee          portitor         Orci     passus 

to  pay        many  things:      nor        did  the  ferryman     of  hell       suffer        Aim 

amplius    tansire    objectam    paludem.       Quid        faceret  ? 

any  more  to  pass  over  the  intervening          lake.  What       could  hi:  do? 

quo  ferret  se,       conjuge     bis  rapta,? 

whither  could  he  withdraw  himself,       bia  wife       twice        snatched  away? 

quo        fletu  Manes  ?     quit     voce         moveret 

by  what  weeping  could  he  soothe  the  Shades?  by  what  language  could  he  move 

numina?      Ilia   quidem,    jam     frigida,     nabat        StygiA, 

the  gods?  She         indeed,       already      dead,  sailed  in  the  Stygian 

cymba.     Perhibent,  ilium  flevisse  septem  totos  menses  ex 

boaf.  They  say,      that  he       wept         seven      whole      months     in 

ordine,     sub      aeri&  rupe,   ad  undam  deserti  Strymonis, 

succession,  beneath     a  high     rock,      by  the  wave     of  the  Strymo/i, 

et    evolvisse  hsec  sub    gelidis   antris,   mulcentem 

and      mused  on     these     griefs  beneath    the  cold      caves,  soothing 

_.ft     tigres,       et    agentem   quercus      carmine:     qualis 

J    ^      the  tigers,     and     leading         the  oaks        with  A«s  song:  a* 

Philomela,     mrerens        sub      populea,    umbra,     querilur 

Philomela,  mourning       beneath     the  poplar        shade,  laments 

amissos  fetus,  quos     durus     arator,     observans  implumes 

her  lost         young,    which    the  cruel  ploughman          finding        un leathered 

nido,          detraxit;       at    ilia       flet  noctem,   que 

iu  the  nest,       took  out ;  but     she       mourns  through  the  night,        and 

sedens      ramo,      integral    miserabile   carmen,   et  implet 

sitting       on  a  branch,      renews        her  wretched        song,         and  fills 

loca  late  moestis         qnestibus.      Nulla  Venus, 

the  places  far  around      with  mournful         complaints  No  love. 

que   nulli    Hymenaei,   flexere   animum.      Solus   lustrabat 

and        no        nuptial  rites,       moved        his  mind.  Alone     be  surveyed 


Hyperbornas   glacies,    que    nivalem    TanaTm,   que     arva 

the  northern  ice,  and      the  snowy        Tanai's,        and  the  fields 

nunquam    viduata    Riphaeis    pruinis,    querens    Eurydicen 

never  bereaved     of  Riphean       frosts.          lamenting     that  liuryrtico 

raptam,  atque         dona         Ditis  irrita;       quo 

bad  been  taken,      and       that  the    rant  of  Pluto     teas     unavailing,    winch 

munere      spreto,      malres     Ciconum,    inter       sa-     f.^ 

rite  being  despised,  the  dames  of  the  Ciconians,     at      the  sa-      °*v 

era          Deum    que  orgia  Bacchi,         nocturni,        sparsere 

cred  rites  of  the  gods  and    orgies  of  Bacchus,  celebrated  in  the  night,  scattered 

juvenem  discerptum  per     latos      agros.      Turn 

the  youth  torn  in  pieces     through  the  broad       fields.  Then 

quoque  cum  Oeagrius  Hebrus,  portans         caput,  revulsum 

also  when     Oeagrian       Hebrus,       floating     his     head,  torn 

a       marmorea  cervice,       medio         gurgite,         volveret, 

from     his  beautiful        neck,         in  the  midst      of  its  stream,    rolled  it  along, 

vox         ipsa,  et  frigida  lingua,    vocabat    Eurydicen,    ah ! 

his  voice     itself,  and      cold         tongue,  called  Eurydice,          alas ! 

miseram     Eurydicen,          anima  fugiente ;          ripse 

unhappy  Eurydice,  while  his  soul         was  departing;    the  bunks 

referebant  Eurydicen         toto          flumine.       Proteus 

re-echoed  Eurydice  through  all      the  stream.  Proteus       said 

haec,  et    dedit        se        jactu      in     altum      asquor; 

these    words,  and    plunged    himself    by  a  leap    into     the  deep  sea ; 

quaque     dedit  torsit     spumantem     undam        sub 

and  where    he  cast   himself  he  turned       the  foaming  wave  round 

vertice.         At      Cyrene         non :  namque       afla-     _„» 

his  head.  But         Cyrene       did    not :          for  she  ac-      *J"*' 

ta         timentem  ultro :    Nate,  licet          depo- 

costed    her  trembling   son    voluntarily :  O  son,        it  is  allowed  to  you    to  lay 

nere  tristes  curas       animo.       Ha?c       omnis  causa      mor 

aside   mournful  cares     from  your  mind.    This     is       all     the  cause     of  your 

bi ;       hinc    nymphae,    cum    quibus    ilia   agitabat   chores 

grief;      hence     the  nymphs.       with        whom         she      exercised        dai'ces 

in     altis    lucis,     misere     miserabile      exitium       apibns. 

in     the  deep  groves,          sent  wretched  desolation     to  the  bees. 

Tu     supplex  tende   munera,   petens  pacem,    et   venerare 

Do  you    humbly     present      offerings,       em-ing      for  peace,    and       venerate 

faciles  Napaeas ,         namque         dabunt  veniam 

the  kindly      wood  nymphs:  for  they  will   grant  pardon 

votis,         que   remittent       iras.  Sed      dicam      prius 

to  your  vows,  and       will  relax     their  wrath.  But     I  shall  declare      first 

ordine,    qui      sit         modus       orandi.       Delige    quatuor 

in  order,     what     may  be      the  method  of  entreating.       Select  four 

eximios  tauros  preestanti     corpore,    qui    mine    depascunt 

chuicii  bulls     of  a  comely  form,        which     now  feed  upon 


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Humma      viridis     Lycaei,     et     totidem     juvencas 

tno  heights      of  green       Lycxua,       and       as  many  heifers 

cervice    intactu.       Constitue  auatuor  aras     his   ad      alta 

with  necks  untouched.  Place  four   '    altars  by  them  at  the  lofty 

delubra        Dearum,         et      demitte      sacrum      cruorem 

shrines          of  the  goddesses,       and          let  out          the  sacred  blood 

iugulis ;  que  desere  ipsa   corpora    bourn     frondoso 

from  their  throats ;    and       leave     the          bodies     of  the  cattle  in  the  leafy 

luco.         Post,     ubi    nona    Aurora  ostenderit  suos  ortus, 

grove.       Afterwards,  when  the  ninth  morning    has  displayed     her       dawn, 

mittes  Letnaea    papavera          inferias  Orphei, 

you  (hall  present     Lethean          poppies         as  funeral  offerings     to  (.fphcus, 

ycnerabere        placatam    Eurydicen,    vitula    caesa,        et 

you  shall  venerate     appeased  Eurydice,          a  calf    being  slain,     and 

mactabis        nigram      ovem,     que        revises        lucum. 

•hall  sacrifice          a  black          sheep,          and         shall  revisit        the  grove. 

Haud         mora :   continue   facessit   praecepta  malris ; 

There  is  no       delay:     forthwith    he  executes    the  orders        of  his  mother; 

venit  ad  delubra ;  excitat  monstratas  aras,     ducit     quatuor 

comes    to   the  shrines ;     erects    the  appointed  altars,    leads  out  fout 

-_ft    eximios    tauros     praestanti    corpore,     et    totidem 

•*""      choice  bulls          of  excellent         body,          and       aa  many 

juvencas         cervice         intacta.          Post,        ubi       nona 

heifers  with  their  necks     untouched.         Afterwards,      when  the  ninth 

Aurora  induxerat     suos   ortus,     mittit     inferias      Orphei, 

morning      had  led  up         her        dawn,     he  oilers  the  sacrifices   to  Orpheus, 

que  revisit  lucum.    Hie  vero  aspiciunt  subitum  monstrum 

and  returns  to  the  grove.    Here   indeed  they  behold     a  sudden  prodigy 

ac    mirabile     diclu;     apes      stridere     toto      utero      per 

and     wonderful   to  be  told ;  that  bees  are  humming   in  all  the  carcass  within 

liquefacta  viscera    bourn,     et       effervere      mptis     costis, 

the  dissolved  entrails  of  the  cattle,  and   bursting  through  the  broken       sides, 

que  immensas  nubes       trahi ;       jamque      confluere  sum- 

and    that  immense  clouds  are  drawn  out ;  and  that  now  they  fly  together  to  the 

ma  arbore,  et  demittere  uvam       lentis        ramis.    Canebam 

top   of  a  tree,  and  hang  down  a  cluster  from  the  Blender  branches.  1  sung 

haec  super     cultu     arvorum,   que  peeorum,  et  super 

these  things    about    the  culture     of  fields,-       and       of  flocks,      and     about 

_fi,»     arboribus,  dum  magnus  Caesar  fulminat   ad    altum 

'"^      trees),  while       great        Caesar         thunders       by    the  deep 

Euphratem    bello,    que  victor,      dat    jura    per   volentes 

Euphrates  in  v/ar,     and  a  conqueror,  gives     laws   through       willing 

populos,  que  afTectat  viam  Olympo.       Illo    tempore  dulcia 

states,  and    attempts  his  way  to  heaven.       At  that       time       pleasant 

Parthenope    alebat    me,    Virgilium,   florentem         studiis 

Maples  cherished     me,  Virgil,          flourishing   in  the  pursuit! 


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ignobilis  oti ;        qui         lusi          carmina   pastorum 

of  unbonoured    retirement;    who     have  composed        songs        of  shepherds. 

que   audax  juventa    cecini      te,      Tityre,    sub    tegmino 

•ad       daring      in  you'll     have  sung    thee,      O  Tityrus,  beneath  the  sbelte« 
patulae         fagi. 

cf  4  spreading  beech. 


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